Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a da… - Confucius

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Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

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Confucius (traditionally 28 September 551 B.C. – 479 B.C.) was a Chinese social philosopher, whose teachings deeply influenced East Asian life and thought. "Confucius" is a latinization of the Chinese 孔夫子, Kong Fu Zi or K'ung-fu-tzu, literally "Master Kong", but he is usually referred to in China with a simpler version of this honorific as 孔子, Kongzi, or Kǒng Zǐ.

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Native Name: 孔夫子

Alternative Names: Confucio • Konfuzius • Cheu-kong • Chung-ni • Cong-tse • K'ung Chung-ni • K'ung Fu-tse • K'ung-fu-tzu • K'ung-tzu • Kong Fu Zi • Kong Fuzi • Kong Qiu • Kong Zhongni • Kongfuzi • Kongqiu • Kongzi • Kung Chung-ni • Kung Fu Tzu • Kung Fu-tse • Kungfutse • Zhongni

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Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life. - Confucius

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