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Confucius (6th-5th century BCE) has influenced China for over two thousand years and the West for hundreds. He belonged to a seminal group of thinkers, including The Buddha, Plato and Aristotle. His basic mission was a quest for order by which rulers and civil leaders could run the bureaucracy. It is a social and ethical philosophy, not a religion. Confucianism was adopted by the Han Dynasty in the 2nd century BCE and lasted until the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1905. Basically, he taught the importance of being benevolent, the importance of education and knowing your place in society.