WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -The name “Confucius” is a Latinized form of the Mandarin Chinese Kǒng Fūzǐ (, “Master Kong"), and was coined in the late 16th century by the early Jesuit missionaries to China. Confucius’s clan name was Kong (, OC:*‍kʰˤoŋʔ) and his given name was Qiu (, OC:*‍[k]ʷʰə).

Detailed explanation-2: -Strictly speaking, there is no term in Chinese which directly corresponds to “Confucianism". In the Chinese language, the character rú meaning “scholar” or “learned” or “refined man” is generally used both in the past and the present to refer to things related to Confucianism.

Detailed explanation-3: -The founder of Confucianism was a man named Kong Qi. He later was known as Kong Fuzi, or Master Kong. In the West, he is called Confucius. He was born in 551 B.C. in northeastern China in the state of Lu.