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In 551 B.C.E., Confucius was born in the Lu state of China. His teachings and ethical philosophy would help start Confucianism.
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In 522 B.C.E., Confucius started his own school which he taught moral teachings, and earned followers.
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In 479 B.C.E., Confucius died and was buried in Kong Lin cemetery which lies in the historical part of Qufu.
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Mencius lived beween 372 and 289 B.C.E. He helped formulate Confucian teachings and expand Confucianism.
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In 213 B.C.E., the Emperor of China commanded that many books of different subjects, incluiding Confucianism, be burned.
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In 212 B.C.E, the First Emperor of China ordered 470 scholars, mostly Confucian, to be gathered at the capitol and killed due to their public due to their public criticism of him.
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In 202 B.C.E., the emperor of the Han dynasty established Confuciansim as its state cult, and two schools for Confucianism developed.
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Between 141 B.C.E. and 87 B.C.E., Confucianism ideals spread as Emperor Han Wu-Ti expanded into Korean and Vietnamese territories.
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136 B.C.E.
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Around 300 C.E., Confucianism was introduced to Japan when Confucian texts were sent to the Japanesse court by Wai of Paekche.
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In 604 C.E., the Taika Refrom was created to further centralize and unify the government. The reform asserted the Confucian principle of imperial rule.
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In 649 C.E., it sought to revive the old teachings of Confucianism, and adress the large influence that Buddhism and Daoism had on China.
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Han Yu, who lived between 768 and 824 C.E., revived Confucianism, and attacked religions that had become prominent in China, Buddhism and Daoism, during the Tang Dynasty.
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Zhang Zai lived between 1020 C.E. and 1077C.E., and wrote one of the most popular and famous Confucian texts known as the "Western Inscription" or Hsi Ming.
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Zhu Xi lived between 1130 C.E. and 1200 C.E., was a Neo-Confucian that helped incorporate the Four Books as part of the Confucian Canon to replace the teaching of the Five Classics.
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In 1398 C.E., Neo-Confucianism was spread to Korea under the new Joseon Dynasty, and became the primary belief system.
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In 1472 C.E., philosophy that the nature of things could be determined by the mind led to the Neo-Confucian School of Mind.
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In 1919 C.E., this movement tried to bring about modernization to China, and people that clung to old traditions, such as Confucianism, were targeted.
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In 1966 C.E., it was a time during which traditional ways were prosecuted by the government officials in oreder to keep control of the republic, whch included the ridicule of Confucians.
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In the 1970's, this movement sought to mix the ideas of western civilazation and the traditions of Confuciansim.
