Ancient China · Philosopher and Teacher

Confucius 孔子

Kongzi

Attested BC 551 - BC 479

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Confucius was a Philosopher and Teacher.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 551 to BC 479 周衰亂
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 350

Places and affiliations

Polity Zhou 周 · Relation Lived under
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 350

Works and attributed material

Analects 論語
Relation Attributed speaker
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passages 348, 350

Events and relationships

Refused purchased wine
Personal · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 350

Assessments and attributes

Assessment suspected privately retailed wine as thin, poor, and unreliable and would not drink it · Mode named-source-report Speaker Lu Kuang (魯匡)
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 350

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 350

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 27Volume 24b: Treatise on Trade 2 · 1 passage

論語孔子當周衰亂，酒酤在民，薄惡不誠，是以疑而弗食。 In the Analects, Confucius lived when Zhou was declining and chaotic, with wine retail in private hands; its quality was thin, poor, and unreliable, so he suspected it and would not drink.