He died about B.C. 478. His teaching, chiefly found in the Lun-Yu, or Confucian analects, was of a practical moral character, and did not include any religious dogmas.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
The year following the king of Kudara seeing how much his efforts to furnish Chinese learning were appreciated, sent an eminent Chinese scholar, Wani, who took with him the Confucian analects and the Thousand Character Essay, two noted Chinese classics and presented them to the emperor.
"Japan"
David Murray
Large crown 8vo, cloth 15s net The Discourses, commonly known as the analects, contain the sayings of the Sage as recorded by his disciples.
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