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CONFUCIUS (7)
CONFUCIUS (7)
ScnMaster
(ca 551 - 479 b.c.)
an ancient Chinese
philosopher
and teacher whose
philosophy
of
ethics
stressed two
virtues
: the rules of proper conduct and
benevolent
love
.
Confucius
taught many other
virtues
, including loyalty, faithfulness,
wisdom
,
rightness
and
self
-cultivation. These
virtues
he summed up in his ideal of the true gentleman, or "the princely or superior
man
."
—
Melbourne
Congress
Approved Glossary (2.4.92)