5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician

Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (Dachengdian) seen from outside. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (Dachengdian) seen from outside. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (Dachengdian), interior with altar and tablet to Confucius. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

Confucius: a musical instrument (?) is lying on a small table in front of him; a small dog in foreground. Woodcut, 1850/1900 (?).

Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (or Great Perfection Hall, Dachengdian), interior with altar and tablet to Confucius. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

17 volumes, frontispiece plates (some folded) : maps, portraits ; (4to)

Mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts, les mœurs, les usages, etc. des Chinois / par les Missionaires de Pekin [J. Amyot and others. Ed. by C. Batteux and others].

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 77 x 52.3 cm

A soldier, a woman and an urban worker together sweeping out the readings of Lin Biao and Confucius. Colour lithograph, 1974.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 28 x 52.3 cm

Confucius. Engraving by J. Caldwall after W. Collins after R. Willett.

1 unnumbered leaf, xvi, vii, 2 unnumbered pages, 566, 56 pages ; (4to)

Elements of Chinese grammar, with a preliminary dissertation on the characters, and the colloquial medium of the Chinese, and an appendix containing the Ta-hyoh of Confucius, with a translation / By J. Marshman, D.D.

The living thoughts of Confucius / presented by Alfred Doeblin.

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Confucius

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Images featuring Confucius

Works from the collections

Elements of Chinese grammar, with a preliminary dissertation on the characters, and the colloquial medium of the Chinese, and an appendix containing the Ta-hyoh of Confucius, with a translation / By J. Marshman, D.D.

The living thoughts of Confucius / presented by Alfred Doeblin.

Mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts, les mœurs, les usages, etc. des Chinois / par les Missionaires de Pekin [J. Amyot and others. Ed. by C. Batteux and others].

Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (Dachengdian), interior with altar and tablet to Confucius. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

A soldier, a woman and an urban worker together sweeping out the readings of Lin Biao and Confucius. Colour lithograph, 1974.

Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (Dachengdian) seen from outside. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

Confucius. Engraving by J. Caldwall after W. Collins after R. Willett.

Confucius

Images from the collections

Images featuring Confucius

Works from the collections

Elements of Chinese grammar, with a preliminary dissertation on the characters, and the colloquial medium of the Chinese, and an appendix containing the Ta-hyoh of Confucius, with a translation / By J. Marshman, D.D.

The living thoughts of Confucius / presented by Alfred Doeblin.

Mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts, les mœurs, les usages, etc. des Chinois / par les Missionaires de Pekin [J. Amyot and others. Ed. by C. Batteux and others].

Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (Dachengdian), interior with altar and tablet to Confucius. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

A soldier, a woman and an urban worker together sweeping out the readings of Lin Biao and Confucius. Colour lithograph, 1974.

Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (Dachengdian) seen from outside. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

Confucius. Engraving by J. Caldwall after W. Collins after R. Willett.

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