The Analects of Confucius Lesson Plan

Confucius (also known in the Analects as the Master and Master K'ung, and elsewhere by a number of other names including Chung-ni, K’ung-tzu, Kongzi, or Zhongni), was a Chinese teacher, political philosopher, and founder of a way of life that has come to be known as Confucianism. He was born toward the end of China's Spring and Autumn Period in the state of Lu (now Shandong province). The widely accepted biographical dates for Confucius' life are 551 to 479 BCE. but, as Arthur Waley points out in his introduction, the Chinese record-keeping tradition only applied chronology to people and events of public significance. Since the "real" Confucius, the one who supplied the essential...