Confucianism

By jennlin335
  • Period: 771 BCE to 256 BCE

    Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China

  • Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE

    Life of Confucius

  • 520 BCE

    Confucius begins to teach

  • 497 BCE

    Confucius leaves Lu; period of wandering begins

  • 256 BCE

    End of Zhou Dynasty

    The Qin absorbs the remains of the Zhou state
  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Qin dynasty

  • Period: 202 BCE to 220

    Han Dynasty reigns in China

  • Period: 141 BCE to 87 BCE

    Reign of Wu the great of the Han Dynasty

    Establishes Confucianism as state philosophy