PHL237H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Filial Piety, Rites Of Zhou, Analects
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First phase: confucius, one of the ru, taught largest number of students (3000) Confucianism, in the west, means literally the school of thought and practice that was founded by confucius. In chinese, it is called rujia , a term first used by the grand. Those who served in spring and autumn as middle range officers working in the areas of education and public rites. Later, they lost their office and earned their living as teacher of rites and ritual coordinator. They taught the six arts: ritual, music, arching, driving, writing and calculating. Kong qiu . confucius is the latinized name for kong fuzi (master kong). Born in the state of lu in a noble family that fled from the state of sung, he was orphaned at the age of three. Confucius"s early life was humble, while he made great effort to learn a ru and founder of the ru jia , or school of ru.
