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Confucius was educated at schools for commoners, where he studied and learned the Six Arts. [21] Confucius was born into the class of shi (士), between the aristocracy and the common people. He is said to have worked in various government jobs during his early 20s, and as a bookkeeper and a caretaker of sheep and horses, using the proceeds to ...
Confucius’ Birthday (Chinese: 孔子誕辰 / 孔子诞辰, Mandarin pinyin: Kǒngzǐ Dànchén), falls on the 27th day of the eighth lunar month of the Chinese calendar. It is officially celebrated on Taiwan as " Teachers' Day " on September 28, and in Hong Kong on the third Sunday of September as " Confucius Day", though the traditional date ...
Confucius's descendants in Quzhou alone number 30,000. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The Hanlin Academy rank of Wujing boshi 五經博士 was awarded to the southern branch at Quzhou by a Ming Emperor while the northern branch at Qufu held the title Duke Yansheng.
Confucius conceived these qualities as the foundation needed to restore socio-political harmony. Like many contemporaries, Confucius saw ritual practices as efficacious ways to access Tian, but he thought that the crucial knot was the reverent inner state that participants enter prior to engaging in the ritual acts. [87]
It is generally thought that Kong Qiu (Confucius) was born on September 28, 551 BC. [1] [2] His birthplace was in Zou, Lu state (near present-day Qufu, Shandong ...
When Confucius was twenty years old, his son Kong Li was born. The Duke Zhao of Lu sent a gift of carp to Confucius to celebrate the birth. Confucius, feeling honored by the ruler's gesture, named his son Kong Li, with "Li" meaning carp.
Mount Ni (Chinese: 尼 山; pinyin: Ní Shān) is a hill about 30 km (19 mi) to the southeast of the city of Qufu [1] in Shandong Province, China.The hill is culturally significant because it is traditionally regarded as the birthplace of Confucius.
Yan Wuyou was born in 545 BC, only six years younger than Confucius. He was born in the State of Lu, Confucius' native state. [1] [2] [3]When his son Yan Hui died in 481 BC, Yan Wuyou asked Confucius to sell his carriage to buy an exterior coffin for Yan Hui.