Confucius lived in China during the latter half of the Zhou dynasty (eleventh century–256 BCE). As a philosopher and teacher, Master Kong influences far more people today through classic writings, ...

Confucianism, which emphasises morality and hierarchy, is one of the diverse, flourishing philosophical schools that arose from social and political upheaval in China's Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770 ...

According to tradition, Lao Tzu was a contemporary of Confucius and worked as an archivist in the Imperial Library of the Zhou Dynasty court during the 6th century BC. Confucius intentionally or ...

The pits have well-preserved evidence of bronzeware and ceramics from the Early Western Zhou dynasty. Though a far smaller tomb ... of the great Chinese philosophers of antiquity, including Confucius, ...