GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INVENTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This man was a philosopher in ancient China and is the central figure of the Analects.
A
Confucius
B
Lao Zi
C
Dao Zi
D
Si Ma Qian
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Confucius (/kənˈfjuːʃəs/ kən-FEW-shəs; Chinese: ; pinyin: Kǒng Fūzǐ, “Master Kǒng"; or commonly ; Kǒngzǐ; c. 551 – c. 479 BCE) was a Chinese philosopher and politician of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages.

Detailed explanation-2: -Creation of the text According to Ban Gu, writing in the Book of Han, the Analects originated as individual records kept by Confucius’s disciples of conversations between the Master and them, which were then collected and jointly edited by the disciples after Confucius’s death in 479 BC.

Detailed explanation-3: -Confucianism is a philosophy and belief system from ancient China, which laid the foundation for much of Chinese culture. Confucius was a philosopher and teacher who lived from 551 to 479 B.C.E.

Detailed explanation-4: -The founder of Confucianism, named Confucius, lived from 551 to 479 B.C.E. He was a philosopher and political figure who lived during a time when traditional Chinese principles began to deteriorate under competing political states. He took older religious precepts and translated them into guidelines for social mores.

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