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Authors

Guo Daoyang

Publication Date

Spring 1988

Abstract

Confucius had to leave his family to seek a livelihood at a young age. As luck would have it, this great sage did accounting and became a forefather of the Chinese accounting profession almost as soon as he started his working career. At that time Jishi, a great aristocrat, was in charge of the state of Lu. Under Jishi, Confucius was a front-line official responsible for stores accounting : a relatively low ranking position. He directed a small staff and he, himself, had to keep the accounts. The money and food that he earned were very little and only enough to support his household.

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