Confucianism has retained its vitality and the main tenets of its doctrine to this day. Therefore, it remains a powerful factor influencing the culture and ideology not only of China and other countries of the Far East, but also of the whole world. This happens for the simple reason that Confucius was far from everything connected with the material world. His world is Man and his soul. And not just a man, but the same one whom he calls a “noble husband”, honest, kind, competent and loving his country. How to become like this? This is what our book talks about, since it tells not only about the life and teachings of the great sage, but also contains 350 of his most famous sayings, essentially for all occasions. The reader learns a lot of interesting things from Confucius’ conversations with the students of the school he founded. In addition to the story about Confucius himself, the Reader will become acquainted in our book with other Chinese sages with whom Confucius had to meet and with the historical situation in which they lived. Why are the teachings of Confucius relevant even now, two and a half thousand years after his death? Yes, because he already spoke then about everything that worries humanity even now. About nobility, honesty, kindness and service to one’s homeland...