Confucius, also known as Kong Fuzi, was a great thinker, educator and politician in ancient China. His name comes from his ancestor Kong Xuan, who was a great nobleman of the Lu State during the Spring and Autumn Period. Kong Xuan was the official of Duke Wenxuan of the State of Lu. Because of his outstanding talents, he was honored as "Confucius", and later generations took this as his name. "Kong" means rigorous, meticulous and serious; "Zi" means respect, so "Confucius" means "a rigorous and serious big man".
Confucius is one of the most far-reaching and representative figures among ancient Chinese thinkers, educators and politicians. He advocates the idea of ??"taking benevolence and righteousness as the core", pays attention to personal moral cultivation, and advocates the social ethics of "benevolence and love". His name "Confucius" inherits the rigorous, meticulous and serious qualities of his ancestors, and at the same time symbolizes that Confucius, as a great thinker and statesman, has won the respect and admiration of future generations.
Confucius’ educational and political thoughts had a profound impact on ancient and modern Chinese culture. Confucius advocated "moral priority" and promoted personal moral cultivation and social harmony through strict etiquette and norms. His political thought emphasized respect for the king, advocated benevolent governance, good governance, and putting the heart first, which had a huge impact on the monarchy's thoughts and political practice in later generations. Confucius's educational thoughts and political thoughts are regarded as an important part of traditional Chinese culture and have become an important source of Chinese cultural inheritance and development.