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Confucius (c.551-478 B.C.). The most famous of all the sages of China. "Confucius was in no real sense of the word a religious teacher, in fact, did not concern himself with religion. His doctrines were entirely ethical and political. His attitude towards the supernatural may be summed up in his own words: "Respect the gods! but have as little as possible to do with them," and it is recorded that he spoke but seldom of four subjects-marvels, feats of strength, rebellions, and spiritual beings." (The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol. V, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920, 731-732.)
Dr. L. Wieger (trans., L. Davrout, S.J.), Moral Tenets and Customs in China (Ho-Kien-Fu: Catholic Mission Press, 1913) 5.
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