Confucius’ Lessons for Surviving a Chaotic World

Ancient wisdom to stabilize your life and your society

George Dillard
The Bigger Picture
Published in
7 min readFeb 15, 2021

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A statue of Confucius in Nanjing (CC 3.0)

Confucius, China’s most influential philosopher, lived in a chaotic time. The philosopher, who lived from 551–479 BCE, witnessed an ugly period in China’s history. The ruling Zhou Dynasty, though it still officially held the throne, had lost effective control over most of China. Noble…

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