[Video/chinadaily.com.cn]

What would Confucius make of 99+ notifications, trending debates and a heated comment section?

A new short video reimagines the ancient Chinese philosopher as "Confucius AI", an AI assistant navigating the noise of modern digital life.

Through a conversation with a young woman, ideas from The Analects, a compendium of the old sage's sayings, are woven into familiar online situations — from sorting through messages and questioning popular opinion to knowing when to speak, when to step away, and when to simply put the phone on silent.

Released ahead of the 2026 China International Confucius Cultural Festival and the 2026 Nishan Forum on World Civilizations in Qufu, Shandong province, the video brings ancient wisdom into a modern setting, showing how ideas from 2,500 years ago can still resonate today.