Ancient China · Philosopher and Teacher

Confucius 孔

Kong

Attested BC 551 - BC 479

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Confucius was a Philosopher and Teacher.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 551 to BC 479 孔
Strongly inferred · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 12

Events and relationships

Enlarged the correct Way to encourage contemporaries
Scholarly · Teacher
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 12

Assessments and attributes

Assessment endowed with the gifts of sages and worthies · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 12

References in the histories

History of the Northern Dynasties, Chapter 84Volume 84 Biographies 72: Filial Acts · 2 passages

孔、墨、荀、孟稟聖賢之資，弘正道以勵其俗。 Confucius, Mozi, Xunzi, and Mencius were endowed with the gifts of sages and worthies and championed the true Way to stir their contemporaries toward better conduct.

斯乃詩人所以思素冠，孔門有以責衣錦也。 This is why the poets mourned the man in plain hemp, and why Confucius's disciples had cause to rebuke those who paraded in brocade while their parents still lived.