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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Confucius \Confucius\ n. a Chinese philosopher (circa 551-478 BC), the founder of Confucianism.
Syn: Kung futzu, Kung futze, Kung tzu, K'ung fu-tze.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1837, Latinization of Chinese K'ung Fu-tzu "K'ung the philosopher (or Master)" (c.551 B.C.E.-c.479 B.C.E.). The name first appears in a Latin publication of Chinese works (Paris, 1687). Connection with the martial arts kung-fu is obscure, uncertain. His philosophy based on the Golden Rule: "What you do not like when done to yourself do not do to others." Related: Confucian (adj., 1837); Confucianism (1846).
Wikipedia
Ancestral name (姓):
Zi (; Pinyin: Zǐ)
Clan name (氏):
Kong (Ch: 孔; Py: Kǒng)
Given name (名):
Qiu (Ch: 丘; Py: Qiū)
Courtesy name (字):
Zhongni (Ch: 仲尼; Py: Zhōngní)
Styled:
Master Kong (Ch: 孔子; Py: Kǒngzǐ)
Confucius (; September 28, 551 – 479 BC) was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history.
The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. His followers competed successfully with many other schools during the Hundred Schools of Thought era only to be suppressed in favor of the Legalists during the Qin Dynasty. Following the victory of Han over Chu after the collapse of Qin, Confucius's thoughts received official sanction and were further developed into a system known as Confucianism.
Confucius is traditionally credited with having authored or edited many of the Chinese classic texts including all of the Five Classics, but modern scholars are cautious of attributing specific assertions to Confucius himself. Aphorisms concerning his teachings were compiled in the Analects, but only many years after his death.
Confucius's principles had a basis in common Chinese tradition and belief. He championed strong family loyalty, ancestor worship, respect of elders by their children and of husbands by their wives. He also recommended family as a basis for ideal government. He espoused the well-known principle "Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself", the Golden Rule.
Confucius is a 2010 Chinese biographical drama film written and directed by Hu Mei, starring Chow Yun-fat as the titular Chinese philosopher. The film was produced by P.H. Yu, Han Sanping, Rachel Liu and John Shum.
Production on the film began in March 2009 with shooting on location in China's Hebei province and in Hengdian World Studios in Zhejiang.
The film was scheduled to screen later in 2009 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, as well as the 2,560th birthday of Confucius himself. However, the release date was later moved to January 2010.
Funimation released it on 27 March 2012 in English Dub on DVD and Blu-ray.
Confucius is a 1940 Chinese film directed by Fei Mu. Produced during the war, the film was released twice in the 1940s before being thought lost. In 2001, the film was rediscovered when an anonymous donor sent a damaged copy of the print to the Hong Kong Film Archive (HKFA). The HKFA then spent seven years restoring the print which was finally screened to modern audiences at the 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival in April 2009.
The film depicts Confucius's later life, as he traveled across a China divided by war and strife in an ultimately futile effort to teach various warlords and kings his particular philosophy.
Confucius, also known as Bronze Statue of Confucius, Confucius Bronze Statue, Confucius Statue, and Great Confucius, is an outdoor 2009 bronze sculpture of the Chinese editor, philosopher, politician, and teacher of the same name by Willy Wang, installed in Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, United States.
Confucius (551– 479 BCE) was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher.
Confucius may also refer to:
- Confucius (2010 film), Chinese film directed by Hu Mei
- Confucius (1940 film), Chinese film directed by Fei Mu
- Confucius (TV series), 1990 Chinese television series
- 7853 Confucius, Main-belt Asteroid
- Confucius Institute, non-profit public institute which aims at promoting Chinese language and culture
- Confucius Peace Prize, a peace prize in China since 2010
- Confuciusornis, a genus of primitive crow-sized birds from the early Cretaceous Period
- Confuciusornithidae, a family of primitive birds from the early Cretaceous Period
- Confucius (genus), a genus of insects in the order Hemiptera
- Mirina confucius, a moth of the family Endromidae
- Potanthus confucius, a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
Usage examples of "confucius".
According to that, the Analects were compiled by the disciples if Confucius coming together after his death, and digesting the memorials of his discourses and conversations which they had severally preserved.
We cannot therefore accept the above account of the origin of the Analects,-- that they were compiled by the disciples of Confucius.
Confucius as teaching his disciples important lessons from the manner in which he buried his mother, and having a design to correct irregularities in the ordinary funeral ceremonies of the time.
Confucius was practising ceremonies with his disciples, we are told, under the shade of a large tree.
Confucius had to mourn the death of another of his disciples, one of those who had been longest with him, the well-known Tsze-lu.
Lord 1, began the practice of conferring honourary designations on Confucius by imperial authority.
I specify these two subdivisions, because they embrace the Works of schools or sects antagonistic to that of Confucius, and some of them still hold a place in Chinese literature, and contain many references to the five Classics, and to Confucius and his disciples.
The Chinese students who aspire to honors spend years in verbally memorizing the classics-- Confucius and Mencius--and receive degrees and public advancement upon ability to transcribe from memory without the error of a point, or misplacement of a single tea-chest character, the whole of some books of morals.
It is enough to recall the names of Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Socrates, Paul, Homer, David.
Ardath did not know it, of course, he had not awakened to find Moses, Confucius, Socrates, Galileo, Newton, and a dozen others.
And to this primeval soil of his being in later years he returned, after long wanderings through both the physical world and the world of thought, which carried him through Russia and Spain, India and China, Africa and Arabia, and during which the spirits of Homer and Dante, Buddha and Confucius, Nietzsche and Bergson were his guides.
In the liquid amber within the ivory-porcelain, the initiated may touch the sweet reticence of Confucius, the piquancy of Laotse, and the ethereal aroma of Sakyamuni himself.
On the other hand, Confucius with his numerous disciples aimed at retaining ancestral conventions.
Sakyamuni, Confucius, and Laotse once stood before a jar of vinegar--the emblem of life--and each dipped in his finger to taste the brew.
The matter-of-fact Confucius found it sour, the Buddha called it bitter, and Laotse pronounced it sweet.