1. Confucius China’s Great Philosopher

2. Life of Confucius In Chinese, Confucius is Kung Fu Tzu. He was born in 551 BC His parents were poor, although his family had once been rich. They had gotten into trouble with the emperor, and he had taken away their money and their land.

3. Life of Confucius Confucius was a clever and hard- working child When he grew up he was fair, polite, and loved learning His family sent him to the big city where the Emperor lived, to go to school. After Confucius finished school, he went back to his home and became a teacher

4. Life of Confucius The ruler of his city was not doing a good job, so Confucius quit and left his city. Confucius spent many years travelling from town to town around China giving advice to every ruler he met. – Often they didn't like his advice When he was 67, Confucius returned home He lived to be 72 years old.

5. Confucius Believed: A Father should care for his family Sons should be loyal and obey their father Daughters should be loyal and obey their father A wife should be loyal and obey her husband A Ruler should care for his people The people should be loyal and obey their ruler How is a Ruler like a Father?

6. Confucian Advice What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. What rule does this remind you of?

7. Confucian Advice Have no friends not equal to yourself. What is the meaning of this advice?

8. Confucian Values To achieve goodness you must practice these character traits; courage, diligence, excellence, respect, and kindness In your own words explain what each character trait means

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