Confucius: A Throneless King
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (996 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1605981176 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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It showed how a person didn't have to have a high position to make a difference in the lives of others. It was interesting that Confucius tried to gather the wisdom from the ancient ones and pass it on, yet the wisdom applies to us today.
. She is the author of Reading Buddist Art: An Illustrated Guide to Buddhist Signs and Symbols, The Arts of Asia: Materials, Techniques, Styles, and Confucius: A Throneless King. She lives in Pasadena, CA. Meher McArthur is an art historian and the former curator of East Asian Art at the Pacific Asian Museum in California
. She lives in Pasadena, CA. She is the author of Reading Buddist Art: An Illustrated Guide to Buddhist Signs and Symbols, The Arts of Asia: Materials, Techniques, Styles, and Confucius: A Throneless King. About the Author Meher McArthur is an art historian and the former curator of East Asian Art at the Pacific Asian Museum in California
Confucius established many ideas that are taken for granted today, from respecting one‘s parents to the Golden Rule, to virtue being its own reward. He advised the emperors and kings of his day, gaining their respect and undying enmity along the way. his theories became the foundation of one of the world‘s first civil services and established social structures throughout Asia that still exist today. No small feat for the illegitimate son of a retired soldier and a teenage concubine, who once received a prophecy from the local fortune-teller that she would give birth to a “throneless king.” Perhaps because of these humble beginnings, Confucius had a passionate belief in respect for others and this belief underpinned his life and teachings. An illuminating study of Confucius's philosophical and ethical teach