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1、CONTENTS,Introduction about ConfuciusThe AnalectsConfucius Thoughts about lifeInfluence,一、Introduction of Confucius,Confucius(551BC-479 BC),Name:KongQiu Alias:Zhongniknown in China as Kongziwas a native of Zouyi(QuFu in Shangdong Provience)of the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period.A gre
2、at thinker,educator and founder of Confucianism,He has 3000 students.,二、The Analects,The Analects is the single most important book in the history of China,which express a philosophy,or a moral code,by which Confucius,one of the most humane thinkers of all time,believed everyone should live.An endur
3、ing classic of Chinese culture,The Analects has influenced all thinkers,writers and politicians in the over 2,000-year-long history of China after Confucius.No scholar could truly understand this long-standing culture or the inner world of the ancient Chinese without this book.,三、Confuccian thought
4、Confucius was the first figure in Chinese history to initiate education.He believed the basic goal of education was to cultivate persons of virtue,who should have sound character and uplifted minds.,Thewisefindpleasureinwater;thevirtuousfindpleasurein hills.Thewiseareactive;the virtuousaretranquil.T
5、hewise arejoyful;thevirtuousarelong-lived.(知者樂水、仁者樂山、知者動、仁者靜。知者樂、仁者壽),Iwillnotbeafflicted at mensnotknowingme;IwillbeafflictedthatIdonotknowmen.(不患人之不己知,患不知人也)Thesuperiormaniscatholicandnopartisan.Themeanmanispartisanandnotcatholic.(君子周而不比,小人比而不周),He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult
6、 to make his words good.(其言之不怍,则为之也难)Ifamaninthemorningheartherightway,hemaydieintheeveningwithoutregret.(朝聞道,夕死、可矣),At fifteen my mind was set on learning.At thirty I established my stand.At forty I had no more preplexities.At fifty I knew the mandate of Heaven.At sixty my ear was attuned.At sevent
7、y Icould follow my heartdesire without transgressing moral principles.(吾十有五而志于學,三十而立,四十而不惑,五十而知天命,六十而耳順,七十而從心所欲、不踰矩。,Isnt it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?(學而時習之,不亦說乎)It is always a pleasure to greet a friend from afar(有朋自遠方來,不亦樂乎)To tolerate those who misunderstand me,and t
8、o get along with those unwise ones,isnt this clement enough to be called a gentleman?(人不知而不慍,不亦君子乎?),Influences,The Confucian thoughts have a wide influence in all the nations of East Asia.In Korea and Japan,ethic and etiquette have been under the influence of the Confucian viewpoints such as humanity,justice and etiquette,etc.The influence is still quite obvious up to the present.,Thank You!,