Confucius
Also known as: Kongzi, Kong Zi
551–479 BCE
孔
子
Kǒng
zǐ
Early Confucianism
Founder of the Rú tradition. Itinerant teacher from the state of Lǔ who taught moral cultivation through the study of the classics and the practice of ritual. His teachings were posthumously compiled by his disciples in the Analects.
Works
Analects
(~500 BCE)
Spring and Autumn Annals
(~480 BCE)