Life and Time of Confucius
Latinized version of Kongzi
Master Kong
It focuses on short predictions following a type of divination called cleromancy wherein six random numbers are picked and arranged under sixty-four hexagrams.
Book of Changes
It is also called Zhengming. The Five Relationships include: 1) ruler-subject; 2) father-son; 3) husband-wife; 4) elder and younger brother; and 5) friend and friend.
Rectifications of Names
Where Confucius was born
Qufu
It is composed of speeches (or prose) of royalty and ministers mainly from the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
Book of History
The Five Classical Virtues, or Wuchang. Confucian ethics. These include the following: ren or benevolence; yi or righteousness; li or propriety; zhi or knowledge/wisdom; and xin or fidelity
The Five Constants
These are ceremonies held to signify that a young person has reached the marriageable age and could join the different activities of his/her clan as an adult
Coming of Age Rites
Personal Name of Confucius and his Family Name
Qiu Kong
A collection of three hundred and five songs compiled around 600 B.C.E. which includes four sections of various themes such as love, courtship, abandonment and dances
Book of Poetry or Book of Odes
The important virtue and primary duty of respect, obedience, and care for one's parents and elderly family members.
Filial Piety
A ceremony wherein the union of two people which was decided by their parents.
Marriage Ceremonies
In what age he has a brilliant teaching career because of his mastery of the arts of ritual, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and arithmetic.
30 years old
A compilation of ceremonial rituals, administration, and social forms of the Zhou Dynasty.
Classic of Rites
Refers to rituals designed to commemorate and venerate the spirits of one's deceased forebears.
Ancestor's Worship
How many followers he left after Confucius died?
3, 000 followers
It is a collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius and his contemporaries, traditionally believed to have been written by Confucius' followers.
Analects
The celestial aspect of the cosmos, often translated as "Heaven") is mentioned in relationship to its complementary aspect of D (地, often translated as "Earth").
Tian
Traditional burial customs show a strong belief in life after death and the need for ancestor veneration among the living
Mourning Rites