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    Confucius(孔子) was born in Shandong. When he was only three years old, his father died(去世). His mother gave him a good education(教育). He studied hard and became a good teacher when he was thirty years old. He had more than three thousand students in his life(生命；一生). He wrote lots of books. And he lived to be 72. He is a great thinker(思想家) and educationist (教育家). He is famous all over the world.