The individual known in the West as Confucius was born Kongqiu in 551 B.C. near Qufu, in eastern China. His family may once have been aristocratic, but they apparently fell on hard times, ...

By Confucius’s teachings, he complained, ... The scholar and state minister born in eastern China in the 6th century B.C. believed in the transformative power of virtue.

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.

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.

Confucius, the venerable sage who lived in the 6th century BC, ... China’s government appears determined to address the fissures and tensions born of almost three decades of unrestrained ...