Confucius, known as Qiu, was a native of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period, and was the greatest thinker, educator, and founder of Confucianism in Chinese history. He is known as the "Most Holy Teacher" and "Master of All Ages", and has had a profound and lasting impact on the culture, morality, and education system of Chinese society and East Asia in later generations.
Confucius advocated the social ethics of "benevolence" as the core, and advocated the golden rule of "do not do unto others as you would have them do unto you", which is the famous "forgiveness". He put forward and practiced the governance concept of governing the country with "etiquette" and teaching the people with "morality", emphasized the restoration and maintenance of the etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty, advocated the golden mean, believed that it was too much, and advocated that appropriate harmony should be pursued in dealing with interpersonal relations and social affairs.
In terms of education, Confucius pioneered the practice of private lectures, advocated "education without class", broke the monopoly of education by the aristocracy, and enabled the children of the common people to have the opportunity to receive education. His educational ideas, including teaching students according to their aptitude and heuristic teaching, have influenced the education model of ancient China and beyond.
Confucius compiled the Six Classics (Poems, Books, Rites, Music, Yi, Spring and Autumn), which made great contributions to the inheritance and development of ancient Chinese classical culture. His words and deeds and the records of the ** were compiled into the Analects, which became one of the main documents of Confucianism.
To sum up, Confucius was not only an outstanding philosopher and educational reformer, but also an important founder in the history of Chinese civilization, and had a profound impact on the cultural and ideological fields of China and even the world.