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What is Confucius?
Confucius was a Chinese philosopher, politician and teacher. He is most known for founding the philosophical system known as Confucianism.
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What did Confucius do?
Confucius was a sage who taught moral values that changed the way Chinese standard to social, moral and religious beliefs.
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Where was Confucius from?
The tradition of Confucius states that he is from Song State. He moved to the Lu State. He left the state when he set out on his journeys and made his way traveling from n…ortheast to central China. (MORE)
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What does Confucius do?
Confucius teaches people about the way of life. He also makes famous sayings. Some of those sayings are in the fortune cookies too. Confucius was a very wise man. He was a tea…cher and a philosopher. His thoughts have helped develop Confucius, which is part of Taoism/Daoism. (MORE)
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Why did Confucius change his name to Confucius?
The man formally recognized as Kong Qiu did not change his name to Confucius. The name comes from the Latinization of the name "Kong Fuzi", which means "Master Kong".
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Who is Confucius?
Confucius was an ancient Chinese Philosopher(Kong Qiu) who was born on September 28, 551 BC in Qufu, China. He died in 479 BC also in Qufu, China. He was the founder of Confuc…ianism.and he was a great for everything he did like improved the Chinese culture (MORE)
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How did Confucius get the name Confucius?
"Confucius" is the Latin rendering of his Chinese name, Kong Fu-Zi, which is sometimes also spelled as Kung Fu-Zi, K'ung-fu-tze, or in other variations. The name is unrelated …to the martial art known as kung fu. (MORE)
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Who was Confucius and what did he do?
Originally Confucianism could have been described as an ethical and philosophical system developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius who lived betwee…n 551-479 BCE. Later developments took confucianism into metaphysical and cosmological areas of understanding. (MORE)
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Why was Confucius called Confucius?
"Confucius" is a Latinized version of Confucius' honorific title, Kong Fuzi, which literally means "Teacher Kong," or "Empty teacher." ("Kong" is a surname, while ''Fuzi" …means "Teacher" or "Pedant.") This is usually interpreted as "Master Kong," since Confucius' personal name was å�, "Kong." Sixteenth-Century Jesuit missionaries to China (thought specifically to have been Matteo Ricci), upon encountering Master Kong, coined his name that is now widely accepted by the Western world, Confucius. (MORE)
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What did Confucius do and when did he do it?
Confucius is the name given to an ancient Chinese philosopher who we think lived between 551 BC and 479 BC. His philosophy became very popular in the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD …220), when his thoughts were developed into a system of philosophy known as Confucianism. The core of Confucianism is the belief that human beings are teachable, improvable and perfectible through personal and communal endeavour. The philosophy teaches respect for ones elders/betters which was particularly suited to feudal China. (MORE)