Confucius initiated private lectures and advocated benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith. There are 3,000 disciples, including 72 sages. He led some disciples around the world for thirteen years, and revised the Six Classics (Poetry, Calligraphy, Ritual, Music, Yi, Spring and Autumn) in his later years. After his death, his disciples and re-disciples recorded the words, deeds and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples and compiled The Analects. This book is regarded as a Confucian classic.
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Confucius advocated "ruling the country by virtue", which is the noblest way to govern the country. This strategy of governing the country is also called "rule by virtue" or "rule by courtesy". Rule by virtue is to advocate moral education.
Confucianism believes that no matter whether human nature is good or evil, people can be influenced and educated by morality. The so-called "rule by courtesy" means observing a strict hierarchy, and there are strict differences between monarch and minister, father and son, and nobility and inferiority.
Confucius' thoughts have far-reaching influence on China and the world, and he is listed as the first of the "Top Ten Cultural Celebrities in the World". With the expansion of Confucius' influence, "Confucius Sacrifice Ceremony" once became the same level of sacrifice as China's ancestor worship.
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Baidu encyclopedia-Confucius