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Episode #008 ... Confucianism

Philosophize This!

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Confucius Was a 16 Year Old Girl and a 70 Year Old Man

Confucius wasn't named confucius at birth. Throughout his life, he became known as cong fuse and remained known as that until thousands of years later when a christian missionary decided his name was confucius. He had several daughters over the years, and the only son he managed to have was severely disabled. So in a panic when his life was coming to an end, desperately wanting a son, he impregnated a 16 year old. But ye, it's actually an interesting fact. His dad died when he was three. And once he was buried, his father's side of the family saw confucius, and his mam as just his dad's dirty

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