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Etymology
Transliteration of Mandarin 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ) Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻung³-tzŭ³.[1]
Proper noun
K'ung-tzu
- Alternative form of Kongzi (Confucius)
1968 [1964], Jacques Gernet, “The Progress of Ideas During the Formation of the Military States”, in Raymond Rudorff, transl., Ancient China: From the Beginnings to the Empire [La Chine Ancienne], Faber and Faber, →OCLC, page 115:The earliest leader of a school of thought was Confucius (K’ung-tzu).
1980, Stephen Fulder, “The Chinese Alternative”, in The Book of Ginseng: and Other Chinese Herbs for Vitality, Rochester, Vermont: Healing Arts Press, published 1993, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 56:The earliest fundamental understanding of the nature of health and disease, expounded by the Nei Ching, would have been forgotten were it not for an element peculiar to Chinese culture: the worship of their ancestors, a practice which runs far deeper than the respect shown for Western patriarchs. It was formalized by the teaching of K’ung-tzu, whose Latinized name is Confucius.
1991, A Southern African Guide to World Religions, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 109:So, K’ung-tzu says: 'To master oneself and return to propriety is humanity' (Bk 12.1).
We see, in this view, that humaneness was a quality which K’ung-tzu believed to be embodied in li, tradition and custom.
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