Liu Mengxi, a researcher at the Chinese National Academy of Arts, delivers a keynote speech themed "the Value Discussions of Six Classics is a Universal Value that Chinese Culture Contributes to Humanity" during the Eighth World Confucian Conference on Sept 20 in Qufu, Shandong province. [Photo by Zhou Yusen/ Sdchina.com]

"Many philosophies from Confucianism such as 'harmony with diversity' and 'do as you would be done by' have influenced China and the world for centuries.

Confucianism offers references for solutions to many complicated social problems, and many of Confucius' notions have been recognized as 'dictum' by peoples around the world."