Confucius
For other uses, see Confucius (disambiguation). Confucius 孔子 The teaching Confucius. Portrait by Wu Daozi, 685–758, Tang dynasty. Born 551 BC Zou, Lu, Zhou Kingdom (present-day Nanxinzhen, Qufu, Shandong, China) Died 479 BC (aged 71–72) Lu, Zhou Kingdom Nationality Zhou Era Ancient philosophy Region Chinese philosophy School Confucianism Main interests Moral philosophy, social philosophy, ethics Notable ideas Confucianism, Golden Rule Influences I Ching , Book of Rites , Book of Odes Influenced Many Chinese philosophers, particularly Mencius, Xun Zi, Zhu Xi and the Neotaoists and the Neoconfucians; François Quesnay; Christian Wolff; Robert Cummings Neville; Ezra Pound; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Confucius "Confucius ( Kǒngzǐ )" in seal script (top) and regular (bottom) Chinese characters Chinese name Chinese 孔子 Hanyu Pinyin Kǒngzǐ Literal meaning "Master Kǒng" Transcriptions Stan...