"Confucius is the first professional teacher that we know of in ancient China. Although he was unsuccessful as a politician, there was no doubt that he was one of the world's greatest teachers. In Huston Smith's words, 'he was [a] one-man university' just like Socrates. More interesting, his method of teaching was also that of Socrates. Like Socrates who taught a wide range of topics, Confucius instructed in 'history, poetry, government, propriety, mathematics, music, divination, and sports'."