Confucius551 BCE ndash; 479 BCE.ppt

Confucius551 BCE – 479 BCE Confucius’ portrait done by Wu Daozi or Wu Daozi (680-740) 吴道子 who was a Chinese artist of the Tang Dynasty. A Brief Bio551 to 479 BCE Known as Kong Qiu (孔丘), courtesy name, Zhongni (仲尼). Confucius was born in 551 BCE in the State of Lu (the south of modern-day Shandong Province). His father Shu lianghe (叔梁紇) was a famous warrior who was appointed as a senior government official at the City of Zou (Shandong Province). After having nine daughters, he finally got a son. However, the boy Mengpi fell off a tree at 7 and limped around ever since. When his wife pa