According to records, the ancestors of Confucius were descendants of Shang Dynasty, so they took their surnames. After the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, Zhou Wuwang made Wei Zi, an ordinary brother of Shang Zhouwang, a loyal minister of the Shang Dynasty and a famous minister, in the Song Dynasty (Xiayi). After Wei died, his younger brother Wei Zhong succeeded to the throne. Wei Zhong was the ancestor of Confucius. After Jia, the sixth ancestor of Confucius, his father, descendants began to take Kong as their surname. His great-grandfather Kong fled from the Song Dynasty to Shandong to escape the civil strife in the Song Dynasty. Confucius' father was a famous warrior in Lu. Shu married Shi first and gave birth to nine daughters without sons. My concubine gave birth to a son named Meng Pi, but he had foot disease. Under the circumstances at that time, neither a woman nor a disabled son should inherit. In his later years, Shu Liangyou and a young woman, Yan Zheng, reborn Confucius. Because Confucius' mother went to Niqiu Mountain to pray, and then she became pregnant with Confucius, and because Confucius was born with a depression in the middle of his head, like Niqiu Mountain; Therefore, it is named Qiu, and the characters (Bo, Zhong, Shu and Ji) rank second among brothers, Bo is the eldest, Zhong is the second, Shu is the third, and Ji is the youngest. Confucius' word "Zhong" shows that he ranks second among the brothers, but if the sisters are sorted together, the order is Meng, Zhong, Shu and Ji. Among brothers and sisters, the eldest (big brother or big sister) is Meng. Therefore, Confucius is the second child in the family, and his word is Zhong Ni, but his brother's word is Meng Pi, not Pi Bo. When Confucius was three, Shu died of illness. After that, Confucius' family was quite poor. Because of the troubled times, the benevolent policy advocated by Confucius has no room for display, but during the three months of governing Lu, the powerful state of Qi was also afraid of Confucius' talents, which shows that Confucius is worthy of the title of outstanding politician. Political dissatisfaction made Confucius devote a large part of his energy to education. Confucius once worked as a scout in Lu, then traveled around the world with his disciples and finally returned to Lu to concentrate on teaching. Confucius broke the monopoly of education and created a precedent for private schools. There are as many as 3,000 disciples of Confucius, including 72 sages, many of whom are the pillars of senior officials in various countries.
Confucius had a far-reaching influence on later generations. Although he "narrated but didn't do it", he was praised as a "heavenly saint", "numerous heavenly eyes" and "a saint through the ages" when he was alive, and he was one of the most knowledgeable scholars in the society at that time. Later generations revered him as "the most holy" (the sage among saints) and "the teacher of all ages", and thought that he wrote poems and books, set rites and music, prefaced Zhouyi and wrote Spring and Autumn Annals. The Analects of Confucius is one of the classic works of Confucian school, which was compiled by Confucius' disciples and their descendants. It mainly records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, and embodies Confucius' political opinions, ethical thoughts, moral concepts and educational principles. It is also called "Four Books" with Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean and Mencius. There are twenty popular Analects of Confucius. The language of The Analects is concise and profound, and many of its remarks are still regarded as wisdom by the world.
Emerson, an American poet and philosopher, thinks Confucius is the glory of all nations in the world.
1988, 75 nobel prize winners issued a joint declaration in Paris, calling on the world that "if human beings want to survive in the 2 1 century, they must learn the wisdom of Confucius two thousand years ago."