Confucius

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It is related that around the middle of the ninetheenth century a learned Chinese was asked if he did not think it would be educational to travel in the lands outside of China. His replay was that one who knows the Chinese classics has nothing left to learn.

He was a man of outstanding intellect and lofty ideals. Because he refused to compromise, none of the rulers of the day would give him any effective post in their governments. For this reason he was thrown back on teaching and forced to spend his time in elaborating his ideas to his students. As a result, although he peronally failed, his ideas succeeded after his death in effecting drastic alterations in the theory and practice of government in China.