Kongfuzi biography of christopher

Honorific title for China's preeminent philosopher, teacher, social thinker and political theorist; real name Kongqiu (K'ung Ch'iu); literary name Zhongni (Chungni); b. 551 b.c., Qufu (Ch'ü-fu) in the state of Lu (modern-day Shandong province in northeastern China); d.

479 b.c. Confucius is the Latinization form of the Chinese Kongfuzi (K'ung Fu-Tzu) or Kongzi (K'ung-Tzu), in English, "Master Kong."

Biographical Information

Confucius lived during China's Spring and Autumn Period (722–481 b.c.), the twilight years of the Zhou (Chou) Dynasty that witnessed the gradual disintegration of the Zhou feudal structure into the turbulent Warring States period.

Born into a family of petty aristocracy that had fallen upon hard times, he was a prolific scholar who had distinguished himself in learning as a member of the class of ru (ju), i.e., itinerant scholars who were usually sons of petty aristocratic families that had fallen upon hard times and