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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: [confucius-list] Birth anniversary of Confucius celebrated (fwd)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 22:52:50 -0400 (EDT)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 01:39:40 -0000 From: Todd Cameron Thacker <newspaperman@gmail.com> Reply-To: confucius-list@yahoogroups.com To: confucius-list@yahoogroups.com Subject: [confucius-list] Birth anniversary of Confucius celebrated http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/9/30/asia/9008639&sec=asia Birth anniversary of Confucius celebrated A DANCE performance was held on Tuesday during a ceremony to mark the 2,255th anniversary of the birth of Confucius at the Temple of Confucius in his hometown, Qufu, in East China's Shandong province. More than 3,000 people from home and abroad attended the public memorial service, the first official public memorial service for the world-renowned scholar and ethicist since the foundation of the Republic of China in 1949. Confucius's descendants, government officials and representatives from all walks of life saluted the altar in turn and offered flowers to the statue of the "sacred man." Among the tourists were those from South Korea, Malaysia and the United States. Confucius, or Kong Fuzi in Chinese, (551BC � 479BC) was an educator and philosopher. Among his 3,000 disciples, 72 were versed in the Six Arts: ceremonies, music, archery, charioteering, writing and mathematics. His profound thinking and the centuries of commentary it spawned are central to China's culture system. � China Daily ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/YHeqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/confucius-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: confucius-list-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/