Confucius compiled Spring and Autumn Annals, the first historical book in the world. Since then, the history of the world is no longer dark, and all the goodness, evil, beauty and ugliness in history are displayed in front of the world, which makes the rulers wear the shackles of public opinion supervision and provides reference for future generations to govern the country.
Confucius compiled the world's first music collection, Music and Poetry. For the first time, the art of all social strata was displayed, and it was proposed for the first time that rulers should pay attention to the voice of the people.
Confucius collected and sorted out the world's first collection of political essays, The Book, which collected the thoughts of ancient sages such as Tang, Zhou Gong, etc., showed the wisdom of governing the country in the early stage of Chinese civilization, presented the wisdom of China to the world, and profoundly influenced the development of the world.
Confucius established the Book of Changes as the philosophical basis of Confucianism, and personally compiled the Book of Changes to explain the Book of Changes. Yi thought is an eternal theory about the development law of all things in the universe, which has not only become the basis of Chinese civilization, but also the theoretical basis for a hundred schools of thought to contend, and still plays a huge role today.
Confucius founded the system of civilian education schools for the first time in the world. Since then, knowledge has not been monopolized by nobles, but the people have also opened up their wisdom. Under the argument of Confucius, a hundred schools of thought emerged constantly, and China entered a period of cultural prosperity ahead of the world.
Confucius' theory of equality, that is, teaching without distinction, learning with excellence and being an official, has broken the class imprisonment of hereditary system, opened up a new situation that civilians can also manage the country, is the foundation of modern civil service system and civil service system, and opened up a new historical world.
Confucius put forward the theory that "there is specialization in art", which opened up a new course of human civilization in social division of labor. This theory was developed by Adam Smith and became the basic theory of modern civilization.
Confucius' thoughts spread to Europe after14th century, which profoundly influenced the development of European culture, inspired the Renaissance, started the Enlightenment, trained great philosophers such as Voltaire, Lemnitz, Wolff, Montesquieu and Adam Smith, developed modern political theories such as freedom, democracy, equality, fraternity, human rights and the rule of law, and started a new historical period.
Confucius' idea of great harmony was inherited and carried forward by Sun Yat-sen, which became the guiding ideology of China's democratic revolution, founded the New China, and was written into the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights when the United Nations was founded, becoming the basic law of the whole world and creating a new world order.
Based on Confucius' great contribution to mankind, we respect Confucius and call him a saint.