FREE ESSAY ON CONFUCIUS

CONFUCIUS

The life of the great teacher and philosopher of China,Confucius was hard for him because
his father died when he was only three and he lived with his father's second wife.He was
born 551 B.C. and died 479 B.C.When he was alive he was
a great influence on China and it's ways of life.He was born into a noble famliy and was
noble to everyone who asked 
for something of him and it was either teaching or a task he would do it if it was
right.
When Confucius was born he had another name,his real name was Chung-ni.He was married at
the age of 19 and had one son and two daughters and his mother died at 527 B.C.Confucius
in his late life,saidAt,15 I set my heart on learning.At 30,I was firmly established.At
40 I had no more doubts.At 50 I knew the will of Heaven.At 60 I was ready to listen to
it.At 70,I could follow my heart's desire without transgressing what is right.When
Confucius grew he was at a unusual height and people called him long fellow.
Confucius had at least 3,000 pupils and 72 of them mastered the 6 arts - rituals,music
,archery,charioteering,literature and mathematics. People used to think he was a superior
man of wisdom.He also urged a system of morality and statecraft that would preserve peace
and provide people with stable and just governments.