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Unit 1
Confucius and his students
Further
reading
1. To understand the passage
2. To know more about Confucius and his students
3. To learn to use some words and expressions in the passage
Confucius (551 – 479 BC)
a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period (春秋) in Chinese history.
The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity.
the Analects / the Analects of Confucius
a collection of sayings and ideas attributed (属于) to the Chinese philosopher Confucius and his contemporaries (同时代的人), traditionally believed to have been compiled and written by Confucius' followers.
Confucius remarked, “it is indeed a pleasure to acquire knowledge and, as you go on acquiring, to put into practice what you have acquired. A greater pleasure still it is when friends of congenial minds come from afar to seek you because of your attainments. But he is truly a wise and good man wh