Confucius

Confucius

Kong Fuzi

(Chinese: 孔夫子,

 lit. 'Master Kǒng'; 

c. 551 – c. 479 BCE),

commonly Latinized as

  Confucius,

was a Chinese

 philosopher of the

 Spring and Autumn

 period

who is traditionally

 considered the

 paragon(模範)of Chinese

 sages.

Confucius's teachings

 and philosophy

 underpin East Asian

 culture and society,

 remaining influential

 across China and East

 Asia to this day.

His philosophical

 teachings, called

 Confucianism,

 emphasized personal

 and governmental

 morality,

correctness of social

 relationships, justice,

 kindness, and

 sincerity.