he didn't, just advocated them aroun 500BC
The short answer is that he didn't invent them.
Yes. They invented it in Shang Dynasty.
no, the Shang dynasty invented chopsticks
Because they didnt know about knives and forks
It is estimated that around 45 billion pairs of chopsticks are used in China each year, leading to concerns about deforestation and sustainability.
23 bilion every year.
Early Man was the inventor of chopsticks. The early Chinese used sticks and branches to retrieve his food from the fire. There is evidence they were in widespread use by the Shang Dynasty 1766bc to 1122bc Confucius taught "The honorable and upright man keeps well away from the slaughterhouse and the kitchen. And allows no knives on his table." By 500bc chopsticks had spread from China to the surrounding countries of Korea, Japan and Vietnam
The English word for chopsticks is chopsticks.
528 bc
Chopsticks
There is no specific collective noun for chopsticks, in which case a general collective noun is used. Examples are a set of chopsticks, a box of chopsticks, a supply of chopsticks, etc.
Confucius did not write the analects. The analects were written during a 30-50 year period after Confucius' death, by his pupils.