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Foreigners Who Can Recite Five Confucian Quotes Get Free Tours of Qufu City

Dec 28, 2014 08:02 AM EST

More than 110,000 foreign tourist could recite at least five quotes of the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius, taken from his Analects. The 110,000 represent the 65 percent of the more than 170,000 who took the challenge and won free tours of Qufu since the dare was launched in 2013.

President Xi Jinping Revives Confucian Philosophies in Modern Day China

Erika Villanueva |

Sep 30, 2014 06:52 AM EDT

Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his intent on reviving Confucian philosophies to be applied to the modernization of the country during the celebration of the 2,565th anniversary of Confucius birth last week.