(n)Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC), Syn.Kong the Master, Kongfuze, K'ung Futzu
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[ね, ne](n) (1) child (esp. a boy); (2) (See 子爵) viscount; (3) (hon) master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius); (4) (See 諸子百家) philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings; (5) (arch) you (of one's equals); (n-suf) (6) -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...)#443[Add to Longdo]
[あやまちてあらためざるこれをあやまちという, ayamachitearatamezarukorewoayamachitoiu](exp, v5u) to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)[Add to Longdo]
[かくりん, kakurin](n) (1) (arch) the end of things (esp. used for one's last writings); (2) one's dying hour (esp. used for the death of Confucius)[Add to Longdo]
[おのれたっせんとほっしてひとをたっせしむ, onoretassentohosshitehitowotasseshimu](exp) (arch) If you wish to succeed, first help others to succeed (from Analects of Confucius)[Add to Longdo]