The wisdom of Confucius, with critical and biographical sketches by Epiphanius Wilson. [Translated by William Jennings]

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“The wisdom of Confucius, with critical and biographical sketches by Epiphanius Wilson. [Translated by William Jennings]” is a book by Confucius in the “Biography & Memoirs” category, written in English. It is in the public domain, so you can read it for free from the open source using the buttons above. If you enjoyed it, press Like to help others find it. Similar books are listed below.

About the author

Kong Qiu, known as Confucius (551–479 BC), was born in the state of Lu, in today's Shandong, into a family of modest means. He held minor official posts, then spent some fourteen years travelling from state to state looking for a ruler who would put his ideas of good government into practice, without success.

He devoted himself to teaching, and tradition says he had three thousand students. His conversations, recorded by his disciples in The Analects, put humaneness, learning, family duty and proper conduct at the centre of life, and shaped Chinese civilisation for more than two thousand years.