It is well known that Confucius was one of the pillars of Chinese intellectual and political life. Less well known but almost as influential was Mencius, who expanded Confucian thought to consider the ...

The world’s first Confucius Culinary Institute is scheduled to open at UC Davis this fall, revealing the magic and mystery of Chinese cuisine dating back 2,500 years. UC Davis food science alumnus ...

Today is the birth anniversary of Confucius. The influential philosopher was born in 551 BC, and, unlike me, is pretty much synonymous with sage advice and deep meaning. The very phrase “Confucius say ...

The man widely known in the English language as Confucius was born around 551 BCE in today’s southern Shandong Province. Confucius is the phonic translation of the Chinese word Kong fuzi , in which ...

JINAN - Drizzle in a small city in East China's Shandong Province on Friday didn't dampen the enthusiasm of about 3,500 pilgrims, who advanced in a queue more than 300 meters long to commemorate the 2 ...

After the Chou dynasty fell into chaos, the philosopher Confucius (born in 551 BC) championed the need for ethical social structures to bring harmony to a vast land. Revered by his disciples as the ...

After two millennia, Confucianism, a philosophy that is considered to have helped form China's society, still shines its light today by influencing and inspiring people all around the world with its ...

This Wednesday, Confucianists nationwide will commemorate Confucius with a grand-scale ceremony. Seokjeon daeje, literally "laying out offerings ceremony," will be performed at hyanggyo, or Confucian ...

Mao Tse-tung, Confucius and Louis Vuitton have been mixing it up lately on China’s most-renowned stage: Tiananmen Square. For decades, Mao’s portrait has hung over the Tiananmen Gate at the far north ...