Who was Confucius? - Bryan W. Van Norden
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- Опубліковано 26 жов 2015
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Most people recognize his name and know that he is famous for having said something, but considering the long-lasting impact his teachings have had on the world, very few people know who Confucius really was, what he really said... and why. Bryan W. Van Norden reveals the man behind the mystery.
Lesson by Bryan W. Van Norden, animation by Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat.
"With great power, comes great electricity bill." - Confucius
DIS GON B GUD “God bless America ” --- by Confucius
With great power comes great current squared times resistance" -Ohm
you've made my day! xD xD xD
+Firstname Lastname Ohmm!
DIS GON B GUD i hate u 😂😂😂
"dont yeet others if you dont want to be yeeted"
-confucius
I'm loling my head off right now😂🤣😂😂
Best comment ever!
That's actually seems like he would say, if he was more joking type.
"In this world it's yeet or be yeeted" -someflower
😂😂😂😂😂
"What in the heaven is going on in this comment section" - Confucius
I have no idea how Confucius inspires so many here to mock him, making up sayings in a style that he never used. I just came here from an Archbishop Fulton Sheen lecture in which he calls Confucius "a very wise man," explaining how the philosopher observed that, over our lifetime, most do not become better people but merely sublimate the base desires of their youth. A very modern take, said 2500 years ago. So I am glad that you too are wondering what the heck is going on, and you put it in a funny way.
"A bird can fly, but a fly cannot bird." - Confucius
+Darren Ng Darren you really nailed it with that one.
+Darren Ng Did he speak English? I don't think Chinese use the same word for a fly (an insect) and act of flying.
+TheUglyGnome I think you're missing the point of the joke. And no they don't use the same word.
+Darren Ng I'm missing the joke here. Help me out guys.
+Darren Ng yeah, me too. What's the joke?
"One cannot hold his laughter, while reading down the comments." - Confucius.
"a bird can fly, but a fly cannot bird" -yhe comment underneath this
ACTUAL quotes from Confucius-
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
"Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it."
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."
"He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior."
"To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge."
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."
These are not actual quotes. Here’s some actual quotes:
“To study and sometimes practice what is learned, is that not enjoyment? To be visited by a friend from faraway, is that not happiness?”
“Respect the gods but keep a distance from them. If one cannot serve other humans well, how can one serve the gods.”
“To govern with virtue, is similar to the Northern pole: staying in its own place, yet supported by all the stars.”
"He who spends his nights watching UA-cam, does not simply wake up early for school."
-Confucius
😂
"Man who run behind car get exhausted, man who run in front of car get tired." -Confucious
hahaha omg! good one! so funny
+Grilled Queso Confucius say: it good for boy meet girl in park; better for boy to park meat in girl.
+Grilled Queso Astonishing!
+Grilled Queso Like if there were cars during that era... Maybe carriages
+Grilled Queto man who go to bed with itchy bum wake up with stinky finger
"He who watches to much UA-cam does not take care of his responsibilities."
- Confucius
that's deep...
+Monsieur Bernoulli Damnit!
+Monsieur Bernoulli "he who preaches with the same action does nothing but continuing misleading habits." - Confucius-
+Monsieur Bernoulli My life in a nutshell.
+Monsieur Bernoulli 😂😂😂😂
"Man who want pretty nurse must be patient"
- Confucius
100% real
Yeah! I will follow this rule!
😂😂 nice one.
It is funny.
Guys... you may enjoy 3 minutes life wisdom of Confucious in my channel.
Take care and Keep learning and growing.
AHAHAHAHA. did you found this in the Analects? good one! ;)
"Others should not write, what I never said."
-Confucius
Bet he would've loved it. Humanity needs humility. 😉
"True knowledge is knowing the extent of one's ignorance." - Confucius
Hmm
"it's on the internet, must be true" -confucius
"Learning without thinking is labor lost; thinking without learning is dangerous."-Confucius
"it is only when a mosquito lands on your testicles that you realize there is always to solve problems without using violence" - Confucius
good one
oh my god. what did I just read
@@scarletteenager Confucius
😂😂😂
Do a " Who was Lao Tzu? " now.
Yea! Also, I see a Gilgamesh!
+Colton Wilson nanda temeeeee ?!!
oh, and confucios respected lao tzu alot btw.
I think he was a taoist teacher.
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Haωo Χap yes. He's the creator.
"You may rob the Three Armies of their Commander, but you cannot rob the humblest peasant of his opinion."-Confucius
It's interesting how similar Confucius's summary of his philosophy sounds to Jesus's summary of Christianity, and Rabbi Hillel's summary of Judaism, and Guantama Buddha's summary of Buddhism, and really every major world religion. "Don't be a dick" seems to be a pretty universal religious concept.
aegideus That's actually what God wants from us. Still, some people really want to be huge dicks, apparently
See Below:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_Age
except muhammad.
"Kill others although you yourself don't want to be killed" every muslim scholar
@RAIMA CHOWDHURY I was a muslim. I live in muslim country, so I know what I said
@RAIMA CHOWDHURY Here comes our post-modernist shallow-minded, naive girl...
