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Noun: Confucius  kun'fyoo-shus
  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)
    - Kongfuze, K'ung Futzu, Kong the Master

See also: Confucian

Type of: philosopher

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