WANG JING/CHINA DAILY Confucian classics engraved on stones, across several dynasties, demonstrated their status as the official guiding thoughts. This physical evidence may have fallen into ...

As a classic of traditional Chinese culture, The Analects of Confucius sheds light on the political, ethical, and moral ideas of the ancient Chinese philosopher and political theorist Confucius.

In fact, Confucius himself is believed to have compiled the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry. Titled Shi Jing, or ...

He shows how Confucius advocates learning and self-cultivation to follow the "path of the sage" or "Way of Heaven"―a journey that promises to promote reason, peace and understanding. Alongside an ...

Later, he also found in his studies that the U.S. Declaration of Independence in 1776 had cited and referenced a Confucian classic, "Great Learning," or "Daxue" in Chinese, which played a key role ...

Dr Amanda Foreman discusses these beliefs as they are described in the Confucian Classics, a series of texts upon which Confucianism is based. She shows how the Classics provides teachings ...

BEIJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese philosophy professor has stressed the importance of goodwill in an era marked by conflict. Describing goodwill as a quintessence of Confucianism, Wang Bo ...

Exhibits ranging from figure paintings to various editions of Confucian classics show how Confucianism has been a vital source of spiritual nourishment for the Chinese nation in its continuous growth.