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==Biography==
==Biography==
Originally from [[Qufu]] in the [[state of Lu]] in what is today [[Shandong province]], Confucius likely came from a well-to-do family, since he is known to have been educated in writing, music, and rites. His father died when Confucius was quite young. He is said to have pursued a career as a statesman, ultimately resigning when he found the task conflicted with his personal beliefs. He then traveled widely, accumulating followers and disciples, who after his death assembled his teachings into the Analects.
Originally from Chāngpíng village in [[Qufu]] in the [[state of Lu]] in what is today [[Shandong province]],<ref>Plaques on-site at Yushima Seidô, Tokyo.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/16743886182/sizes/k/]</ref> Confucius likely came from a well-to-do family, since he is known to have been educated in writing, music, and rites. His father died when Confucius was quite young. He is said to have pursued a career as a statesman, ultimately resigning when he found the task conflicted with his personal beliefs. He then traveled widely, accumulating followers and disciples, who after his death assembled his teachings into the Analects.
==Teachings==
==Teachings==
::''Main article: [[Confucianism]]''
::''Main article: [[Confucianism]]''
Confucianism was violently suppressed under the [[Qin Shihuangdi|First Emperor of Qin]] (c. 210s BCE), but was revived and made the official state philosophy of the [[Han Dynasty]] in 139 BCE. In the centuries which followed, a number of Confucian temples were built. [[Emperor Taizong of Tang]] (r. [[626]]-[[649]]) later ordered that temples to Confucius be constructed in every major city in the empire.
Confucianism was violently suppressed under the [[Qin Shihuangdi|First Emperor of Qin]] (c. 210s BCE), but was revived and made the official state philosophy of the [[Han Dynasty]] in 139 BCE. In the centuries which followed, a number of Confucian temples were built. [[Emperor Taizong of Tang]] (r. [[626]]-[[649]]) later ordered that temples to Confucius be constructed in every major city in the empire.
The Confucian Temple and Cemetery, and Kong Family House, in Qufu are today registered UNESCO [[World Heritage Sites]]. Though today managed by the local government (i.e. as public institutions), they were until at least the 1920s still held and managed as the private property of the Kong family - Confucius' lineal descendants - and the mansion in particular was open only to visitors with a formal introduction or invitation.<ref>James Flath, "Managing Historical Capital in Shandong: Museum, Monument, and Memory in Provincial China," ''The Public Historian'' 24:2 (2002), 45.</ref>
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