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Confucius
Title: Confucius
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 1644 | Pages: 7.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
Confucius
According to legend, the appearance of a Ch'i Lin or a unicorn foretold the birth of Confucius. It is said that the unicorn held in its mouth a jade tablet inscribed with the prophecy, "A child as pure as crystal will be born for the continuation of the declining Chou, to become a king without a kingdom.{Crofts 3}"
Indeed the restoration to the glory of the Chou Dynasty was to be a lifelong crusade of …showed first 75 words of 1644 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1644 total…golden threads of his moral and political philosophy, integral elements of world culture.
One day a disciple asked Confucius, "Is there one word that should cover the whole duty of man?" To this question Confucius replied: Fellow-feeling, perhaps, is that word. Do not do unto others what thou wouldst not they should do unto you.{Radice 88}" This, from the earliest time has been the "Golden Rule" so your mom wasn't just making it all up!
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