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"Confucius" is a Latinized version of Confucius' honorific title, Kong Fuzi, which literally means "Teacher Kong," or "Empty teacher." ("Kong" is a surname, while ''Fuzi" means "Teacher" or "Pedant.") This is usually interpreted as "Master Kong," since Confucius' personal name was å­�, "Kong." Sixteenth-Century Jesuit missionaries to China (thought specifically to have been Matteo Ricci), upon encountering Master Kong, coined his name that is now widely accepted by the Western world, Confucius.

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The man formally recognized as Kong Qiu did not change his name to Confucius. The name comes from the Latinization of the name "Kong Fuzi", which means "Master Kong".

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Confucius's name in Chinese looks like this: Kong Fu Zi. When the Europeans pronounced his name it sounded like Confucius.

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