Confucius stands alone among the world’s great thinkers. Maybe no other teacher has exerted therefore powerful a keep over so many people for such a long time. For two . 5 millennia his sayings, preserved and produced by generations of his followers, have designed the ethnic and political existence of the world’s most populous country, and they continue steadily to present fresh insights for today’s globalised society. This audiobook sets Confucius’s life and teachings in the context of the lengthy background of China, and examines the origins, meanings and influence of one of history’s most enduring philosophical traditions.