1、As you all know, China is greatly influenced by Confucianism. Today I will introduce a famous person (“people“ is plural, “person“ is singular), Confucius. Confucius, name Qiu, styled zhongNi, Lu Spring and Autumn period of people.- I dont understand what this means, but I believe “Lu Spring and Aut
2、umn period of people“ should be “in the kingdom of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period“ Is that what you meant? Confucius is a famous ancient thinker, educator, and founder of Confucianism. (lists that do not end in “etc.“ always need “and“ before the last item in the list)Confucius was born in a
3、 poor family in the year 551B.C, and he was born -since you already said that he was born you do not need to say it again, so you can delete this in the state of Lu (now QuFu Shangdong province). His father, commander of a district in Lu, died three years after Confucius was born, leaving the family
4、 in poverty, but Confucius received a fine education. He was married at the age of 19 and had one son and two daughters. Confucius was a well-known leader in philosophy. and he also made - sounds more natural to say “He also is famous for“ (usually you “create“ or “say“ phrases rather than “make“ th
5、em) many wise phrases and theories about the law, life, and the government. (Usually people consider Confucius sayings to apply to more than one type of law or government, so you do not need the article “the“ (it is broader than “on government,“ etc.) Confucius is famous for his philosophy because h
6、e made many wise saying in ancient China that helped many people-“his wise sayings helped many people in ancient China“ learn about nature, the world, and the-delete human behavior. He also helped the government and the emperor by teaching them lessons on how the emperor should rule his kingdom succ
7、essfully.As the founder and great thinker of Confucianism, Confuciuss thoughts were mainly collected in the Confucian Analects (since the Confucian Analects are a specific thing, you need the article “the“). The Confucian Analects reflect Confucius politics, thoughts, and ethical relation thoughts-m
8、ore natural to say “thoughts on politics and ethics“. If you want to know more about Confucius, you should read the Analects of Confucius. I believe you could learn more from this book.-repetitive. Could remove, or say “leanr more from this book than from (something else)“Thought of Confucius-“Confu
9、cian thought“ in Chinese history of great significance-“has great significance in Chinese history“, has-“having“ already affected more than two thousand years of history in China, therefore, Confuciuss position in history is also very high. Now, more and more Chinese and foreigners start-(“are“ or “
10、have started“) studying Confucian culture. Confucius, are-“is“(because youre talking about Confucius, a single person) worthy of great positions of-“a great position in“ (because usually one person only holds one position) China!At last,-better to say “Lastly“ (“at last“ sounds like we waited a very
11、 long time for you to finish and are happy you are done, which is not the case : ) I want to introduce something about the eyes of Confucian gentleman. Gentlemanly (adding “-ly“ makes “gentleman“ an adjective to describe personality and sounds more natural) personality is one of the ideal personalit
12、y modes which all Confucians have been pursuing and adoring-(Confucians have been pursuing this idea for a long time, which is correct, but you should say that this mode is something which “all Confucians pursue and adore“, because it is not just people who have been pursuing for a long time, it is
13、also people who are just starting to pursue). If you want to be a perfect gentleman, its not easy. You should have a good command of the six arts: ritual, music, archery, carriage driving (“carriage“ on its own is only a noun, need the act of driving it to make it an art), calligraphy and mathematic
14、s, but even this is not enough. Confucius said, “A gentleman does not seek satiety (“satiety“ is a very hard word! I think it would be easier to say “satisfaction,“ this concept is a hard to translate easily into English) at the table or ease at home. He is diligent in business and cautious in speec
15、h. Both loyalty and filial piety are attained,“ and so on. Confucian philosophy is a kind of a system of ideas and thoughts that talk about the humans-human beings behavior and the rules that you should follow to make-“have“(we usually say you “have a successful life“ or you “make life successful“) a successful life. Now, we are studing at QuFu, the hometown of Confucius. I think we must learn something from Confucius, although just a little. I know, maybe we couldt become a gentleman or gentlewoman, but we still could make a successful life through learning Confucianism.Thank you, thats all.
