Pagine551–479 BC · Qufu, state of Lu (China) · also known as Kongzi, Kong Fuzi
Confucius (Kong Fuzi, “Master Kong”) was a teacher and minor official whose ideas about virtue, family, ritual and good government shaped Chinese — and East Asian — society for over two thousand years. His sayings were collected by his students in the Analects, short exchanges such as “Do not do to others what you would not want done to yourself.”
Begin with The Analects.
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Confucius (Kong Fuzi, “Master Kong”) was a teacher and minor official whose ideas about virtue, family, ritual and good government shaped Chinese — and East Asian — society for over two thousand years. His sayings were collected by his students in the Analects, short exchanges such as “Do not do to others what you would not want done to yourself.”
The Analects is usually considered Confucius’s best-known work.
Most readers start with The Analects.
Both refer to the same writer. Other spellings and names include Kongzi, Kong Fuzi.
Yes — 1 of Confucius’s books are free to read online in Pagine, the free e-reader and reading tracker.