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Description. Maps. Documents. Gallery. Video. Indicators. Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu. The temple, cemetery and family mansion of Confucius, the great philosopher, politician and educator of the 6th–5th centuries B.C., are located at Qufu, in Shandong Province.
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Apr 23, 2024 · Confucius, China’s most famous teacher, philosopher, and political theorist, whose ideas have profoundly influenced the civilization of East Asia. Confucius’s life and teachings were an expression of self-cultivation, of the ability of human effort to shape its own destiny.
Oct 3, 2020 · Confucius' Pearls. While recently translating a Confucian-era book, one of the quotes stood-out as being extraordinarily beautiful of meaning and of description. People almost never speak depths of meaning, and far less-so descriptively. The emotional impact was pervading, and for the very first time in my life, I deemed a man to be a sage.
May 11, 2018 · Around 600 b.c., he told Cobb, Lao Tzu, the ancient Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism, carved an amulet depicting the “three friends”—Buddha, Confucius, and himself—and inserted it into a...
5 days ago · Apricot Altar. The Confucian Temple is where Confucius, a famous thinker, educator and the founder of Confucian School in ancient China, is feted. There are many preserved Confucian temples of different dynasties all over China, among which the Qufu Confucian Temple is the largest and earliest one.
One notable example is a famous carving of "two flying dragons playing with a pearl among the clouds"; the image is rare among Confucius temples since it was often reserved for emperors. The temple also contains stone steles containing the Thirteen Confucian Classics , presented to the temple by the city of Jintan in Jiangsu Province .
Mar 31, 2020 · Confucius. First published Tue Mar 31, 2020; substantive revision Thu May 2, 2024. At different times in Chinese history, Confucius (trad. 551–479 BCE) has been portrayed as a teacher, advisor, editor, philosopher, reformer, and prophet.
