Publisher's Synopsis
The book gives an informative short story about a man whose name is familiar to almost everyone - Confucius. Confucius is the wisdom of this Chinese philosopher, teacher, politician, and writer. Confucius was born in 551 BCE into poverty. He developed the knowledge to become a teacher by his early 30s. He also developed an ethical code that valued, above all else, personal integrity, ethical behavior, ritual propriety, and compassion. Throughout his brief political career and his long journey afterward, he sought to spread his philosophy in the hopes that it would be adopted as political policy. Inside you will read about...
- The Early Life of Confucius
- Confucius' Political Life
- Confucius' Time in Exile
- The Growth of a Philosophy
- The Ethics of Confucius
- A New Generation: Neo-Confucianism
And much more!
This book tells the story of the life of the world-renowned philosopher and scholar, and it describes the tenets of his philosophy in a succinct manner which is packed with information.
