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Confucius is the greatest teacher in
Chinese history. He was born on S{#blank#}1{#/blank#} 28th, 551 B.C.in the Kingdom
of Lu, in today's Shandong Province. When he was young, he and his mother had a
hard l{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. At the age of fifteen, he began to learn music, and he did well
in it. Then he went on l{#blank#}3{#/blank#} other subjects. When he was thirty, he b{#blank#}4{#/blank#}
a teacher. He started his own school. He believed everyone should have a chance
to get education whether they were r{#blank#}5{#/blank#} or poor. He had about, 3, 000 s{#blank#}6{#/blank#}
and many of them became famous.
Chinese see Confucius as the greatest
thinker w{#blank#}7{#/blank#} had many wise ideas about human nature and behavior. And he
is also regarded a{#blank#}8{#/blank#} the greatest teacher. His most important ideas are
about kindness and g{#blank#}9{#/blank#} manners. He said young people should t{#blank#}10{#/blank#}
care of the old. People should not only always think of themselves, but work
for o{#blank#}11{#/blank#}. His ideas are around in people's everyday life. Today people can
still hear the ideas, and they even go far into east a{#blank#}12{#/blank#} south Asia.
