He was born about 372 B.C., and as a youth applied himself to learning. As an adult, like Confucius, he took up a migrant lifestyle for 40 years, and advised a number of different rulers of his day.

Confucianism emerged from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. He was born in the sixth century B.C.E. in what is today Shandong province on China’s east coast. His disciples described ...

He was born in the state of Lu in the middle of the sixth century BCE, a time that the philosopher Karl Jaspers has famously called “The Axial Age,” as it was the time not only of Confucius, but also ...

Philosophy, religion, and literature have been rich resources; so has Confucius, the Eastern sage born circa 551 BCE, who has become synonymous with deep thinking.

Diversity can promote shared prosperity and guide the global modernization process, scholars and experts from around the ...