To begin with, “Confucius” was not the name of the celebrated Chinese philosopher. In China he is called “K’ung fu tzu” which means “Master of the K’ung Family” and some translators call him Master ...
It is well known that Confucius was one of the pillars of Chinese intellectual and political life. Less well known but almost as influential was Mencius, who expanded Confucian thought to consider the ...