Tuesday, November 16, 2010

History Shorts: Confucius (551 B.C.-479 B.C.)

Confucius was an ancient Chinese philosopher and political thinker. He emphasized personal and governmental morality and the correct nature of social and familial relationships and justice. Confucian thinking eventually transformed into a movement and surpassed Legalism and Taoism for prominence in Han China.  Confucius remains influential to this day and is one of the world's great philosophical traditions.

A clip on Confucius:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR6Xdy8MHKg

An example of Confucius in pop culture (from Charlie Chan):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qExKnbsWQro

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