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Reshaping of Zi Gong and Sima Qian's Moral Pursuit

Liu Ling-di

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Zi Gong is a good student of Confucius. According to The Analects of Confucius and A History Book By Zuo Qiuming, Zi Gong did everything as the Confucian thought and morality demanded him. However, Sima Qian described him as a famous businessman and political strategist in his book Records of the Historian, contradicting some articles. This paper tries its best to analyze the deep-rooted reasons so that Zi Gong's historical and realistic significance may be revealed.

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Key concepts: Sima, Morality, Strategist, Philosophy, Politics, Epistemology, Law, Political science