• Confucius is a Chinese philosopher and politician born in a cave near Qufu (Shandong province, China) in 551BC. He is better known in China as Master Kong.
  • Zhong You was one of the disciples of Confucius and Confucius had arranged for him to be given the position of governor by the Ji family.
  • When Confucius became a character in the intellectual debates of eighteenth century Europe, he became identified as China’s first philosopher.
  • As a moral philosopher and religious leader his influence can be compared to that of Christ, yet Confucius claimed no divine mandate or heavenly origin.
  • Eventually, Confucius returned to his hometown where he established his own school in order to provide students with the teachings of the ancients.
  • Confucius’un öğretileri yayılmaya devam etti. Hatta Çin parlementosu, ruhani alemlerle alakası olmayan Confucius’u, Çin Tanrısı ilan etmeyi bile düşündü.
  • The Records of the Grand Historian, compiled some four hundred years after Confucius' time, indicate that Confucius was conceived out of wedlock.
  • Following his death, a handful of his dedicated followers passed on Confucius' teachings to future generations in the book, The Analects of Confucius.
  • The name Confucius is a transliteration of Kong Fuzi, and it was first used by Jesuit scholars who visited China and learned about him in the 16th century AD.
  • Confucius was an influential Chinese philosopher, teacher and political figure known for his popular aphorisms and for his models of social interaction.