# Confucius (@confucius)

Confucius (traditionally 551–479 BCE) was a Chinese teacher and thinker associated with an enduring tradition of moral cultivation, ritual practice, education, and exemplary government. The Analects preserves sayings attributed to him, but its layers were compiled after his death and do not provide a simple transcript.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Confucius's public record._

## Topics

- [Government by Example](/@confucius/government-by-example.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [The Analects and the Historical Confucius](/@confucius/the-analects-and-historical-confucius.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Ritual and Moral Cultivation](/@confucius/ritual-and-moral-cultivation.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [The Analects](/@confucius/analects.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Government](/@confucius/government.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Ideas and Method](/@confucius/ideas-and-method.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Reception and Legacy](/@confucius/reception-and-legacy.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Texts and Historical Context](/@confucius/texts-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Virtue and ritual](/@confucius/virtue.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2024/entries/confucius/
- blog: https://iep.utm.edu/confucius/
- blog: https://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/analects.html

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "confucius", "question": "…"}`.