Do you know about Confucius? Confucius is (great) teacher in Chinese history. His birthday was on September 28. Although he (live) over 2,000 years ago, people still remember and respect him for his contribution to the education today.
Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu in Shandong Province. He lived during the Spring and Autumn Period. He had hard childhood. His father died when he was only 3. His mother brought him up. As a child, he had to work (help) his mother, but young Confucius didn't give up (study). He visited many famous teachers and learnt music, history, poetry and sports.
Later, he became a teacher and started the (one) public school in Chinese history. At that time, only children from noble (贵族的) families could go to school, but Confucius believed everyone should go to school they wanted to learn. He had about 3,000 (student) in his life.
Today, people still follow Confucius' lessons. He told us that we all have something worthy to be learnt. "When I am with three people, one of them must be better me in some areas. I choose their good qualities and follow them."
He also taught (we) that thinking is very important in study. "All study but no thinking makes people puzzled. All thinking but no study makes people lazy."
