I. Learning Objectives

1. Understand the introduction of Chinesephilosopher；

2. enjoy the fantastic charm of  the great thinker.

II. Learning Requirements

1. Finish studying video given by lecturer.

2. Finish all the exercises.

3. Make a similar introduction for anotherphilosopher.

4. Finish the extra reading.

III. Preview Questions

1. Who is Confucius？

2. What is the masterpiece of Confucius?

3. Make a similar introduction for anotherphilosopher.

IV. Key Words / Useful Sentences / SentenceStructures

本节重点在于了解中国古代哲学家代表人物孔子的相关介绍，包括他的个人信息，代表作品和主要思想。

V. Extra Reading

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

His philosophy emphasized personal and governmentalmorality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. Thesevalues gained prominence in China over other doctrines, such as Legalism (法家) or Taoism (道家) during theHan Dynasty.Confucius' thoughts have been developed into a system ofphilosophy known as Confucianism (儒家). It was introduced to Europe by the Jesuit Matteo Ricci, who wasthe first to Latinise the name as "Confucius."

His teachings may be found in the Analects of Confucius (论语), a collection of"brief aphoristic fragments", which was compiled many yearsafter his death. Modern historians do not believe that anyspecific documents can be said to have been written by Confucius, but fornearly 2,000 years he was thought to be the editor or author of all the FiveClassics such as the Classic of Rites (editor), and the Spring and AutumnAnnals (春秋).

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