confucius

· Confucius: 551-479
· Mencius, the most important Confucian philosopher after Confucius: 371-289
· Shi-Huangdi, the first qin emperor ordered all books about Confucianism to be burnt: 213
· Han emperor wu di proclaimed Confucianism to be the state religion of china: 136 bce
· Emperor mingdi ordered Confucius to be venerated in schools: 59 CE
· A stone stele in frount of confucius’s burial mound was erected: 1443 ce
· Tao Zong ordered Confucian temples to be established in every important town and city: 630 ce
· Neo-confucianism, which had some Buddhist ideas in it, started to spread: 958 ce...