Confucius

Confucius was born in 551 BC and died in 479 BC. He taught China's rulers to take better care of thier pepole. His powerfull ideas still chande goverments today. He was born near Qufu. His real name was k'ung Ch'iu but his followers called him K'ung Fu-tzu wich means great master K'ung wich became Confucius in the west.

Leading virtues
There are 5 virtues: Yi, Li, Ren, Zhi and Xin.

Yi is the virtue if honesty and integrity. Li is the virtue of correct behavour and propitey. Ren is the virtue of charity and humanity. Zhi is the virtue of knowledge and learning. Xin is the virtue of faithfulness and loyalty. In 136 BC his teachings made a new religion, Confucinasium.

He made a path for...
The phillosopher Mencius 390 BC-305 BC, Shi Huandgi 259 BC-210 BC, phillosopher and scholar Zhu Xi.