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Confucius was a scholar who wanted to restore order, harmony, and good government through developing good relationships and family ties. He believed that education could transform people and that his teachings could provide the foundation for a trained civil service and bureaucracy to govern China according to his ethical system of right and wrong, which Chinese social order and government became based on.
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- 1. Mr. Taylor | @teamHISTORY | Unit 3 – part 2
- 2. Scholar Confucius wants to restore order, harmony, good government
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- End of Zhou Dynasty is time of disorder
- http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/exploreorg/china-great-wall-eorg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64gKfT_nmtE