At the same time as Buddha, but further in the East, Confucius concentrated on fundamental principles for an ethical life. His primary objective was not to impart facts, but to implant a mental discipline. He paid little attention to problems of religion or afterlife. The first thinker to relate ethics to the political order. He tried to educate political leaders as an example of righteousness for the ruled, who would then bend toward the good just as the grass bends before the wind. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius
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