Departs Lu for exile
· State of Lu, present-day Qufu, Shandong, China
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International · file After the failure of political reforms associated with dismantling aristocratic strongholds, Confucius left Lu and began his prolonged travels among neighboring states. Some reconstructions place his departure in late 498 BC rather than 497 BC.
