Illustration of the Analects by Confucius

Confucius was a great thinker, statesman and educator in ancient China. As the founder of Confucian school, his thoughts have exerted a profound and far-reaching influence on the development of human civilization and become common spiritual property for the whole world.
Ever since the Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty implemented the policy to 'adopt Confucianism as the sole official philosophy and reject all other schools', Confucian culture has become the mainstream of feudalism in ancient China. Confucius was revered by more and more people in various forms. Mountains of sculptures, books, murals and so on are created to introduce and promote Confucian culture. Forms that pay equal attention to pictures and words, telling stories about the life of Confucius and exploring how the thoughts of Confucius came into being. The readers can acquire a fairly clear picture about Confucian thoughts and culture with this book.