Description: Twenty-six centuries after their origination, the principles laid down in the Analects of Confucius still act as the foundation of Chinese philosophy, ethics, society and government, and ...

Confucius’s follower Mencius declared that the worst of unfilial acts was a failure to have descendants (Mencius 4A.26). In later centuries this emphasis on the necessity of sons led many to be ...

This shows Confucius was serious about meals. Even if simple food were involved, the attitude had to be serious. In his writings, Mencius said that peoples’ demand for delicious food was ...

So just who was Confucius, anyway? It’s a question I’ve been hearing a lot lately. Confucius: Who was he? A kind of Chinese Jesus? A martial arts master? A bitter old man with a long, wispy beard? A ...

One year after Confucius' death (478 B.C.), Duke Ai of ... including Duke of Zhou Temple (Zhougongmiao), Mother of Mencius Woods (Mengmulin), Duke of the State of Liang Woods (Lianggonglin ...

He commended the significance of programs like Erasmus+ and “Study in China”, the Confucius Institutes in ... of Chinese Confucian philosopher Mencius. He said that Germany’s world-renowned ...