Han dynasty, China entered an era of preeminence in 589 C.E. This wave of China’s self restructuring followed a similar pattern as the country experienced in the 3rd century B.C.E. under the Qin (221 – 206 B.C.E.) and early Han (202 B.C.E. – 220 C.E.) (Judge & Langdon, 2012). Between 589 and 1279, China went through the phases of reunification, triumph, turmoil and resurgence and the key sequential contributors to each of these phases were the Sui dynasty, the Tang dynasty and the Song dynasty. The
focused on creating ethical models of family and public interaction, and setting educational standards. He died in 479 B.C. Confucianism later became the official imperial philosophy of China, and was extremely influential during the Han, Tang and Song dynasties. (Confucius Biography, 2015) His name was later latinised by 16th century Jesuit missionaries in China to Confucius based on the honorific title Kong