Parable - a little story that carries any lesson. Proverbs useful to re-read - remember those important things which began to forget, but sometimes it is useful to tell a parable, and - through it much easier to convey the idea than any arguments. Confucius - the ancient thinker and philosopher of China. His teachings had a profound impact on the lives of China and East Asia, becoming the basis of the philosophical system known as Confucianism.