Confucius And Guatama Siddhartha

Confucius and Guatama Siddhartha

The Lives of Confucius and Guatama Siddhartha

Dariush Nazem
World Civilization 121
September 19, 1996
Professor: Helju Bennett
Section Teacher: Sara Abosch

The Life Of Confucius

Throughout the time span that man has lived on earth, there have been
many religions in existence. Two very important and influencing religions that
have been around for over two thousand years are Confucianism and Buddhism. The
founders of these two religions, Confucius and Buddha, respectively, lived
different lives and had different thoughts. Although this made two totally
different religions, they both had one common goal. That common goal was to
assist the human population and improve their lifestyle.
Confucius was a sage in China and also it's greatest philosopher. He
was one of the most prominent figures and is respected throughout all of China.
He was born at Tsou, in the state of Lu, known today as the Shandong province,
in the year 551 B.C. He was named Ch'iu, meaning ‘hill', because he had a very
large bump on his head. This name has rarely been used because of the Chinese
way of showing “reverence by avoidance”. (Encyclopedia Americana, v. 7; 540)
K'ung Futzu was what was used. The name got Latinized and it became Confucius.
Ever since Confucius' birth, he was a great student. All throughout his
childhood Confucius liked to play religious and cultural roles. By the age of
15, Confucius began to take his studies very seriously. He was a...

Confucius And Guatama Siddhartha

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