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The Ethics of Confucius: Confucius

Confucian PhilosophyEthics of Confucius

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K‘ung Fu-tsze, "the philosopher K‘ung," whose name has been Latinized into Confucius, was born in the year 551 (or 552) B.C. His father, Shuh-hang Heih was an officer in charge of the district of Tsow in the State of Lu and had been famous for his strength and daring; he was of the Kung family and lineally descended from Hwang-Ti, an almost legendary character of ancient China. At the age of seventy, Shuh-liang Heih, the father of ten children of whom but one was a son and he a cripple, sought…