Confucius

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Confucius
    n 1: 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:
         {Confucius}, {Kongfuze}, {K'ung Futzu}, {Kong the Master}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Confucius \Confucius\ n.
   a Chinese philosopher (circa 551-478 BC), the founder of
   Confucianism.

   Syn: Kung futzu, Kung futze, Kung tzu, K'ung fu-tze.
        [WordNet 1.5]
    
from Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date
CONFUCIUS

A Chinese preacher of note.  Lived some 500 years B.
C. and taught the chinks the art of joss making, and how to do
things backward.  He also was the founder of ancestor worship.
This still is practiced in England, but never in the United
States or Australia.  Recreation:  Fireworks.  Ambition:  A
Chinese laundry in every city.  Epitaph:  More Majorum.
    

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