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Confucius: (551-479 BC) was named Zhong Ni. Lu Guoqi (Z not u) was a thinker, politician and educator in the late Spring and Autumn Period. The founder of the Confucian school. His words and deeds throughout his life were compiled into The Analects by his students and handed down from generation to generation. In the long history of more than 2, years, Confucian culture has gradually become the orthodox culture in China, and has influenced East Asia, Southeast Asia and other countries in the world, and has become the cornerstone of the whole oriental culture. Because of his outstanding contribution and far-reaching influence, Confucius was honored by China people as "the most holy teacher" and "a model for generations to come".

His ancestors were aristocrats in the Song Dynasty, and because of family difficulties, he moved to Lu. Confucius lost his father at the age of three, and his mother at the age of seventeen. His family was poor and he had no chance to receive formal education, so he relied on reading and self-study. He has been eager to learn since he was a child, and he worships many people as teachers, so he is proficient in etiquette, music, archery, driving, calculation and other skills.

Confucius was politically frustrated all his life. When I was young, I used to be a small official in charge of warehouses and cattle and sheep. In his fifties, he became a scout (acting prime minister) of Lu. But soon, because of political disagreement, he left Lu in a fit of pique and took some students around the world to lobby. Confucius had a great ambition to "make the old man feel at ease, his friends believe in him, and the young people cherish him" (the old man made him feel at ease, his friends made him trust me, and the young people made him miss me), but his political ideas didn't work in Lu, and he hit a wall in Qi, not to mention Chen and Cai Xiaoguo. After living in Weiguo for a period of time, he returned to Lu in his sixties and buried himself in giving lectures and sorting out ancient books.

the core of Confucius' thought is "benevolence". The so-called "benevolence" means "love others" and "don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you". Confucius advocated "love", on the one hand, he asked the rulers to love each other and strengthen internal unity, on the other hand, he also asked the rulers to cherish the people's strength and not to excessively exploit and oppress the people. Confucius also advocated strict observance of the "rites". This "ceremony" is the system of laws and regulations formulated by the Zhou Dynasty to distinguish the ranks of the monarch and the minister and the father and son. Since the Han Dynasty, his thoughts have become the orthodoxy of feudal culture for two thousand years, which has a great influence.