Chinatown in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Confucius 551-479 B.C. The Great Educator, Philosopher and Statesman of China
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, February 25, 2025
1. Confucius Statue - South side (front)
[English]
[English translation of the Chinese inscription - South Side (Front)]
A memorial of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of Chicago
The utmost of the former sages arrives
Membership Card of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee of the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang)
[English Inscription on the East Side (Right side)]
Confucius 551-479 B.C. - The Great Educator, Philosopher and Statesman of China
A model to all mankind
Confucius is one of the greatest men in the history of world. More than two thousand five hundred years ago (551-479 B.C.), he was born in the State of Lu (now the Province of Shangtung). Never tired of learning and teaching throughout his life, Confucius has long been recognized in China as "the Greatest Sage and Foremost Teacher with Outstanding Achievements." He believed that in teaching there should be no class distinctions and hence he had up to three thousand disciples. From the Analects, we can see that he tried to help his disciples solve problems arising out of daily life and human relationships. Though commonplace and practical, easily
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[English translation of the Chinese inscription - North Side]
The bronze statue of Confucius was erected on Republic of China Year 85 [ie. 1996], March 23rd
Built by the Chicago Chinatown Chamber of Commerce
[English translation of the Chinese inscription - West Side (Left side)]
List of Donors for the Confucius Building of the Chinese Benevolent Association
[unreadable - 50 rows, mostly donors]
[Chinese]
[South side - Front]
歐先聖至
贈製益會員委務僑國民革中
[East side - Right side]
孔子
西元前五五一—四七九年
中國偉大的教育家、哲學家、政治家
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, February 25, 2025
2. Confucius Statue - East side (right side)
--- 世界人類的師表 ---
孔子是世界歷史上最偉大的人物之一。在二千
五百年以前（西元前五五一——四七九年），生於魯
國（今山東曲阜）。學而不厭，教不倦，孔子成為中
國的「大成至聖先師」。他的主張「有教無類」，學
生多至三千人。從「論語」書上看來，他教導學生
的祇是人生日常生活所必經問題的解答，以及人
與人之相處所必備條件的闡明。其道合理而平凡
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, February 25, 2025
3. Confucius Statue In Context
Photo faces west.
，易知易行；然而用之於身則身修，用之於家則
家齊，用之於國則國治，用之於天下則天下大平
。在中國為「萬世師表」的孔子，亦被視為世界偉人
類的師表。
[Signature (Bottom Right] 毛松年恭撰
[North side - Rear]
芝加哥中華會館/商會
中華民國八十五年三月廿三日
孔子銅像豎立於
[West side - Left Side]
中華會館孔子大樓捐款芳名
Erected 1996 by Chicago Chinatown Chamber of Commerce.
Topics.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, February 25, 2025
4. Confucius Statue - North Side (Rear)
Location. 41° 51.135′ N, 87° 38.042′ W. Marker is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in Chinatown. It is on 22nd Place east of Princeton Avenue. The statue is just east of the Chinese Community Center, in front of the fence in front of the parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 250 West 22nd Place, Chicago IL 60616, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Chicago’s South Side. It is also in the American Midwest. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Chinese American Veterans Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Nine Dragon Wall in Chicago's Chinatown
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, February 25, 2025
5. Confucius Statue - West Side (Left side)
Another marker is no longer nearby. The Nine Dragon Wall in Chicago’s Chinatown (was about 800 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Also see . . . Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Confucius.
Excerpt: "At different times in Chinese history, Confucius (trad. 551–479 BCE) has been portrayed as a teacher, advisor, editor, philosopher, reformer, and prophet. The name Confucius, a Latinized combination of the surname Kong 孔 with an honorific suffix 'Master' (fuzi 夫子), has also come to be used as a global metonym for different aspects of traditional East Asian society. This association of Confucius with many of the foundational concepts and cultural practices in East Asia, and his casting as a progenitor of 'Eastern' thought in Early Modern Europe, make him arguably the most significant thinker in East Asian history."(Submitted on February 25, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)
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