confucius Confuius's given name is Qiu, also styled Z He was born in QuFu, China, 551 BC, and died in 479 BC Confucius founded confuciansism--the famous philosophical school in the history of C The kernel of his thought is Ren(benevolence), its form of expression is Li(the Rites) Confucius travlled from one state to another preaching his doctrines until he was He spent his last years in compiling and His works include Book of Spring and Autumn, Book of Odes, Book of History, Book of Rites, Book of Music and Book of These six books regarded as the classical works of Confucianism have been handed down to the present He founded the first private school in Chinese He was the teacher of 3,000 disciples among whom 72 were S His major sayings were written down in Lun Yu (The Analects), one of the Four B Confucius lived in the late Spring and Autumn period(770-476 BC) In his last years he lived in relative poverty and no longer enjoyed great But after his death, his thought continued to influence the Chinese people for over 2,500 His doctrine on morality and ethics has had a great effect on their ideology, strenthening the unity of the nation and making it known to the world for its courteous dealing and solemn Confucius said, "Let there be three men walking together: from the nmuber I should be sure to find my " "To make accomplishment you must help others to be accomplished " "Never be satiated with you knowledge and never be tired of " Today, these philosophical sayings are still shining In the long span of the Chinese history, the descendants of the Yellow Emperor have been righteously proud of the existence of the outstanding C The influence of the great thinker and educator has now exceeded the national boundary and spread to other parts of the It is our earnest hope that through more understanding of Confcius and the bridge of friendship and cultural exchange, we can make the world filled with more love, justice and We wish also that we offspring of the Yellow Emperor, either in China or abroad, through better understanding of Confcius and academic research, will be more inspired with nationalism, and find a new way of making the past serve the present, and redouble our efforts for rejuvenation of C