Confucius

Confucius K'ung Fu Tzu- a.k.a Confucius. Confucius was a philisophical leader. He was born in the state of Lu, North China, at about 551 B.C.E. He lived in a time of war and economical unstablility. He was born into a poor family but as a teenager he started getting into ethics and philosophy. When he was an adult he left his country and wandered around China in hopes of teaching people of his philosophy. He thought it was better for people in a higher status to lead with self-discipline and virtue rather than how the leading with selfishness and control. Later on, he ended up teaching young men of his ways so that when they took a role in government they would actually have an impact on society for the better, according to Confucius. After his death, he was thought to be "one of the greatest ethical minds in the East." ([])

"Confucius is the first Chinese thinker to introduce concepts that became fundamental not only to Confucian philosophy but to Chinese philosophy in general." ([])