Was Confucious his real name, or is that a Latin version of it? Doesn't sound very Chinese. I've always wondered this...
+Joe Scott Good question. I looked it up on wikipedia, it is latinized. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius#Names
+LeonidasSthlm Ha! Wikipedia, what a concept. :)
Thanks for sharing!
Kong Zi became Confucius by western missionary scholars.
+Monsieur Bernoulli more like Kong Fuzi became Confuci(us)
+Joe Scott 孔子 is his name(that we call)
One small thing, when depicting Confucius reading, he's most likely reading up and down not left and right.
ancient chinese is up to down. modern is left to right just like english
Confucius is, of course, ancient Chinese.
"Pick a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life"-Confucius
There's no evidence he ever said this though, a common misattribution
I thought Einstein said that. Him and Abraham Lincoln.
I never say it. -Confucis😂
Isn't that an Arabic proverb?
i thought my screen was dirty, DAMN YOU
+Ahmed Yusuf disturbing AF. feeling like disliking this video just for that damn dirt
+Ahmed Yusuf hhheHEEHEH
gO tO TRuThcONtrWEstcOm< ReaD The pResEnt
+Ahmed Yusuf ahah this is great
+Ahmed Yusuf i literally spent that whole video scratching at the screen, omgosh Dx
+Citlali Villegas ohh great phew I thought I was the only one tbh xD
So good to know so much about the man, who was just a name I used to see below some of the best Quotes I have ever read. Thanks ✌🏼️
+Sourabh Agarwal If you like quotes, I recommend Rumi.
+Catalistic thanks for the recommendation, I will definitely give it a shot.
Btw have you read The Analects .?
Sourabh Agarwal Just know the book from this video.
+Catalistic okay.. Thanks.
+Sourabh Agarwal Watch the movie Confucius, its a pretty good one.
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest, and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
-Confucius
In my opinion sir, i think it's the combination of all those.
Facing experience is truly the bitterest and we all know that
"Be excellent to each other" - Confucius
"Yo Momma"
-Confucius 2015
Nani da fuc bro XD
I don't know... I'm a little CONFUCED by this video.
+William Tael yea this video confuce us.
+William Tael Well played. well played.
Haha
you need to be banned from the Internet
Confused*
己所不欲，勿施于人。
+hellowjp 己所甚欲，矣勿施于人
+ahadicow
墨子的“兼爱”高过一切。儒家的“仁”根本是浮云。
+moose 孟子認為兼愛太過廣泛和虛偽，像你現在就沒有包涵兼愛到各種不同的思想。這樣墨子會傷心喔
I'm trying to learn Mandarin, but all I know is my name: 約拿.
Jonah Safern
have fun bro. it's not easy.
"that's what she said" - Confucious
I got in trouble in 1st grade and I was taught to try doing what Confucius said. My classmate who also got in trouble misheard it and thought our guidance councilor said "Treat others the way they treat you" and chaos broke loose from that.
"When I was young I was poor and after decades of hard work I m not young anymore"
Confucius
We've all seen the name and the quotes, but this video really goes in depth. Very interesting, educational, and well animated.
ted ed did a great job in narrating a great philosopher's life who deserve much regard.
"Anyone can judge a criminal cases as well as I. What I would like to do is correct the conditions that bring about such cases."-Confucius
"You know you're famous when even Jesus plagiarizes you" - Confucius
+1
In Catholic school, Confucius was actually mentioned in a few of our theology textbooks, along with other religious leaders. Apparently his advice is known as the silver rule and is actually found in many cultures and religions, because it's good advice, after all. The Christians follow the silver rule and also the golden rule, which says to do to others what you would want done to you. Apparently the only distinction is that the silver rule is basically "don't be cruel to others if you don't want them to be cruel to you," while the golden rule is "be nice to others if you want them to be nice to you." Basically the same idea though. Religion is weird that way.
zerospin shut up
no u
"But according to bible, I still can't go to the heaven since i dont even know jesus" - Confucius
Oh no, I've fallen down the TED-Ed rabbit hole.
Ted-ed almost always gets the perfect animation style for the video. It's a shame that longer animation features do not explore such multitudes of telling a story.
I did not like the shaky animation.
Very nicely done. So much information in such a charmingly simple format and in such a short time.
A son should respect his father but cannot cover up his father's wrongdoing!
I agree with you
+Anthony VP true but wouldn't he be charged for covering up if he knew and how many people have been put in jail for not telling
+John Tan there is no need to be a #snakeinthegrass
+Anthony VP wow thanks for telling me that
Yea.... actually was a bit disappointed by the whole 'filial piety is the most important of all virtues'... too general.
"When people are educated, distinctions between the classes disappear..if the descendants of kings and emperors lack quality, they should be demoted to the level of the peasants. And if peasants have quality, they should be elevated to the ranks of the rulers."--Confucius
TED vids are so inspirational
"You may have outsmarted me, but I have outsmarted your outsmarting."
You are the best TED Ed narrator...in love with your speaking!!
That was beautiful. Great job! You definitely have a new subscriber for life
Do unto others, as you want them to do unto you, regardless of race, culture and religion, this is profound. It's a pity that this philosophy never really caught on, imagine a world with respect for each other. How come, we as humans admire and praise what this beautiful man stood for, BUT we never apply it in our lives.
