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Confucius
孔子 zh 공자 ko
5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
- Child of Shuliang He and Yan Zhengzai
- Married to Qiguan Shi
- Dated c. 551 BCE – c. 479 BCE
Overview
5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politicianWikidata record description. Read Confucius in the Wikipedia reader.
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Affiliation
As a third party recorded it, often for one period of a life.
Family tree
The family as a list · 6
Family 6
Teachers and students
Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.
Taught 36
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- Gao Chai ↗
- Gongbo Liao ↗
- Gongsun Long ↗
- Gongxi Ai ↗
- Gongxi Chi ↗
- Gongye Chang ↗
- Hou Chu ↗
- Min Sun ↗
- Nangong Kuo ↗
- Nhan Khoái ↗
- Qidiao Kai ↗
- Ran Geng ↗
- Ran Qiu ↗
- Ran Yong ↗
- Shang Qu ↗
- Shen Dang ↗
- Shuzhong Hui ↗
- Sima Geng ↗
- Tantai Mieming ↗
- Wuma Shi ↗
- Xu Fan ↗
- Yan Hui ↗
- Yan Wuyou ↗
- Yan Yan ↗
- You Ruo ↗
- Yuan Xian ↗
- Zai Yu ↗
- Zeng Dian ↗
- Zengzi ↗
- Zhuansun Shi ↗
- Zilu ↗
Also recorded as a student: 41 more records with no English name
What the records tie them to
Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.
In the texts
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Connections
Documented influence 2
More from East Asian traditions
Daoism, Confucian practice, Chinese folk religion, Shinto and Korean tradition.