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Confucius (551–479 BC) was a Chinese teacher editor politician and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history.The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality correctness of social relationships justice and sincerity. His followers competed successfully with many other schools during the Hundred Schools of Thought era only to be suppressed in favor of the Legalists during the Qin Dynasty.

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birth date
-551-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, -551-09-28
birth place
Qufu, Lu (state)
death date
-479-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death place
Qufu, Lu (state)
era
Ancient philosophy
influenced
Chinese philosophy, Ezra Pound, François Quesnay, Christian Wolff (philosopher), Mencius, Neo-Confucianism, Xunzi, Robert Cummings Neville, Xuanxue
influenced by
I Ching, Book of Rites
LCCN Id
n/80/50515
main interest
Ethics, Social philosophy
notableIdea
Confucianism
philosophicalSchool
Confucianism
region
Chinese philosophy

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