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Wikipedia's article on Confucius, community-edited. Reliable for the birth and death years, around 551 to 479 BCE, his birthplace of Zou in the state of Lu, his teaching career from around age thirty onward, his brief service as Lu's Minister of Crime around 501 BCE, and the compiling of his teachings into the Analects by his disciples after his death.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius
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Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used for Confucius's own dates and teaching career in the state of Lu, stated plainly in the article's own text. NotesUsed for Confucianism's own origin in the state of Lu.
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