A Chinese thinker and social philosopher.
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5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
| Born | September 28, 551 BCE |
| Died | 479 BCE |
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Confucius
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5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
| Born | September 28, 551 BCE |
| Died | 479 BCE |
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Chinese Philosophy, Ethics, Confucianism, Confucian Philosophy, Confucius, Philosophy, Translations into English, History, Early works to 1800, Lun yu (Confucius), Philosophy, chinese, Quotations, Chinese classics, Chinese language, Confucianisme, Philosophy, Chinese, Politics and government, Chinese Ethics, Chinese literature, Conduct of life, Confucian ethics, Readers (Secondary), Chinese poetry, Eastern, Eastern - GeneralPlaces
China, Chine, Araby, Araby bazaar, Carthage, Great Britain, Italy, Milan, Naples, North Richmond StreetPeople
Confucius, Alonso, Antonio, Ariel, Caliban, Ceres, Confucious, Ferdinand, Gonzalo, Iris, Juno, Kong Qiu, Mangan's sister, Mencius, Miranda, Prospero, Sebastian, Su Wang (195-256), Sycorax, Tetsujin, 1875-, ed. and tr Uno, William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Xi Zhu (1130-1200), Xiao jingTime
To 221 B.C., 1760-1789, 17th century, Early to 1643, Early to 1766 B. C., Shang dynasty, 1766-1122 B.C., Spring and Autumn period, 722-481 B.C., To 1643, Zhou dynasty, 1122-221 B.C., around 500 BCID Numbers
- OLID: OL40315A
- BookBrainz: a8f352af-8b7e-4a4a-a874-41bbd953270c
- GoodReads: 15321
- ISNI: 0000000121430614
- Library of Congress Names: n80050515
- LibraryThing: confucius
- LibriVox: 3104
- MusicBrainz: f392a00c-dfd7-4165-a031-468afcbbc5e3
- Project Gutenberg: 1180
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV026963
- VIAF: 89664672
- Wikidata: Q4604
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q4604
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Alternative names
- 孔子
- Kǒng zǐ
- K'ung-tzu
- 孔夫子
- Kǒng Fūzǐ
- K'ung-fu-tzu
- Master Kong
- 551 BC Confucius
- Confucius et al.
- Confucius.
- Confucius. c
- Confucius .
- Confucius Confucius
- Confucius the sage, pseud.
- Konfuzius
- Confucio
- Kungfutse
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| July 6, 2025 | Edited by Tom Morris | Remove bad AKA |
| October 31, 2021 | Edited by YellowGalaxy | add name |
| October 27, 2021 | Edited by Jenner | merge authors |
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