Confucius

BORN: c. 551 BCE, Tsou, Shantung, China DIED: 479 BCE, Ch-Fu,
Shantung, China NATIONALITY: Chinese GENRE: Nonfiction MAJOR WORKS:
The Analects A philosopher of unmatched influence in Eastern
civilizations, Confucius was a teacher and minor government
official whose philosophy has been immortalized in The Analects, a
collection of sayings attributed to him and his disciples.
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