The IIIustrated Book of Confucius - the teacher who molded china's spirit

The IIIustrated Book of Confucius - the teacher who molded china's spirit and beliefs

Language: English

Publishing Date: 2013

Pages: 253

Size: 16 K


Content:

Introduction

Part 1 The Lineage of Confucius

Part 2 Teaching Himself and Supporting Himself

Part 3 First Exposure to Social Reality

Part 4 An Unorthodox Education

Part 5 Assistant Master of Ceremonies

Part 6 Becoming Famous for Founding a School

Part 7 Learning for All

Part 8 The Origin of the Four Fields of Study

Part 9 Trip to the Capital

Part 10 Consulting Laozi about the Rites

Part 11 Discussing Music with Chang Hong

Part 12 The Political Environment in the State of Lu

Part 13 Duck Jing of Qi Asks about Government

Part 14 Hearing the Shao Music

Part 15 Fleeing from Qi

Part 16 Fourteen Years of Not Being Confused and Knowing the Mandate of Heaven

Part 17 Learning and Digesting the Truth of the Rites and Music of Three Dynasties

Part 18 Through the Rites Archive Humanism, Display Humanism through the Rites

Part 19 Establishing the Character of the Gentleman

Part 20 Time is Flowing Away and It Does Not Wait for Us

Part 21 Confucius’ Official Career

Part 22 Appointed Minister of the Interior

Part 23 Uproar at Jiagu

Part 24 Attending the Year-end Sacrifice

Part 25 Razing the Three Cities

Part 26 I Am Going So Slowly Because I Am Leaving Behind the Land of My Parents

Part 27 Arrival in Wei

Part 28 Delayed in Kuang and Pu

Part 29 Three Unhappy Years in Wei

Part 30 Through the States of Cao and Song to Zheng

Part 31 Arrival in Chen

Part 32 Starvation between Chen and Cai

Part 33 Passing through Fuhan

Part 34 Casual Meeting with Chu Hermits

Part 35 Falling Ill on the Way

Part 36 Return to Wei

Part 37 State Elder

Part 38 Sorting Out the Ancient Records

Part 39 Three Thousand Followers, Seventy Disciples

Part 40 Deaths of Kong Li, Yan Hui and Zi Lu

Part 41 “I Think Only Heaven Understands Me!”

Part 42 A Man of the Most Exalted Virtue and the Utmost Moral Integrity

 

Preface:

Qufu in Shandong Province is bounded on the east by Mount Meng, on the north by Mount Tai, on the south by Mount Yi and on the west by the curving rivers Yi and Si. The land is fertile here, with bumper harvests. Richly endowed by Nature, Qufu was one of the cradles of the Chinese race. Because an emperor in ancient times, Shao Hao, was supposed to have built his capital at Qufu the area was also known as “The Shao Hao Site.” Following the Xia (2070-1600 BC) and Shang (1600-1046 BC) dynasties, Qufu was the capital of Lu, one of the feudal states under the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC). The State of Lu had the function of protecting the royal House of Zhou from the Yi barbarians in the east.

Qufu got its name (“winding hillock”) from its topography. During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) it gradually became a center of China’s cultural heritage, as it preserved the rites and music of the earliest times of the Zhou Dynasty. It was by means of this rich store of cultural relics that Confucius, the founder of Confucianism shaped the value system and spiritual creed of the Chinese people. Confucius, in fact, was an important representative of a pivotal era in world civilization.