His father, probably a member of the minor aristocracy, was poor and died when Confucius was 3. His mother died when he was in his teens or early 20s, by which time he had married, produced a son ...

Confucius, the venerable sage who lived in the ... a widening gulf between rich and poor, urban and rural; heightened social tensions; increasing unemployment; rising crime; rampant corruption ...

For the better part of two millennia, Confucius and his ideas of social harmony and responsibility have been venerated throughout China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. As these countries confronted the ...