Foreign media visit hometown of Confucius on SCO tour
Culture
A delegation of 37 media agency representatives from SCO countries started a two-day tour of Qufu, the birthplace of Confucius, in Shandong province on Saturday evening.
China Daily丨Updated: June 5, 2018
In addition to the dinner, the media group also participated in activities such as transcribing classic quotes from The Analects — a record of Confucius' ideas and sayings — with other similar activities scheduled for the next day.
Confucius, who was a scholar, educator and philosopher, founded a school of thought that proved to be deeply influential on later generations. He was also the first to set up private schools in China that enrolled students from different social classes.