Confucius, whose name was Qiu and whose courtesy name was Zhongni.
Confucius (September 28, 551 BC - April 11, 479 BC), whose surname was Kong, whose given name was Qiu, and whose courtesy name was Zhongni, was respectfully called Confucius or Kongfuzi by his descendants. Born in Zouyi, Lu State, his ancestors were from the Song State. He was an educator and philosopher in the Lu State at the end of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period. He once held important official positions in the Lu State.
Confucius is the founder of Confucianism. His theory of virtue and the Five Elements (benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom, trust) had a profound impact on neighboring regions, such as the Korean Peninsula, Ryukyu, Japan, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, etc., and these regions have also been It is called the Confucian cultural circle.
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Family and birth
Confucius was a native of Lu, and his distant ancestors were from the Yin and Shang royal families. After King Wu conquered Yin, his ancestors were enfeoffed to the Song Dynasty. His sixteenth generation ancestor was Emperor Yi of the Yin Shang Dynasty, his fifteenth generation ancestor was Song Gongzhong, the second king of the Song Dynasty, his twelfth generation ancestor was the former Min Gong of the Song Dynasty, and his eleventh generation ancestor Fufu He gave up the throne to his younger brother Song Ligong and was worshiped as the Shangqing of the Song Dynasty. The seventh generation ancestor, Kong Fujia, was a senior official of the Song Dynasty. He was once the Grand Sima. He was killed in a civil strife in the palace. Kong Fujia's son, Mu Jinfu, escaped from the disaster and settled in Zoupi, Lu State, where he became a senior official of the Lu State.
Confucius's father, uncle Liang He, lived in Zoupi, Ping Township, Luchang, and was a doctor in Zoupi. Uncle Liang He had nine daughters with his first wife Shi. He was eager to have a son, so he married another concubine and gave birth to a son named Meng Pi, but he had a disabled foot.
Uncle Lianghe married three times when he was seventy-two years old. He married eighteen-year-old Yan Zhengzai. Because the marriage was not in accordance with the etiquette system, he was called a wild union in history books. About the 22nd year of Lu Xianggong (551 BC) gave birth to Confucius. Yan Zhengzai once went to Niqiu Mountain privately to worship the God of Niqiu Mountain in order to have a son, so he was named Qiu and given the courtesy name Zhongni.
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