French Voltaire: "A wise man was found in the East".

Matteo Ricci, Italy: wearing Confucian clothes and crowns, calling himself a Confucian.

in the 13th century, Kyle Polo, an Italian, praised the richness of the East and the prosperity of civilization in his Travels of Marco Polo, which opened a desirable oriental window for westerners.

Holbach, the leader of the Encyclopedia School, opposed the brutal monarchy system in France and Europe, and praised Confucius' political proposition of governing the country by virtue. He thought that "in China, reason had an incredible effect on the power of the monarch, but the morality of Confucius, a saint based on the eternal truth, could make the conquerors of China conquered by him".

Voltaire, an enlightenment thinker, highly praised Confucius' thought. He lamented, "It is a great misfortune that we cannot be like China people."

robespierre, the leader of jacobins, quoted Confucius' motto in his 1793 Declaration on Human Rights and Citizenship, which became a much-told story. He wrote: "Freedom belongs to all people's right to do everything that does not harm the rights of others: its principle is nature, its rule is justice, and its guarantee is law; Its moral boundary is in the following maxim: Do not do to others what you don't want them to do to you. "

Leibniz, Germany: Warmly praise Confucianism.

Needham, England: "Confucius is the uncrowned emperor".

Zhuang Shidun, an English teacher of Puyi, the last emperor of China, thinks: "China's political and religious culture is based on Confucianism ... No matter how beautiful foreign teachers are, they can't coexist with Confucianism in China." "The Four Books and Five Classics are to China's education, and Greece and Latin are to Britain's education. The so-called cloth, silk and millet can't be separated in a day."

Emerson, an American poet and philosopher, thinks that "Confucius is the glory of all nationalities in the world" and "Confucius is the philosophical Washington", which means that he "has great admiration for this oriental sage" and often quotes Confucius' famous saying: "If you listen to the Tao, you will die in the evening."

Pound told reporters: "Only the form of music can contain all materials. In my mind, Confucius' universe is the universe where rhythm and tension interact." Speaking of the relationship between language and government, Pound said: "Bad language will inevitably lead to bad government, while good language may not necessarily lead to good government. Confucius put it well: "If the name is irregular, the words are not smooth".