Archives of Confucius

Confucius (September 28, 551 B.C.-April 11, 479 B.C.E.), surnamed Zi, Kung, first name Qiu, character Zhongni, a native of Zuoyi in the State of Lu (present-day Qufu City, Shandong Province), with an ancestral home in Liyi in the State of Song (present-day Xiayi County, Henan Province), was an ancient Chinese thinker, politician, and educator, the founder of the school of Confucianism, and the "Dacheng Supreme Sage".

Confucius created the style of private lectures, advocating benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith. He had three thousand disciples, including seventy-two sages. He led some of his disciples to travel around the world for fourteen years, and in his later years he revised the Six Classics ("Poetry," "Calligraphy," "Rites," "Music," "Yi," and "Spring and Autumn Annals"). After his death, his disciples and re-transmitted disciples recorded the words, deeds, quotations and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples, and organized and compiled them into the Analects of Confucius. The book is regarded as a Confucian classic.

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Confucius was one of the most learned men in society at the time, and was honored as the "Sage of the Heavenly Indulgence" and "Mudok of the Sky" during his lifetime. "He was also honored by later rulers as the Sage of Confucius, the Most Sage, the Most Sacred Teacher, the Most Sacred Teacher of King Wen Xuan, and the Teacher of the World.

His ideas have had a profound impact on China and the world, and he has been listed as one of the "world's top ten cultural celebrities". With the expansion of the influence of Confucius, the "Confucius Ceremony" once became the same level as the Chinese ancestor god sacrifice.