Talk about Confucius

Talk about Confucius
We ever lived nearby Tainan Confucius Temple, everyday watching four big words "全臺首學", that meant "The Highest Institute" on the gate. It was the first Confucius Temple in Taiwan built in 1666. Before the end of Manchu Dynasty,the location was the highest official institute .
When we were high school students, we studied "Confucian Analects" and "The Works of Mencius". They were part of the subjects of university entrance examination. Then their thought and principles went inside our life. For instance" What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others." And "Respect yourself and others will respect you ."
Confucius was a teacher and a philosopher. By now, his effect on
Common Chinese tradition and belief are deep in life. In Taiwan, every city had built a Confucius Temple that devoted to the memory of Confucius and the sages of Confucianism.
淺談孔子
我家曾住台南孔廟附近，每天進出都會看到 "全臺首學" 四個大字刻在大門上，意思是一全台最高學府。它是全台第一座孔子廟，建於公元一六六六年。在清朝，它是官府設立的最高學府。
當我們是高中生時，論語和孟子是大學聯考必考的文化教材。因此孔孟思想和教條內化成生活準則。例如我們會牢記一己所不欲，勿施於人。人必自重而後人重之。
孔子是位老師也是哲學家，至今中國人的傳統和信仰在生活中還深受影響，台灣每一城市都建孔廟紀念孔子和儒家聖賢。