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Date: 2016-11-26

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Confucius Biography CHINESE PHILOSOPHER by britannica.com
Confucius, Pinyin romanization Kongfuzi, or Kongzi, Wade-Giles K’ung-fu-tzu, or K’ung-tzu, original name Kongqiu, literary name Zhongni (born 551, Qufu, state of Lu [now in Shandong province, China]—died 479 bce, Lu) China’s most famous teacher, philosopher, and political theorist, whose ideas have influenced the civilization of East Asia.
Confucius’s life, in contrast to his tremendous importance, seems starkly undramatic, or, as a Chinese expression has it, it seems “plain and real.” The plainness and reality of Confucius’s life, however, underlines that his humanity was not revealed truth but an expression of self-cultivation, of the ability of human effort to shape its own destiny. The faith in the possibility of ordinary human beings to become awe-inspiring sages and worthies is deeply rooted in the Confucian heritage, and the insistence that human beings are teachable, improvable, and perfectible through personal and communal endeavour is typically Confucian.