Selections from the *Confucian Analects* (Lunyu 論語): On Confucius as Teacher and Person

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*Note: I am not a Sinologist. It is often said, "teach what you know"；but I say "teach what you do not know so that you may come to know."人們常說教你所知道的.但是我說教你不知道的事, 這樣你就會知道
*Xia 夏 (ca. 2070 - c. 1600 BCE) [not included in song]
Shang 商 (ca. 1600 - 1050 BCE)
Zhou 周 (ca.1046 - 256 BCE)
Qin 秦 (221 - 206 BCE)
Han 漢 (206 BCE - 220 CE)
*Six Dynasties 六朝 (220 - 589 CE) [age of disunity] [not included in song] [the six dynasties 朝 were: the Eastern Wu 東吳/Three Kingdoms 三国时代 (222-280), Jin 晉 (265-420) [eastern 317-420], Liu Song 劉宋 (420-479), Southern Qi 南齊 (479-502), Liang 梁 (502-557), and Chen 陳 (557-589)]
Sui 隋 (581 - 618 CE)
Tang 唐 (618 - 906)
Song 宋 960 - 1279 [Northern Song (960-1127) and Southern Song (1127-1279)]
Yuan 元 1279-1368
Ming 明 1368-1644
Qing 清 1644-1912
Republic 中華民國 1912-1949
Mao Zedong 毛沢東 1949-present
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