孔夫子英语

【Confucius】： The Latinized name "Confucius" is derived from "Kong Fuzi", and was first coined by 16th-century Jesuit missionaries to China, most probably by Matteo Ricci. 孔子是世界上著名的文化名人之一，“Confucius”源自“孔夫子”，是拉丁化的音译。Confucius这个尊称最早出现在，十六世纪来中国的传教士（极有可能是利玛窦等人），将孔子学说介绍给西方的时候用的译音。现在国际社会通用的就是Confucius，表示对孔子的一种尊称。

Confucius

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Confucius was born in 551 BC in the State of Lu in modern-day Shandong. Born to parents of semi-nobility, he rose through the years to become the Minister of Justice in Lu, but became disenfranchised with the corruption of those he served and eventually resigned from his post. At the age of 53 he set out on a set of journeys around northeastern China, expounding his political beliefs to the various kingdoms he visited during the age of Chinese history known as the Spring and Autumn Period. And much like he did at that time, Confucius' teachings are again spreading across borders to enlighten and educate people.

孔子是世界最著名的文化名人之一，在世界上具有很高的影响力，联合国大厅里都有孔子的塑像，所以Confucius可能是外国人为了表示对孔子的尊重而特意给他起的英文名吧。正如一楼所说，这个名字是孔夫子的谐音

Confucius (Chinese: 孔夫子; pinyin: Kǒng Fūzǐ; Wade-Giles: K'ung-fu-tzu), lit. "Master Kong,"[1] (September 28, 551 BC – 479 BC) was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese and Vietnamese thought and life.His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. These values gained prominence in China over other doctrines, such as Legalism (法家) or Taoism (道家) during the Han Dynasty[2][3][4] (206 BC – 220 AD). Confucius' thoughts have been developed into a system of philosophy known as Confucianism (儒家). It was introduced to Europe by the Jesuit Matteo Ricci, who was the first to Latinise the name as "Confucius."His teachings may be found in the Analects of Confucius (论语), a collection of "brief aphoristic fragments", which was compiled many years after his death. Modern historians do not believe that any specific documents can be said to have been written by Confucius,[5][6] but for nearly 2,000 years he was thought to be the editor or author of all the Five Classics[7][8] such as the Classic of Rites (editor), and the Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋) (author).