1. The route followed by Confucius 2,500 years ago on his tour of various states. Confucius (551 BC-479 BC), whose given name was Qiu, but who styled himself as Zhong Ni, lived in the state of Lu in the late Spring and Autumn period, and was a well-known thinker and educator. When he was an official of Lu, he visited Luoyang, capital of Eastern Zhou, and the state of Qi. Later he resigned from his official position and toured
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