In Sa`adi and Confucius Conference, the Iranian expert Abolqassem Esma’eilpour said that although Confucius lived in the 5th century B. C. much earlier than Sa`adi, his thoughts are very close to Sa`adi.

Confucius lived in the 5th Century B.C. and had a great time difference with Sa`adi, but his thoughts were very close to Sa`adi’s.

He continued that perhaps the most striking difference between Sa`adi and Confucius is their beliefs, as Sa`adi was a man who believed in religion, and was a mystic and God lover, but in the works of Confucius, lyricism and religion are not found.

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