We are posting a short write up on Confucius, the man who lived more then two thousand five hundred years ago in China. He lived long time ago, yet he is living today and hold his own now.
Introduction
Confucius the name that he is known the world over, "Confucius" is the Latin rendering of his Chinese name, Kong Fu-Zi 孔 夫 子 . Literally "Master Kong"
His original name was K'ung Ch'iu 孔 丘 , his courtesy name is Zhong Ni (仲 尼 Zhòngní).
He was given his first posthumous name: 褒 成 宣 尼 公, Lord Baochéngxuanni, "Laudably Declarable Lord Ni."
His most popular posthumous names are, Zhìshèngxianshi, 至 聖 先 師 "The Most Sage Venerated Late Teacher”; 先 師 , Xianshi, literally meaning "first teacher".
He is also commonly known as 萬 世 師 表, Wànshìshibiao, "Role Model for Teachers through the Ages".
He was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period.
Confucius was born in the city of Qufu (曲 阜), in Shandong Province).
His father Shulianghe (叔 梁 紇 ) Father married Confucius' Mother who was in her teen but this was considered a yehe (野合), or an " illicit union ", and thereby the family did not take it kindly toward him and his mother. His father died when Confucius was only three years old, and his mother brought him up through her best effort although she was poor, she took great care to making sure of his love of knowledge by getting as many books to read and learn as possible.
He helped his mother by managing stables and worked as a bookkeeper while educating himself. He mastery of the six arts—ritual, music, archery, charactering, calligraphy, and arithmetic—and he acquired the familiarity with history and poetry enabled him to begin a brilliant teaching career in his thirties.
Introduction
Confucius the name that he is known the world over, "Confucius" is the Latin rendering of his Chinese name, Kong Fu-Zi 孔 夫 子 . Literally "Master Kong"
His original name was K'ung Ch'iu 孔 丘 , his courtesy name is Zhong Ni (仲 尼 Zhòngní).
He was given his first posthumous name: 褒 成 宣 尼 公, Lord Baochéngxuanni, "Laudably Declarable Lord Ni."
His most popular posthumous names are, Zhìshèngxianshi, 至 聖 先 師 "The Most Sage Venerated Late Teacher”; 先 師 , Xianshi, literally meaning "first teacher".
He is also commonly known as 萬 世 師 表, Wànshìshibiao, "Role Model for Teachers through the Ages".
He was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period.
Confucius was born in the city of Qufu (曲 阜), in Shandong Province).
His father Shulianghe (叔 梁 紇 ) Father married Confucius' Mother who was in her teen but this was considered a yehe (野合), or an " illicit union ", and thereby the family did not take it kindly toward him and his mother. His father died when Confucius was only three years old, and his mother brought him up through her best effort although she was poor, she took great care to making sure of his love of knowledge by getting as many books to read and learn as possible.
He helped his mother by managing stables and worked as a bookkeeper while educating himself. He mastery of the six arts—ritual, music, archery, charactering, calligraphy, and arithmetic—and he acquired the familiarity with history and poetry enabled him to begin a brilliant teaching career in his thirties.
