- Confucius - Wikipedia
Confucius (c 551 – c 479 BCE), born Kong Qiu, was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages
- Confucius | Biography, Teachings, Facts | Britannica
Confucius (born 551, Qufu, state of Lu [now in Shandong province, China]—died 479 bce, Lu) was China’s most famous teacher, philosopher, and political theorist, whose ideas have profoundly influenced the civilizations of China and other East Asian countries
- Confucius (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
The name Confucius, a Latinized combination of the surname Kong 孔 with an honorific suffix “Master” (fuzi 夫子), has also come to be used as a global metonym for different aspects of traditional East Asian society
- Confucius - Biography
Confucius, also known as Kong Qiu or K’ung Fu-tzu, was a Chinese philosopher, teacher and political figure His teachings, preserved in the Analects, focused on creating ethical models of family
- Confucianism - World History Encyclopedia
Confucius' birth name was Kong Qui, but he would later be addressed as Master Kong (Kong Fuzi) which was Latinized by 16th-century CE Christian missionaries to Confucius His father died when he was three years old and the resultant loss of income led to a life of poverty
- Confucius | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Better known in China as “Master Kong” (Chinese: Kongzi), Confucius was a fifth-century BCE Chinese thinker whose influence upon East Asian intellectual and social history is immeasurable
- CONFUCIUS: HIS LIFE, CHARACTER, DISCIPLES AND SAYINGS
Confucius’s Chinese family name was Kong, and people referred to him as “Kong Fuzi” because “"fuzi” means “honorable master ” Westerners first learning about Chinese culture in the 17th and 18th centuries usually wrote scholarly works in Latin, and “Kong-fuzi” became “Confucius ”
- Confucius - New World Encyclopedia
Confucius (Kong Fuzi or K'ung-fu-tzu, lit " Master Kong ") (traditionally September 28, 551 B C E – 479 B C E ) is one of the world's foremost exemplary teachers, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced East Asian life and thought
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