Confucius
Subtitle: the golden rule
By: by Russell Freedman ; illustrated by Frédéric Clément
Contributors: Clément, Frédéric, ill
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780439139571; 9780439139588
Subjects: Philosophers; Juvenile literature
Description: Tells the life history of philosopher Confucius who lived 2,500 years ago. His words of wisdom are still alive and influential today. Born in China in 551 B.C., Confucius rose from poverty to the heights of his country's ruling class. But then he quit his high post for the life of an itinerant philosopher. "The Analects" collects his teachings on education and government, the definition of nobility, the equality of man, and the right way and purpose of living - ideas that eventually spread to the West and influenced the great thinkers of the Enlightenment. And five centuries before Christ, Confucius set forth his own Golden Rule: "Do not impose on others what you do not wish for yourself."