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What is a teacher through the ages?
Teachers through the ages describes that thinkers' thoughts can go through thousands of years and affect generations. In China, it is generally called Confucius.

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From "Forever Teacher". The sage of Qing Dynasty once wrote the word "model for all generations" on the tablet of Confucius Temple, and later people called it Confucius. Praise Confucius as "the teacher of a hundred-year-old emperor, the table of eternal human feelings."

The plaque of "model for all generations" was presented by Emperor Kangxi when he visited the Confucius Temple in Qufu in November of the 23rd year of Qing Emperor Kangxi (1684). At that time, Emperor Kangxi, after listening to the first chapter of "University" by Guo Jian-sheng Kong in the "Poetry Hall", said to college students and others, "If you want to praise, you can't say famous sentences, and the special book" Model for All Ages "is hung in the forehead hall", and left the yellow cover of the crank for the use of Confucius Temple with you. Subsequently, the contents of this plaque were awarded to Confucius temples all over the country, and the plaque was carved and hung.

Introduction of Confucius

Confucius (September 28, 55 BC1year-April 479 BC 1 1 year), surnamed Kong, was born in Qufu, Shandong Province, and his ancestral home was Li Yi (now Xiayi, Henan Province). He was a famous thinker and educator in China. Confucius initiated the atmosphere of private lectures and was the founder of Confucianism.

Educated by Laozi, Confucius led some disciples around the world for fourteen years. In his later years, he studied six classics: Poetry, Shu, Li, Yue, Yi and Chunqiu. According to legend, he has 3,000 disciples, including 72 sages. After the death of Confucius, his disciples and their re-disciples recorded the words and deeds, quotations and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples, and compiled the Confucian classic The Analects.

In ancient times, Confucius was regarded as a "saint of heaven" and a "muduo of heaven". He was one of the most knowledgeable scholars in the society at that time, and was honored by the rulers of later generations as the saint, the most holy and the most holy teacher of Confucius, the master of Wang Xuan and the teacher of all ages. His Confucianism has a far-reaching influence on China and the world, and Confucius is listed as the first of the "Top Ten Cultural Celebrities in the World". Confucius is regarded as the ancestor of Confucianism (non-Confucianism). With the expansion of Confucius' influence, Confucius' sacrifice once became a "great sacrifice" at the same level as the ancestor of God and country.