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Confucius
(551-479
B.C.E.). Westernized transliteration of Kong Fu-Zi, a teacher, scholar.
After his demise and to this day, he became China's most influential
philosopher and political reformer. His philosophy is based on worship of
the ancestors, and the study of the ancient classics. He promoted social
harmony based on the moral obligations between individuals and social
systems.
He is the author of the
Analects.
 
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