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| Ancestral name (姓): | Zi¹ ( Chinese: 子; Pinyin: Zǐ) |
| Clan name (氏): | Kong (Ch: 孔 ; Py: Kǒng) |
| Given name (名): | Qiu (Ch: 丘 ; Py: Qiu) |
| Courtesy name (字): | Zhongni (Ch: 仲尼 ; Py: Zhòngní) |
| Posthumous name (謚): | The Ultimate Sage Master of Yore² |
| (Ch: 至聖先師 ; Py: Zhìshèng Xiānshi) | |
| Styled: | Master Kong³ |
| (Ch: 孔子, less frequently 孔夫子; | |
| Py: Kǒngzǐ, less fr. Kǒngfuzǐ; | |
| WG: K'ung-tzu, less fr. K'ung Fu-tzu) | |
| 1This Chinese word, the ancestral name of Confucius, should not be confused with the word "master" as used in the style of Confucius "Master Kong". These are two different words written with the same character in Chinese. | |
| 2 Posthumous name since 1530. Between 1307 and 1530 his posthumous name was: "The Lord Propagator of Culture Ultimate Sage and Great Accomplisher" (大成至聖文宣王) which is still the name that can be seen on his tomb. | |
| 3 Romanized as "Confucius". | |
Confucius (traditionally 551 BC – 479 BC) was a famous sage and social philosopher of China. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, and gained popularity mostly due to its firm grounding in traditional Chinese attitudes. Confucius' influence on Chinese civilization should not be underestimated; it has also spread widely over JapanJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honsh, KoreaKorea is a formerly unified country, situated on the Korean Peninsula in north East Asia adjacent to China in the west and Russia in the north. When World War II ended in 1945, the country was divided into two: the Republic of Korea ( South Korea) and the and VietnamThe Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia. It borders China, Laos, Cambodia, and the Gulf of Tonkin. Cng Hoa Xa Hi Ch Nghia Vit Nam ( In Detail) (Full size) National motto: Dc lp, t do, hnh phuc (Independence, Liberty, Happiness Off, especially through ConfucianismConfucianism ( Pinyin: ruji "The School of the Scholars"), sometimes translated as the School of Literati is an East Asian ethical and philosophical system originally developed from the teachings of Confucius. Debated during the Warring States Period and, the doctrine developed by his disciples and commentators. The AnalectsAnalects ( Pinyin: Luny), or Analects of Confucius written in twenty chapters, is thought to be a composition of the late Spring and Autumn Period. It is undoubtedly the most influential text in East Asian intellectual history, collecting maxims and short is a short collection relating his discussions with disciples as compiled posthumously and which contains the main gist of his teachings.
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