What was life in china when Confucius ruled?

Confucius, also known as Kong Qiu or K'ung Fu-tzu, was a Chinese philosopher, teacher and political figure.

Explanation:

His teachings, preserved in the Analects, focused on creating ethical models of family and public interaction and setting educational standards.

Confucius in the sixth and fifth centuries, the Zhou had essentially lost its control, and China was divided up into congeries of contending feudal states warring with one another for power and control. Confucius lived in this very difficult time, a time of a great deal of tension.

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