
IPFS News Link • China
Confucius Doesn't Live Here Anymore
• arcleinIn today's China, the philosopher Confucius is back. To mark his 2,565th birthday this September, the nation's President, Xi Jinping, paid homage to the sage at an international conference convened for the occasion. "Confucianism," Xi said, is key to "understanding the national characteristics of the Chinese as well as the historical roots of the spiritual world of the present-day Chinese."