儒家思想介绍英文版.ppt

Life of Confucius Confucius ?has proved to be the greatest influence over the Chinese character. Besides being a great educationist, thinker and unsuccessful politician, he was first of all an intellect with a noble morality. He pursued truth, kindness and perfection throughout his life and his success and failure were largely due to his character, which had an everlasting impact on Chinese intellect. He?was born in 551B.C in the State of Lu which is known today as?Qufu?in Shandong Province. In Chinese, his name was Kong Qiu. Kong was the family name while Qiu was his given name. This was because his parents had prayed for a son at Niqiu Hill and Qiu was an appropriate token of their thanks and joy at having their prayers answered. Sadly, his father died when?he was very young but despite a hard life, he dedicated himself to study at the age of 15. He lived in the Spring and Autumn Periods, a time when the established system could not meet the demand of development as the ruling classes of China experienced the transition from a slave to feudalist society. It was a time of the collapse of etiquette and the deterioration of music, which implies the ethics and moralities of society were in decline. In addition to his busy traveling to realize his political ideals, Confucius was mostly engaged in educational activities of teaching, preaching, resolving confusions and recruiting many disciples who believed in his philosophy. The outstanding reputation of Confucius school attracted many students from faraway states. It is said that among 3000 of his disciples, there were 72 who were brilliant and who succeeded in morality, literature, language, and especially politics. These politicians contributed much to the spreading, formation and development of Confucianism. Compared to his frustrated political career, his career as a teacher and philosopher was brilliant and full of achievements. In over 30 years of his educational career, C