Which Statement Most Accurately Describes Confucius

question 62

Multiple Choice

Which statement most accurately describes Confucius?

• A) He was a cousin of Siddhartha Gautama.
• B) He was deified by the Chinese government within five years after his death.
• C) He assumed that all humans had their own Dao.
• D) He was a Qin emperor.
• E) He followed a Legalist philosophy.

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