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The name "Confucius" is a Latinized form of the Mandarin Chinese Kǒng Fūzǐ (孔夫子, "Master Kong"), and was coined in the late 16th century by early Jesuit missionaries to China. [6] Confucius's family name was Kong ( 孔 , OC : * kʰˤoŋʔ ) and his given name was Qiu ( 丘 , OC : * [k]ʷʰə ).
These rituals have undergone a great revitalisation in post-Maoist China, creating a public space in which the Chinese state and popular Confucian movements jostle and negotiate with each other. [2] Worship of cosmological gods and of Confucius, [3] [2] is carried out regularly at consecrated public spaces.
Kang modeled his ideal "Confucian Church" after European national Christian churches, as a hierarchic and centralised institution, closely bound to the state, with local church branches, devoted to the worship and the spread of the teachings of Confucius. [94] In contemporary China, the Confucian revival has developed into various interwoven ...
The Confucian church (Chinese: 孔教会; pinyin: Kǒng jiàohuì or Rú jiàohuì) is a Confucian religious and social institution of the congregational type. It was first proposed by Kang Youwei (1858–1927) near the end of the 19th century, as a state religion of Qing China following a European model.
Since Confucius's time, the Analects has heavily influenced the philosophy and moral values of China and later other East Asian countries as well. The Imperial examinations , started in the Sui dynasty and eventually abolished with the founding of the Republic of China , emphasized Confucian studies and expected candidates to quote and apply ...
The two other parts of the site are the nearby Kong Family Mansion (Chinese: 孔 府; pinyin: Kǒng Fǔ), where the main-line descendants of Confucius lived, and the Cemetery of Confucius (Chinese: 孔 林; pinyin: Kǒng Lín) a couple kilometers to the north, where Confucius and many of his descendants have been buried.
The Temple of Confucius in Beijing was the site of formal ceremonies hosted by imperial officials of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties of China to pay respect to Confucius. Asuka Japan (AD 538–710) [6] Azuchi–Momoyama Japan (AD 1568–1600) Baekje (18 BC–AD 660) [7] Balhae (AD 698–926) [8] Cao Wei (AD 220–266) [9] Chen dynasty (AD 557 ...
The Holy Confucian Church or Holy Church of Confucius (孔圣会 Kǒngshènghuì) or Holy Confucian Church of China (中华孔圣会 Zhōnghuá Kǒngshènghuì) is a religious organisation of Confucianism in China, formed by local Confucian churches or halls (孔圣堂 Kǒngshèngtáng).