5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician

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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.

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].

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

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

The morals of Confucius, a Chinese philosopher, Who flourished above five Hundred Years before the coming of Christ. Being one of the choicest pieces of learning remaining of that nation

La morale de Confucius, philosophe de la Chine

The morals of Confucius a Chinese philosopher, ... Being one of the choicest pieces of learning remaining of that nation

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.

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Confucius

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Images featuring Confucius

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The morals of Confucius, a Chinese philosopher, Who flourished above five Hundred Years before the coming of Christ. Being one of the choicest pieces of learning remaining of that nation

La morale de Confucius, philosophe de la Chine

The morals of Confucius a Chinese philosopher, ... Being one of the choicest pieces of learning remaining of that nation

The morals of Confucius a Chinese philosopher, ... Being one of the choicest pieces of learning remaining of that nation

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.

Confucius

Images from the collections

Images featuring Confucius

Works from the collections

The morals of Confucius, a Chinese philosopher, Who flourished above five Hundred Years before the coming of Christ. Being one of the choicest pieces of learning remaining of that nation

La morale de Confucius, philosophe de la Chine

The morals of Confucius a Chinese philosopher, ... Being one of the choicest pieces of learning remaining of that nation

The morals of Confucius a Chinese philosopher, ... Being one of the choicest pieces of learning remaining of that nation

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.

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