K'ung-tzu

English Etymology en cmn 孔子 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Kʻung³-tzŭ³.Confucius, Wade-Giles K’ung-fu-tzu or K’ung-tzu, in Encyclopædia Britannica Proper noun 1 1 en Kongzi (Confucius) en 1968 1964 w:Jacques Gernet The Progress of Ideas During the Formation of the Military States Raymond Rudorff Ancient China: From the Beginnings to the Empire La Chine Ancienne https://archive.org/details/ancientchina0000unse/ w:Faber and Faber 890238209 115 https://archive.org/details/ancientchina0000unse/page/115/ The earliest leader of a school of thought was Confucius (K’ung-tzu). en 1980 w:Stephen Fulder The Chinese Alternative The Book of Ginseng: and Other Chinese Herbs for Vitality https://archive.org/details/bookofginsengoth00fuld/ Rochester, Vermont w:Healing Arts Press 1993 0-89281-491-8 93-14-095 925070981 56 https://archive.org/details/bookofginsengoth00fuld/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. en 1991 A Southern African Guide to World Religions https://books.google.com/books?id=geknAAAAYAAJ 9780864861726 24797157 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. References Further reading K'ung Fu-tzu K'ung-tzu K'ung Tzu en Individuals