A Chinese thinker and social philosopher.
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5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
| Born | September 28, 551 BCE |
| Died | 479 BCE |
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Confucius
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5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
| Born | September 28, 551 BCE |
| Died | 479 BCE |
ID Numbers
- OLID: OL40315A
- BookBrainz: a8f352af-8b7e-4a4a-a874-41bbd953270c
- GoodReads: 15321
- ISNI: 0000000121430614
- Library of Congress Names: n80050515
- LibraryThing: confucius
- LibriVox: 3104
- MusicBrainz: f392a00c-dfd7-4165-a031-468afcbbc5e3
- Project Gutenberg: 1180
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV026963
- VIAF: 89664672
- Wikidata: Q4604
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q4604
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Alternative names
- 孔子
- Kǒng zǐ
- K'ung-tzu
- 孔夫子
- Kǒng Fūzǐ
- K'ung-fu-tzu
- Master Kong
- 551 BC Confucius
- Confucius et al.
- Confucius.
- Confucius. c
- Confucius .
- Confucius Confucius
- Confucius the sage, pseud.
- Konfuzius
- Confucio
- Kungfutse
| August 1, 2025 | Edited by WikidataBot | [sync_author_identifiers_with_wikidata] add wikidata remote identifiers |
| July 6, 2025 | Edited by Tom Morris | Remove bad AKA |
| October 31, 2021 | Edited by YellowGalaxy | add name |
| October 27, 2021 | Edited by Jenner | merge authors |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |








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