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August 28th 2007
Published: September 2nd 2007
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Confucius Says. . . Not Much at All These Days Kong Fu Zi, the venerable Master Kong (Confucius is the Anglicised version of his name) , was born in the year 551 BC in the town of Qufu. He was an educated man who worked up from his lowly status (he wasn’t from a rich family by any measure) to very high official positions within the government of the time. He was renowned for being honest, hardw... Read Full Entry



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The mansion was filled with gardens and flowers in bloom.
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Refuge Tower

This was used as a last line of defence by the Kong family when the peasants rose up against them. Whether or not it was ever actually used is unknown to me.
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Dirty Qufu Streets

Qufu reminded me of Cambodia in more ways than one.
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Master Kong Himself

He wasn't saying much, rather quiet in person actually.
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These ones were at the Ming Dynasty graves.
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Less Than Formidable Expression

I'm not scared of this guard.



3rd September 2007

Hi Matty - fascinating history, but how do you spell a place with lots of trees?
11th September 2007

HAY GUYZ WUTS GOING ON
Isn't Confucius the dude who writes all those cookie fortunes?

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