Confucius

　　 The Collection of Critical Biographies of Chinese Thinkers, 　　under the general editorship of the late honorary president of 　　Nan jing University, Professor Kuang Yaming, is the largest-scale 　　project of research materials on Chinese thinkers undertaken 　　since the beginning of the twentieth century. Standing on the 　　shoulders of this great man and other 200 well-known Chinese 　　professors, this collection of concise Chinese-English version is 　　not only based on aprofound academic foundation, but also 　　exhibits a brand new feature which is the virtue of explaining 　　the profound in a simple way, hence leading readers to mastery of 　　the contents; it also incorporates a refined principle of 　　selection, a simple mode of evaluation and commentary, and a 　　moving narration of the stories and their wisdom. 　　 Confucius, the first great educator in Chinese history and 　　the most important thinker and the founder of Confucianism, is 　　revealed as a man of flesh and blood, of passions and 　　aspirations, of triumphsand tragedies, and of surpassing cultural 　　and intellectual import.