trad. 551 BC–trad. 479 BC
Life of Confucius
Religion · Chinese traditions · Confucian traditions
Confucius was a teacher, thinker and political adviser conventionally dated to 551–479 BCE. Later Confucian traditions developed his emphasis on education, ritual, relationships and government in different ways.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · attributed by a tradition
- End
- year · attributed by a tradition
- Dating in the source document
- 551–479 a. C.
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- 2026-09-04
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Sources
- 1. E (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
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- 2026-09-23
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- 2. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- 2020-03-31
- What this date describes
- The cited source or edition; it may postdate the historical event.
- Source updated
- 2024-05-02
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
- Date evidence
- Declared in the cited source’s publisher metadata.
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