As for Confucius, he was born around 479 B.C., in a period known for civil wars and violence, known as the Warring States period.

The environment from which Confucius' wisdom emerged was one of great turmoil. A once stable society had deteriorated into warring states carrying out mass slaughters of hundreds of thousands of ...

Karl Marx and Confucius may have lived 2,400 years apart, but recently, on Chinese state television, their characters were depicted meeting. The show, “When Marx Met Confucius” is one of the ...

Other parts of Mr Xi’s thinking emphasise tighter Communist Party control over such things as diplomacy, defence and the economy. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, announced in October, attempts to ...