Kǒng Qiū

Confucius, born Kǒng Qiū 551, in Qufu, state of Lu [now in Shandong province, China] is China’s most famous teacher, philosopher, and political theorist, whose ideas have profoundly influenced the civilizations of China and other East Asian countries. Confucius was born near the end of an era known in Chinese history as the Spring and…