Confucius (former on 28 September 551-former on April 11, 479), son last name, KongShi, the name, the word you, very lu city (now China's shandong province south essien ocres town), China's spring and autumn periods thinkers and educator, the founder of Confucianism. Confucius set a large part of Chinese ancient culture, alive has been praised as day of the holy, days of MuDuo, was one of the most learned in society, and was later as hole, most holy saint ruler, and marvelous meng-gua exemplary virtue. Confucius and Confucianism on China and the Korean peninsula, Japan, Vietnam and other regions have a profound effect, the region is known as the Confucian cultural circle.
孔子（7a686964616fe59b9ee7ad前551年9月28日－前479年4月11日），子姓， 孔氏，名丘，字仲尼，鲁国陬邑（今中国山东省曲阜市南辛镇）人，中国春秋末期的思想家和教育家，儒家的创始人。孔子集华夏上古文化之大成，在世时已被誉为“天纵之圣”、“天之木铎”，是当时社会上最博学者之一，并且被后世统治者尊为孔圣人、至圣、 至圣先师、万世师表。孔子和儒家思想对中国和朝鲜半岛、日本、越南等地区有深远的影响，这些地区又被称为儒家文化圈。