-
Confucius was born
Confucius was born in 551 BCE in Qufu,China. -
Confucius' father died
Confucius was 3 when his father died in 549 BCE -
Confucius' mother died
Confucius was 16 when his mother dies in 335 BCE -
Confucius got married
Confucius got married and was appointed the manager of the state of Lu’s granary. (Grain was used as money in this time period) 533 BCE -
Confucius’s son
Confucius’s son was born he was named Li. Confucius appointed the state of Lu’s Husbandry Manager. 532 BCE -
Confucius' school
Confucius starts his own private school. 522 BCE -
Legendary meeting
Legendary meeting between Confucius and Lao-Tzu (founder of Taoism) 518 BCE -
Mayor of Zhongdu
Confucius appointed the Chief Magistrate (Mayor) of Zhongdu 501BCE -
Minister of justice
Appointed the Minister of Justice for the Kingdom of Lu 500 BCE -
Leaves the state
Leaves the state of Lu and heads to Wei to try to promote his ideas.
497 BCE -
Returns home
Confucius returns home to Qufu in Lu 484BCE -
Confucius dies
479 BCE -
Qin Dynasty Emperor
Qin Dynasty Emperor orders the burning of Confucian texts and kills many Confucian scholars 221 – 206 BCE -
introduced to japan
Confucianism introduced to Japan by Paekche kingdom from Korea. 500's CE -
17 article constitution
Japan's Prince Shotoku introduces 17 Article Constitution with moral commandments largely based on the Analects of Confucius. 604 CE -
national civil service exam
King Gwangjong of the Goryeo Kingdom in Korea establishes a national civil service exam based on Confucianism. 958 CE -
Gukjagam school
Korean Goryeo King Seongjong establishes the Gukjagam school for Confucian classics. 992 CE -
Neo-Confucianism
Neo-Confucianism (Zhu Xi interpretation) introduced to Japan (known in Japan as Shushigaku) 1100's CE -
Yangban thrives
Yangban (Confucian scholar class) thrives under the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. 1392 CE -
bureaucratic government
Japan Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu establishes bureaucratic government based on Neo-Confucian principles. 1603 CE
