“The Lives of Remarkable People” is a series of biographical and artistic-biographical books published from 1890 to 1924 by the F. F. Pavlenkov publishing house.
“The Lives of Remarkable People” is the first in Russia universal collection of biographies of outstanding figures: actors, musicians, artists, writers, commanders, and political figures, scholars and philosophers of different eras and countries, written using historical and literary sources. Recommended for a wide readership.
Confucius (c. 551 BC, near Qufu — 479 BC, Qufu) was an ancient thinker and philosopher of China. His teachings had a profound influence on the life of China and East Asia, forming the basis of a philosophical system known as Confucianism.