Thanks TedEd for the help!!
".... very few people know who Confucius really was" Welp, I guess TED's talking about western people cause most of the people around Asia knows him
many only know him by name only, and qutoes from the internet which the authenticity is questionable
really beautiful video
I was looking for this, thanks Ted-Ed
the animation is completely gorgeous. bravo
awesome insight to the life of a great mind!
I was quiet and listening the whole time. I'm happy and relieved thanks TedEd. haaayyy
a quote i personally love from Confucius: "Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."
Great video!
A man who says he can understand women, is a man who's not that honest. - Confucius
great information and really love the artwork
What a lovely story to listen to with my kitten. We thank you for sharing 🙏.
"Never be too confusing, that your parents tend you to name Confucius" - Confucius
“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and is heard no more; signifying nothing” - Confucius
How well done is the video!!!
There's an painting that summerizes the three main Eastern philosophies, the Buddha, Confucius and Lao Tzu standing around a vat of vinegar. Buddha says it is bitter, Confucius says it is sour, and Lao Tzu says it is sweet. The vinegar is our lives.
Confucius is got to be one of the most mysterious person in the history of mankind.
WoW Beautiful video !!!
“he who lives in though world will never lay eyes upon two beautiful close acquaintances, one of thou close acquaintances must always be repelling”
-confucius
i love the art on this video!!
What's the song starting at 3:18?? Thank you =)
Before watching the video, I'll say he is the teacher of mankind and life itself.
Like some of this ancient philosopher's quotes. He once said "he who slings mud, losers ground." My stepmother (dad's 5th wife) had a refrigerator magnet that had my yearbook picture attached to it on their fridge. Don't get me started; that was the same year that I got class favorite in elementary school! This video is well worth watching. 4tg grade should have been a good year. 1992 Central High School K-12 Florence, Alabama.
This video is beautifully made
He even has his own dinosaur named after him:
Confuciusornis.
Damn right
Confucius say " you can now hold these fortune cookaays"
Well done- thanks!
Bro, your voice is so damn relaxing :)
Confucius as President - 2016
He's been dead for 2500 years...
@@hmmmhmmm6917 woooosh
"One who confuces by Confucius must not confuce Confucius"
-Confucius 2020
WOW..I haven't heard of the Analects .. great to know that...
Why this brings tears to my eyes 😭
That's a lot of spit when they talk.
I always assumed it was visualized speach lines
@@sfdgdrgdvxff It's audio waves, but they shouldn't have made them blue. I thought the same thing. LOL
"Human character is formed in the family." (1:30)
My heart had stopped and I became unconscious. There appeared to me the sum and summary of what my life had meant to me. Presented to me as a spreadsheet (of all things) of a list of events in my life sorted by meaningfulness. To me (your mileage may vary) they were sorted by family first, then friends, acquaintances, and, finally, strangers never met.
Forgive my "sage" advice (you already knew):
A most meaningful slice of life is interaction with other human beings being human too. Make your life more meaningful to you by making the lives of people around you more meaningful to them.
Shut the fuck up.
The animation is so good
I love his voice
“If it worth doing, it worth overdoing”
- Confucius-
good！
Also he was spitting a lot when talking.
Didn't think I'd find the full content of the Analects in the comments... thanks guys
To summarize in one word the summarization of Confucius teachings would be none other then "Karma". Sage indeed. 🙏
"Each time we read a moron is born for the future"
-Confucius 2020
wow I've never been so early to a TED video, it only has 14 views right now o _ o
***** Yet 416 likes -_-
Same it's 14 for me maybe the 14 club is born ( like da old 301 club
same im in the 14 view club
4 years later :)
Great video again
Confucious is the one of the greatest teacher of the man kind i belivee, that's why i am study it and uploading in my youtube of the key highlisht in original text with english as well. Hope all of the world are knowing it and try to do following his coaching for human life wisdom.
3:29 Oops! Where's Taiwan?
Yeah, but legally Taiwan is not part of China.
that outro music. what genre does it come under?
i think its some sort of ambient or chillout
Dubstep
Its really hard to say its genre
folk
also its really short to be a genre i think
Thank you! I am beginning to study confucianism. These servers as a good introduction.
"He who stands on toilet is high on pot" -Confucius
"He who put penis in peanut butter, is fucking nuts." - Confucius 2015
And
The comment section became meme
Beautiful video
"trying to find a worthy ruler to serve" so he was basically just a Minion then?
He was not a noble blood so unless he uprises which is against his beliefs
I wonder if the Chinese make jokes about Socrates, or Plato or any western philosopher as much as we westerners like to make "Confucius say" jokes
We do
No we don't because none of these names mean or sound anything like Chinese. We do occasionally make lame puns out of them in English though
No we don't.
thats because confuscious became internet meme. also his philosphy are easy to understand and agreeable.
socrates and all others are great philosophers as well, their quotes are just not as well rang
Ion Meth wtttttt how
whos watching thisw in school looll
I came here to look for information about confucious cause this is gonna be my report in class soon :3 thanks for the vid