Confucius

Confucius’s surname was Kong Qiu and he was also called as Zhong Ni, it was his courtesy name. He was born in the state of Lu, in the period of spring and autumn. Basically he came from a warrior clan and was son of Shulianghe who was a popular warrior. When he was three years old, his father was died. After his father’s death his mother, Yan Zhengzai, took him, from their native place to avoid the abuse of his father’s legal wife. Though he was a poor child, his intelligence was abundant. In his Thirteenth age, his mother also died. Later, he married young woman in Qiguan family of the Song State.

In spite of a peaceful family life Confucius left his family to struggle for his principles, to make the western Zhou Dynasty as a huge, pleasant and the humanistic civilization. Personal and government ethics, truth of social interactions, fairness and honesty are the highlights of his philosophy. These principles increased the fame more than other policies like Legalism, Taoism at the time of Han Dynasty in china. His views developed the system of philosophy is called as Confucianism

Success of Confucius:

Contemporary intellectuals considered Confucius as the author of several of the classics. Six Classics are the part of achievements of Confucius. The Book of Poetry – Shi, 2.The Book of Rites – Shu, 3.The Book of Rites – Li, 4.The Book of Music – Yue, 5.The Book of Music - Yi,6.The Book of Changes -Chunqiu. The normal students cannot understand it, because it includes his communal and political hypothesis. They have the scientific knowledge and fit to a higher form of education. Moral, intellectual and religious be able to sets in the matter of the teaching of Confucius. He was mostly involved in the moral life of men. His religious teaching was essentially thoughtful of the traditional beliefs.

Famous Speech Marks:

Confucius Quotes are simple but it’s very useful to all human life. Some of them are “Life is really easy but if we are adamant, It creates it’s as a difficult”, “Keep your mind and spirit with while go anywhere”, “Dig two graves before you can start the trip of revenge”, “Never falling is not our utmost glory but it rises after we fall in every time”. These quotes are expressing the self-assurance and self-confidence of Confucius.

Questions:

• What are the six classics of Confucius?
• What is meant by “Confucianism”?