Overview
Confucius was a Philosopher and Teacher.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 551 to BC 479 孔子稱才難Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 140, passage 221
Career and standing
- sage-teacher 聖人Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 140, passage 228
Places and affiliations
- Polity Lu 魯 · Relation Associated withStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 140, passage 221
Works and attributed material
- employs men according to their capacities 使人也器之Saying · Speaker · Direct quotationStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 140, passage 228
- talent is hard to find 才難Saying · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 221
Events and relationships
- Declared talent hard to findScholarly · SpeakerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 221
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 221
References in the histories
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