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'Confucius the Great Unapotheosized God of China', 1922. According to Chinese tradition, Confucius (551-479 BC) was a thinker, political figure, educator, and founder of the Ru School of Chinese thought. His teachings, preserved in the Analects, form the foundation of much of subsequent Chinese speculation on the education and comportment of the ideal man. From Myths and Legends of China, by Edward TC Werner, published by George G Harrap & Co, 1922.