"People have written biographies of Confucius for over 2,000 years, but a recent discovery of a Chinese tomb containing the oldest written account of his life provides an opportunity to revisit the philosopher afresh. In this book, Mark Csikszentmihalyi tells the story of the life and wisdom of the Chinese thinker by exploring Confucius as a ritual prodigy, moral educator, scholar and political draughtsman. He also considers how Confucius has been used as a symbol for traditional Chinese culture in modern times--both by those who want to radically reform or destroy it or by those who seek to preserve or revive it."--