Excerpt from Travaux De La Troisieme Session Du Congres International Des Orientalistes, St. Petersbourg, 1876, Vol. 2: Sous La Redaction Du Baron Victor De Rosen Confucius (b. C. 551 The founder of what was thenceforth called Confucianism. Author of the ch'un-ts'yu, and editor of the shi-king, shoo-king and yih-king. Had no connection with India (knows nothing of transmigration, fa voars however annihilation) but was somewhat influenced by lao-tszs. The Aristotle of China. The theistic high-priest of mundane utility (polity and formal morality). The prophet of the prosaical practical life (philistinism). His method: casu istic, ethical, analytic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.