Confucius Earl of Cork sitting on a tree branch

sitting on a tree branch and holding a fruit

The Speaker's chair is in the foreground on the left

Great Asian Archipelago: French explorers with natives on the Island of Ombai

Miss Carolyn Moore 18 from Nantwich

Confucius Earl of Cork sitting on a tree branchConfucius, ancient Chinese teacher and philosopher, 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. Frontispiece of Myths and Legends of China, by Edward TC Werner, published by George G Harrap &