【正确答案】Confucius was an eminent thinker and educator of ancient China.  He used to visit many principalities in the hope of rendering service to the princes, ending up with failure since none of them accepted his political views. Consequently, he turned to devote himself entirely to the cause of education, becoming the first individual to initiate a private school in the history of China's education. In his lifetime, he enrolled a total of about 3,000 students. Confucianism, the school of thought evolved from the philosophy of Confucius and his disciples, exerted a significant influence upon the Chinese feudal society for thousands of years. After he passed away, his disciples and their students collected and edited what Confucius had said and done into The Analects of Confucius, which has now become the classic of the Confucian school.