孔子是中國古代偉大的思想家和教育家,儒家學派創始人,世界上最著名的文化名人之一。相傳孔子曾修《五經》,撰寫《春秋》。孔子學說植根于中國傳統和信仰。孔子提倡忠誠于家庭,敬奉祖先,尊老愛幼,注重家庭在理想政府統治中的根基作用。他的經典名言“己所不欲,勿施于人”是黃金法則的最早版本之一。
Confucius was a great thinker and educator of ancient China and the founder of Confucianism and one of the most prestigious cultural celebrities in the world. Legend has it that Confucius edited The Five Classics, and compiled The Spring and Autumn Annals. Confucius’ principles had a basis in common Chinese traditions and beliefs. He valued strong familial loyalty, ancestor worship, respect for the elder and love for the young, and concern for the family as the base for an ideal government. He expressed the well-known principle, “Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself”, one of the earliest versions of the Golden Rule.