Confucius

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Chinese philosopher Confucian scholar historical figure philosopher teacher

Confucius was an ancient Chinese philosopher and teacher whose ethical, social, and political ideas became the foundation of Confucianism and deeply shaped East Asian civilization.

Aliases (3)

仲尼 ×1
孔丘 ×1
孔子 ×1

Statements (86)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese philosopher → Confucian scholar → historical figure → philosopher → teacher →
birthName	孔丘 →
burialPlace	Cemetery of Confucius → Qufu →
child	Kong Li →
countryOfCitizenship	Zhou dynasty →
courtesyName	仲尼 →
culturalDepiction	subject of Chinese classics → subject of Confucian temples →
dateOfBirth	551 BCE →
dateOfDeath	479 BCE →
era	Spring and Autumn period →
ethnicGroup	Han Chinese →
father	Kong He →
fieldOfWork	education → ethics → political philosophy → ritual studies →
gender	male →
hasCultFollowing	Confucian temples →
honorificTitle	Most Holy Sage and First Teacher → Supreme Sage and Foremost Teacher →
influenced	Chinese education → Chinese imperial examination system → Chinese political thought → Dong Zhongshu → East Asian philosophy → Japanese Confucianism → Korean Confucianism → Mencius → Neo-Confucianism → Vietnamese Confucianism → Wang Yangming → Xunzi → Zhu Xi →
influencedBy	Book of Documents → Book of Songs → Zhou dynasty culture → Zhou ritual tradition →
languageOfWorkOrName	Classical Chinese →
legacy	foundation of Confucianism → influenced moral education in East Asia → shaped East Asian civilization →
mainInterest	education → ethics → political philosophy → ritual →
mother	Yan Zhengzai →
movement	Confucianism →
name	Confucius →
nativeLanguage	Old Chinese →
nativeName	孔子 →
notableIdea	Doctrine of the Mean → Junzi → Li → Rectification of names → Ren → Xiao → government by virtue → importance of education → rule by moral example →
occupation	editor → philosopher → politician → scholar → teacher →
philosophicalSchool	Confucianism →
placeOfBirth	Qufu → Shandong → State of Lu →
placeOfDeath	Qufu → State of Lu →
positionHeld	Minister of Justice of Lu →
religion	Chinese folk religion → Confucianism →
veneratedIn	China → Japan → Korea → Vietnam →
workAttributed	Analects → Spring and Autumn Annals → editing of the Five Classics →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Confucius ("孔丘") →	birthName
Shandong →	birthplaceOf
Confucius ("仲尼") →	courtesyName
Temple of Literature →	dedicatedTo
Confucianism →	foundedBy
Peng Chun Chang →	influencedBy
Confucius →	name
Confucius ("孔子") →	nativeName
Caodaism →	recognizesFigure