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2 author names match this search. Names and uncertain attributions are preserved as recorded.

Traditional painted depiction; not a lifetime portraitTang-dynasty depiction; public domain · Public domain

Confucius (traditional attribution)

Traditionally remembered as a teacher whose transmitted sayings connect learning, personal conduct and public responsibility. The Analects preserve different representations of Master Kong rather than an independently authenticated manuscript.

551 BC – 479 BC · 384 collected ↗

CpConfucius possibly

Confucius possibly

Dates not recorded · 1 collected ↗