Born around the year 551 BC in the small town of Lu, now entered the province of Shantung in northeastern China. In young widowed father, making life miserable in her mother's side.
When leaving an adult he became a petty civil servant, but after a lapse of some years he decided to feel a lot better off alone. Throughout the next sixteen-Kong Hu Cu become teachers, little by little to find the influences and philosophies fad followers. Stepping on the age of fifty years of his star began to shine because she can perch on the city government Lu.
The good fortune is not always friendly apparently because people are jealous with this act and the act was dragged into court so that not only managed to remove it from the chair position but also made him leave the city. No less than thirteen-year-old Kong Hu Cu wandering foot step, so the itinerant teacher, just returned home from five years before his death in 479 BC.
Kong Hu Cu-often regarded as the founder of a religion; assumption is of course wrong. He rarely associate with the divine teachings, rejecting talk of afterlife, and expressly deny any talk related matters metaflsika. He-no more and no less-a secular philosopher, just dealing with issues of political morality and personal morality and behavior.
There are two values are very important, said Kong Hu-Cu, which is "yen" and "Li:" "Yen" is often translated with the word "Love," but they are more subject to be interpreted "The hospitality in a relationship with someone." "Li "described as a combination of behaviors, of worship, customs, manners and politeness.
The cult of ancestors, the basic bin basically trust the Chinese even before the birth of Hu-Cu Kong, confirmed again with more emphasis on family loyalty and respect for the elderly. Teachings of Confucius-Cu also underlines the importance of necessity a wife respect and obey her husband and a similar obligation of a citizen to his government. This is somewhat different from the Chinese folk tales that always oppose every form of tyranny. Kong Hu Cu-sure, there is no other country to serve the interests of the people, not turned back. Not tired-jemunya Kong Hu Cu-emphasize that the ruler must rule first of all give you an example based on example rather than by moralists and play hard and kemplang. And one of the few legal doctrine similar to the "Golden Rule" his Christian who says "What you do not like others to do unto you, do not do."
Main-main views Kong Hu Cu basically very conservative. According to his opinion, the golden age was past, and he urged both the ruler and the people to return home, stick to the size genah moral, not digress. The fact that there is not an easy matter at hand. The desire Kong Hu Cu-order rule is not playing the way she snapped, but with good role models show not so smooth at the beginning of his era. Therefore, Kong Hu Cu-more approach a reformer, an innovator rather than what is really so ideal.
Kong Hu Cu-lived in Chou Dynasty, a period menyuburnya intellectual life in China, while the ruling was ignored altogether-petuahnya advice. Only after he wafatlah his teachings spread throughout the corner of China.
Berbetulan with the rise of Ch'in dynasty in 221 BC, had a very bleak future. Emperor Shih Huang Ti, First Emperor Ch'ing dynasty determined to clear-cutting round-adherent Kong Hu Cu and cut off the chain of contact the past. Issuance of orders daily squeeze creamed teachings Kong Hu-Cu and either move the mirror and professional thugs and troublemakers to do large-scale raids, seized all the books containing the teachings of Confucius-Cu and dicemplungkan into the fire pit until it is destroyed to ashes. Depravity plan is apparently also not working. When the Ch'ing dynasty neared collapse, adherents of Confucius-Cu revived embers to rekindle his spirits and doctrines of Confucius-Cu. In the next dynasty (Han Dynasty 206 BC - 220 AD). Confucianisme became the official state philosophy of China.
Starting from the Han dynasty, the emperors of China developed a system level by level selection for those who want to become civil servants by way of taking exams in order to become civil servants do not haphazard but people have good quality standards of skill and morale. Over time more and more directed and weighted selection: eye exam include basic philosophy-Kong Hu Cu. Since the country is so pegawal ladder towards the material welfare and social status keterangkatan, please understandable if among enthusiasts fought fierce battles going places. The next result, generations of air-frontman frontman Chinese intellectuals in great quantities to her until the eye dizzy realm of classical writings-Khong Hu Cu. And, for centuries the Chinese civil service consists of the people gaze rests on the philosophy of Confucius-Cu. This system (with only a slight distraction) lasted for almost two thousand years, starting in 100 BC to 1900 AD
But, Confucianisme not only government official philosophy of China, but also accepted and lived by the great majority of Chinese people, influential down to the basics of their hearts, into the waveguide direction of thinking during a period of more than two thousand years.
There are several reasons why Confucianisme have such a tremendous influence on Chinese people. First, the honesty and innocence Kong Hu Cu-no doubt. Second, he's a moderate and exceedingly practical and do not ask many things that people are not able to be implemented. If Kong Hu Cu-wanted someone to be respected, that person should not bother to become a saint first. In this case, as in the case of the other teachings, he reflects and simultaneously translate the practical character of the Chinese people. Aspect is the possibility that the most basic factor of success of the teachings of Confucius-Cu. Kong Hu-Cu is not asking exceedingly many. For example he did not ask the Chinese to exchange the basics of old beliefs. In fact the opposite, Confucius-Cu in supporting the clean clear language so that they do not need to be shuffled. Apparently, no one anywhere in the world of philosophers such close contact in terms of views which are fundamental to the population as well as Hu-Cu Kong.
Confucianisme that emphasize a series of obligations are addressed to individuals rather than accentuate their rights-it was difficult to digest and less attractive to the size of the Western world. As a philosophy of statehood seems extraordinarily effective. Measured from the point capability to maintain domestic harmony and prosperity of China within a period of not less than two thousand years, it is clear can be equated with other forms of government in the world.
The idea of philosophy Kong Hu Cu-rooted Chinese culture, not many influential outside the East Asia region. In Korea and Japan's subtle influence and is due to these two countries are strongly influenced by Chinese culture.
Currently in a state Confucianisme Guram in China. The problem is, the Communist government tried desperately to link the minds of the population with the past is lost altogether. With a persistent and systematic Confucianisme pounded out so that the most likely one day not too far away from earth Confucianisme China. But because in the past, riding Confilcianisme roots so deep in the earth plunged China, not impossible-for some hundred or hundred and fifty lahun to come - some Chinese philosophers could marry the two big ideas: Confucianisme and the teachings of Mao Tse-Tung.
