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.
Recommended Citation
Daoyang, Guo
(1988)
"Confucius and Accounting,"
Accounting Historians Notebook: Vol. 11:
No.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/aah_notebook/vol11/iss1/6