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Men’s natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them. - Confucius
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Men’s natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.
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About Confucius
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.
Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Anonymous Chinese painter of the Western Han period (Public domain / CC0)
Also Known As
Native Name:
孔夫子
Alternative Names:
Confucio
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Konfuzius
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Cheu-kong
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Chung-ni
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Cong-tse
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K'ung Chung-ni
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K'ung Fu-tse
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K'ung-fu-tzu
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K'ung-tzu
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Kong Fu Zi
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Kong Fuzi
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Kong Qiu
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Kong Zhongni
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Kongfuzi
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Kongqiu
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Kongzi
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Kung Chung-ni
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Kung Fu Tzu
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Kung Fu-tse
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Kungfutse
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Zhongni
Original (Chinese)
子曰：「性相近也，習相遠也。」View original quote
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16.5 Confucius said, “Finding enjoyment in three kinds of activities will be a source of personal improvement; finding enjoyment in three other kinds of activities will be a source of personal injury. One stands to be improved by the enjoyment found in attuning oneself to the rhythms of ritual propriety (li ) and music (yue ),283 by the enjoyment found in talking about what others do well (shan ), and by the enjoyment found in having a circle of many friends of superior character (xian ); one stands to be injured by finding enjoyment in being arrogant, by finding enjoyment in dissolute diversions, and by finding enjoyment in the easy life.
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