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Confucius (about 551–479 BC) was a Chinese teacher and . He taught that a fair society needs justice and peace, and that people should keep clear moral rules: be loyal, keep your word, and treat others as you would like to be treated. His ideas shaped Chinese life for a very long time — how families work, how students learn, how officials should behave — and they still colour the way many Chinese people think. His family name was Kong; students later called him Master Kong. English got Confucius from a Latin school form of that title, not from the name he used at home. In the US and UK, people sometimes joke “Confucius he say…” to introduce a piece of “wise” advice, as if he had said it. Though actually, that line is fake old-wise English with broken grammar; it is a joke, not a real quote, and not how he spoke.
組成Learned borrowing from New Latin Confucius, from Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ), literally “Master Kong,” plus Latin -ius. Kong was his family name; fu zi is an honorific, “master.”
同家族的字
- Confucianthe adjective, or a follower of his ideas
- Confucianismthe system of thought built from his teaching
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Confuciusname/kənˈfju.ʃəs/
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An influential Chinese philosopher who lived c. 551 BCE – c. 479 BCE; personal name Kong Qiu (孔丘).
- Theſe Books mention only three Sects to have been in vogue in the World ; for of other Sects there is not the leaſt mention made. The firſt is the Sect of the Learned : The ſecond is called Sciequia : And the third Lancu. The firſt of theſe three is followed by all the Chineſes, and the adjacent People, which uſe the Chineſe Characters, as the Iſlanders of Japan, Corea, and Couchinchina : this Sect, which is that of the Learned, is taught to, and followed by none, but only thoſe and the Chineſes themſelves, and is the Antienteſt of all the Sects that were ever heard of in China : Out of this, about which a very great number of Books are writ, generally are choſen perſons fit for the Government of the Empire ; and therefore it is honoured and eſteemed above all others. The Doctrine of this Sect is not taught all at once, but they ſuck it in by degrees when they learn to Read or Write. The firſt Founder of this Sect was Confutius, the Prince of Chineſe Philoſophers, who is to this day honoured by all the Learned, with the Title of the The moſt Wiſe.
- The thirty eighth Year of the Cycle Confucius was preferr’d for his great Merit to be Prime Miniſter of the Kingdom of Lû, his native Country. Thro’ his wiſe Counſel the Face of Affairs was ſoon chang'd throughout the Land ; he reform’d the Abuſes that had crept into it, and reſtor’d Honeſty in dealing ; he taught young Men to reſpect the old, and honour their Parents, even after their Deceaſe ; he inſpir’d the fair Sex with Mildneſs and Chaſtity ; and caus’d Sincerity, Uprightneſs, and all other civil Virtues to prevail among the People.
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rareA male given name from Latin.
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