BEIJING: "All people are my brothers and sisters, and all things are my companions" reflects typical Confucianism in China.
This idea was first put forward by Zhang Zai (1020-1077) of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), who held that people and things are all created by the vital force of heaven and earth, and thus have the same nature.
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