The Words of Conucius and Jesus

Confucius lives in China more than 500 years before Christ was born. Throughout time his way of teaching became know as Confucianism. From his writing Analects, Confucius writes, “He has not lived in vain who dies the day he is told about the Way.” Confucius is constantly talking about the “Way”. One might ask what is the “Way”? Where does it go? Confucius, unlike other “religious” tea

Here Confucius argues that the way of a good life will produce a good society. However, he contradicts himself in the same statement by saying “hide yourself when it (The Way) prevails”(Book 8:13) meaning that he himself is unsure if his teachings are even able to prevail. Furthermore seeing that Confucius is unsure of himself he says, “Even with a man who urges himself on his studies as though losing ground, my fear is still that he may not make it in time”(Book 8:17)

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Matthew 6:21)

chers, is not talking about a way to an afterlife. In fact, Confucius does not even believe in an afterlife. He believes that life is only as

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