During the Tang and Song dynasties, Confucianism developed into a system known in the West as Neo-Confucianism, and later as New Confucianism.

After the collapse of Qin and the victory of Han over Chu, Confucius's thoughts received official sanction in the new government. His followers competed with many other schools during the Hundred Schools of Thought era, only to be suppressed in favor of the Legalists during the Qin dynasty. His philosophical teachings, called Confucianism, emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice, kindness, and sincerity.Ĭonfucius considered himself a transmitter for the values of earlier periods which he claimed had been abandoned in his time. Confucius's teachings and philosophy underpin East Asian culture and society, remaining influential across China and East Asia to this day. 479 BCE), commonly Latinized as Confucius, was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages.

'Confucius ( Kǒngzǐ)' in seal script (top) and regular (bottom) Chinese characters

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