北京研拓大现代远程教育 l.Cultural background(文化背景) Confucius (551-479 BC) Born in 551BC in the Lu state,which is the southern part of Shandong province today,he was given the name Kongqiu. And he was also known as Zhongni,which is his courtesy name.Many people later called him Kong Fuzi,as Fuzi means teacher in Chinese culture.However his name was first Latinised as Confucius by the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci,who introduced his philosophy to Europe. 孔子出生于公元前551年的鲁国（今山东省南部），他被 取名为孔丘，字仲尼。很多后人称他为孔夫子（夫子在中 国文化中意味着老师)。他的名字被意大利教士利玛窦最 先翻译为拉丁语，而且把他的学说介绍到了欧洲。 I. Cultural background (文化背景) Confucius (551-479 BC) Born in 551BC in the Lu state, which is the southern part of Shandong province today, he was given the name Kongqiu. And he was also known as Zhongni, which is his courtesy name. Many people later called him Kong Fuzi, as Fuzi means teacher in Chinese culture. However his name was first Latinised as Confucius by the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci, who introduced his philosophy to Europe. 孔子出生于公元前551年的鲁国（今山东省南部），他被 取名为孔丘，字仲尼。很多后人称他为孔夫子（夫子在中 国文化中意味着老师）。他的名字被意大利教士利玛窦最 先翻译为拉丁语，而且把他的学说介绍到了欧洲