Most people know his name and consider him as one of（1）

the most powerful

the most powerful

（有影響力的） Chinese thinkers，but very few people know who Confucius really was and what he really said.
   Although his father died when Confucius was young，he didn't give himself up.Thanks to a friend，Confucius was able to study at the Royal Library，where he got the（2）

knowledge

knowledge

（知識） and formed his world view.It was also in the Royal Library that he（3）

realized

realized

（意識到） the importance of education and found the direction of his life.In order to put his ideas into practice，he spent many years making（4）

speeches

speeches

（演講） from state to state，trying to find a proper ruler.After failing to find a（5）

fair

fair

（公平的） ruler，Confucius made the（6）

decision

decision

（決定） to return to his home town and became a teacher.Among the（7）

daily

daily

（日常的） discussions between Confucius and his students，some of his meaningful sayings（8）

were recorded

were recorded

（記錄） and made into a book called The Analects.
   Today，millions of people worldwide still read his sayings to get（9）

courage

courage

（勇氣），thinking that can help them improve their thinking（10）

ability

ability

（能力） and then live a better life.