Confucius
551 BCE – 479 BCE
Confucius is China’s most famous teacher, philosopher, and political theorist. In a time of great political upheaval, he sought an intellectual basis for a stable political and social order which he believed lay with a ruler who would rule with wisdom and virtue and would be opposed to force and violence.
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For additional information about Confucius see the following:
- in the Forum: the Goodrich Seminar Room entry on Confucius
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