The Ju philosophy that has dominated Chinese thought for the last twenty-five centuries had its beginning in the teachings of K'ung Ch'iu (551-479 B.C.), commonly known as Confucius, founder of the Ju school.

Preface: Confucianism, the subject of this book, is unique amont the world's great teachings in that, unlike Christianity, Buddhism, and Mohammedanism, it remains to this day a philosophy pure and simple.