Confucius told us long ago that the longest journey begins with a single step.
Around the world, the Chinese government has funded Chinese-language study centres, called Confucius Institutes.
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There are currently 282 Confucius Institutes and 272 Confucius Classrooms in 88 countries and regions.
At the January unveiling, a museum curator suggested that the statue showcased Confucius's political and cultural significance.
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Oriental schools looked to the works of Confucius and the sayings of the Buddha for these virtues.
But it is worth recalling a maxim of Confucius that things should be called by their right names.
The Confucius Prize is specifically aimed at those working in literacy serving rural adults and out-of-school youth, particularly women and girls.
Lessons begin with the students and teacher bowing toward a large shrine with a gilded statue of Confucius.
There, among the 600-year-old birch trees, are buried 77 generations of Confucius' descendants.
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Confucius may not inhabit the crypt, but he still haunts the nation's heart.
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Many notables over the years include Confucius, Jackson Pollack, Dr. Seuss, Houdini, and even the cast of Sesame Street.
University officials said the Ministry of Education in China aimed to establish 100 Confucius Institutes throughout the world by 2010.
Programmes in Nepal and Egypt are receiving the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy, supported by the People's Republic of China.
The students are participating in an annual culture and language learning trip to China through the University of Maryland's Confucius Institute.
Confucius has been seized on as a possible antidote to a perceived lack of morals accompanying China's headlong rush towards modernity.
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Popular books and films about Confucius have sprouted, along with academic interest.
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Further back in history, Confucius would have been appalled by the very idea of the Olympic games, never mind the sour grapes.
Confucius was a philosopher preaching good commonsense values for Asians to follow.
China's government grasps the importance of cultural ties: it has funded hundreds of Confucius Institutes to teach Chinese and nurture China's soft power.
After garnering several national literacy awards, the programme has now won one of the awards of the 2009 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy.
There are several performance stages for Chinese opera and music, which have so far included concerts featuring the guqin, a stringed instrument favored by Confucius.
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Projects operating in Afghanistan and the Philippines were honoured with the awards of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy, with a programme in Bhutan receiving an Honourable Mention.
China has also set up Confucius Institutes across the world.
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The Honourable Mention of the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize goes to a project in Colombia and the Honourable Mention of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy to one in Malawi.
Finally, the jury decided to award the Honourable Mention of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy to Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik , Secretary, Government of the Punjab, Pakistan.
One of two awards of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy goes to the U.S.-based Room to Read for its effective programme, Promoting Gender Equality and Literacy through Local Language Publishing.
The other award of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy goes to Collectif Alpha Ujuvi in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for its programme, Peaceful Coexistence of Communities and Good Governance in North Kivu.
It has invested billions of dollars in Confucius Institutes around the world, and in lavishly staffed and equipped news bureaus in New York and Washington operated by China Central Television and the Xinhua News Agency.
He looks to the sayings of Confucius for guidance and demonstrates something close to chivalry when a young Japanese woman (Takahashi) seeks his assistance in locating another Zhou, whom she claims is her elder sister's boyfriend.
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