... , and became known as the age of the hundred philosophers. Foremost in this era, Confucius was born. Kung Fu-tzu was the given name of the great moral philosopher and teacher, Confucius is merely a romanized version of this. He is thought to have been born in the principality of Lu, in what is now Shantung Province, in Northeast China. This is ... the proper order of things, tao, was to reform the government. Confucius' approach to this is quite distinct when looking from a western point of view that favors a democratic and egalitarian ideal. Confucius believed that direction must come f...

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