Hello young man i'm Kong Qiu but call me confucius, I will be

telling you my story!

This is where I was born, its called LU.

Ok Mr Confucius

sir

I was a social philosopher and thinker of the Zhou period, i focused on personal and public rights and

correctness on social relationships.

I was born at Lu in 552c. and sadly passed away in

479 BC. NO original text of what i taught have been

found in your modern day time, but my followers wrote down some of the

philosophy centuries after my death!

Fun fact

Confucianism is focussed on human morality AND GOOD DEEDS.

My ideas are mainly known for almost 500 statements and

observations

The statement and observations are called Lun Yu or The Analects

I have been said to treat my followers just as I treat my

family.

Society is based on strong family loyalty, ancestor

worship and respect of elders like me!

Are you getting all of this

Yes mr Confucus sir

Fun FactConfucius' father

died when confucius was

only three years of age.

I had little widespread influence in China during my

lifetime up until the start of the Qin period that my ideas had

gained importance

Some people said that Confucianism had the most influence on

chinas religious culture then any other

philosophy

In Confucianism there are various gods and

ancestors

I travelled from region to region with a small group of disciples just to teach other the ways

of confucianism

Fun FactThere are 6,300,00people in the world that practise confucianism

Ruler to subject Father to son

Elder brother to younger brother

Husband to wife

Friend to friend

This relationship means you should always treat your friends the way that you would like to be treated

you should treat your family the same way you would treat other people, even if they constantly annoy or argue with you.

Each person should give respect to their superior.Ie: Ruler to Subject. the superior however has to show loving responsibility to the inferior

This involves the same meaning as 'father to son' which states you should treat your family the way you treat others.

This relationship states the same meaning as Farther to son and also friend to friend.

At some points in my life i thought that i was a failure because i was

not famous for my teachings

My ethical teaching includes the following

valuesLi- ritual etiquette

hsiao- love within familyYi-righteousnessxin- honesty and trustworthiness

jen- loyalty

Fun FactConfucus married at the young age of 19 and had one boy and two girls.

confucianism says that you can't eat foods that:

Have rotted or turn stale

Smell bad or have changed in colour

They are not in season or has been preserved

Have been cooked much earlier before eating

Are overcooked or badly handledReheated, damaged by heat or stored in

damp place.

Are meat that have been kept for more than 3 days.

What Should be eaten is: a balance diet should consists of rice, meat and vegetables.

Rice must be the staple and make up the largest proportion of the meal.

Meat is nutritional but hard on the digestive system, so it should be taken in reasonable amount.

Vegetables are great supplements, but must never replace the first two.

Our meals should consist of a variety of colors and tastes, and have a inviting aroma.

Throughout your modern world there are five schools that

teach confucianism

The Han confucianism, the neo-confucianism, Korean confucianism,

Japanese confucianism and Singapore confucianism.

I once said that if you chose a job you like you will never

have to work a day in your life

This means that you will be doing what you enjoy so really you don't have

to work.

Fun Factconfucius divorced his wife after four years of marriage.

Thank you for listening to me I hope you learnt

something!!!

Oh yes Mr Confucius sir I definitely have learnt lots of

interesting things that i will tell my friends

Thats GOOD Timothy, I'm happy that you learnt

something