Kong Qui, better known as Confucius, was born in 551 B.C. in the Lu state of China . Know also as a philosopher and creator of Confucianism who focused on creating moral models of family and public interaction, and setting educational standards in early China. Confucius expounded a system of social and political philosophy which he conveyed to a group of his students. His teachings and sayings were later collected by his students written in a book known as the Analects. In The Analects, Confucius describes the ideal person or otherwise known as the perfect gentleman. He talks about what it takes to become the perfect gentleman. Confucius describes the perfect gentlemen of being moral, but what does he really mean by saying moral , how …show more content…
Till nowadays teachings of Confucius are argued by many people.

Confucius was a descendant of a noble family Kun. He is related to such people as emperor of the Chou Chen-wang dynasty named Wei-tzu which was awarded for loyalty by Sun's realm. However for generations, the kin of Confucious has lost its influence and has become miserable. One of his ancestors named Mu Tsingfu had flee from his home lands and settle in the kingdom of Lu. His father, 63 years old Shu-Liang , a former magistrate and warrior and his mother 17 years old concubine Yen Cheng-tsai. Growing up in comparative poverty as he did, Confucius had resolved to devote his energy to learning, and justice for all. Confucious father died when hi was three years old and he was raised by his mother in poverty. From an early age, Confucius worked hard, as a small family lived in poverty. His mother Yan Theng told him a stories about great deeds of his father and ancestors. That how Confucious gained recognition that he needed to take a decent place in society, so he began to practise in self-education and mainly the art necessary for each aristocrat of China of that time also he was educated at …show more content…
Through his teachings, he was trying to resurrect the traditional values of amiability and rituals in Chinese society. Once Confucius stated that he is not an innovator of Confucianism and also that he just rediscovered all that knowledge is coming from the past. He said that society rejected this knowledge and it was his task to bring it back to its right condition. The teachings of Confucius are based on two areas. Social and Political teachings. Social teachings meant having a proper behavior in the society and how to be polite towards fellow men. Political teachings dealt with the specialty of goverment and right relationship of the Ruler to his people. He was using both teachings to make a wise scholar with a proper knowledge about society and goverment. In the book «Analects» his sudents were asking him questions about love to the fellow man and about the govermnet. He told them that there are three main requirements of the government adequate of food, adequate of military equipment and certainty of the people in their ruler. He said the most important of them is the certanity of the ruler because if people will not have the faith in their rulers there will be no food and no equipment. His students Confucius told that people should have sympathy towards each other and that they should stop treating others in a way that they would not wish to be treated. (“What you do