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Confucius

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Con·fu·cius  (kn-fyshs) Originally Kong Fuzi. c. 551-479 b.c.
Chinese philosopher whose Analects contain a collection of his sayings and dialogues compiled by disciples after his death.
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Noun1.ConfuciusConfucius - Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC)
K'ung Futzu, Kong the Master, Kongfuze


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All things in these Odes collected by Confucius belong to the surface of life; they are the work of those who easily plough light furrows, knowing nothing of hidden gold.
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
Confucius and you are both dreams; and I who say you are dreams--I am but a dream myself.
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In such a soil grew Homer and Confucius and the rest, and out of such a wilderness comes the Reformer eating locusts and wild honey.
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