Confucius

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Qufu, China

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Philosophy

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Zhou Era Chinese Thought

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Confucius was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese thought and life.

(Kung Fu-Tzu)

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Average rating: 3.72 · 2,927 ratings · 162 reviews · 92 distinct works

	The Analects by Confucius, D.C. Lau (Translator), D. C. Lau (Introduction) 3.71 avg rating — 2,743 ratings — published 1955 — 114 editions	My rating:
	Sayings of Confucius by Confucius, Leonard A. Lyall (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1955 — 31 editions	My rating:
	The First Ten Books 3.48 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Ta Hio: The Great Learning of Confucius 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Doctrine of the Mean 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean by Confucius, James Legge (Translator) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Teachings Of Confucius by Confucius, James H. Ford (Editor), Shawn Conners (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	I Dialoghi 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Lun Yu =The Analects 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1992	My rating:
	Los Cuatro Libros De La Sabiduria (Coleccion Vision Libre) 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1987	My rating:

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“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
― Confucius

tags: follow-your-bliss , work

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“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
― Confucius

tags: wisdom

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“If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”
― Confucius

tags: inspirational , mistake

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