The Jesuits, while translating Chinese books into Western languages, translated 孔夫子 as Confucius. This Latinized form has since been commonly used in Western countries.
K'ung fu-tze in Wade-Giles (or, less accurately, Kung fu-tze).
Fūzǐ means teacher. Since it was disrespectful to call the teacher by name according to Chinese culture, he is known as just "Master Kong", or Confucius, even in modern days.
The character 'fu' is optional, so he is commonly also known as Kong Zi.
In 1 AC (first year of the Yuanshi period of the Han Dynasty), he was given his first posthumous name: 褒成宣尼公, Lord Bāochéngxūan, which means "Laudably Declarable Lord Ni."
His most popular posthumous names are
至聖先師, Zhìshèngxiānshī, meaning "The Former Teacher who Reached Sainthood" (comes from 1530, the ninth year of the Jianing period of the Ming Dynasty);
至聖, Zhìshèng, "the Greatest Sage";
先師, Xiānshī, "the First Teacher".
He is also commonly known as 萬世師表, Wànshìshībiǎo, "the Model Teacher of a Myriad Ages" in Taiwan.
His descendants were identified and honored by the imperial government. They were honored the rank of a marquis 35 times since Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, and they were promoted to the rank of duke 42 times from the Tang Dynasty to 1935. One of the most common titles is Duke Yansheng (衍聖公 Yǎnshèng gōng), which means "overflowing with sainthood." The latest descendant is K'ung Te-ch'eng (孔德成 Kǒng Déchéng) (born 1920), who is of the 77th generation and a professor at National Taiwan University; he married Sun Qifang, the great-granddaughter of the Qing dynasty scholar-official and first president of Beijing University Sun Jianai, whose Shouxian, Anhui, family created one of the first business combines in modern-day China that included the largest flour mill in Asia, the Fou Foong Flour Company 福豐麵粉廠. The Kongs are related by marriage to a number of prominent Confucian families, among them that of the Song dynasty prime minister and martyr Wen Tianxiang 文天祥.
Soon after Confucius' death, Qufu, his hometown, became a place of devotion and remembrance. It is still a major destination for cultural tourism, and many Chinese people visit his grave and the surrounding temples. In China, there are many temples where one can find representations of Buddha, Lao Zi and Confucius together. There are also many temples dedicated to him which have been used for Confucianist ceremonies.
Confucian Analects (http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=4094) (Project Gutenberg release of James Legge's Translation)
Analects (http://afpc.asso.fr/wengu/wg/wengu.php?l=Lunyu) in Chinese and translations by James Legge (en), D.C. Lau (en) and Séraphin Couvreur (fr).
孔子世系 (Confucius' Genealogy) (http://www.gdjh.tcc.edu.tw/wcjswebcai/87cai/01/t2-4.htm) (in Traditional Chinese): a table shows the immediate ancestors and direct descendants of Confucius
MasterKong was the first Chinese sifu to teach gung fu openly to general public in Hawaii and announced that he "..will teach all races-fl, yellow, red, white and blue".
Despite the criticism and problems masterKong faced, he carried on with what he believed which was to teach gung fu to all interested individual regardless of race.
MasterKong's Los Angle's school was filled with people who were fascinated by gung fu and wanted to learn.
Born in the state of Lu, Philosopher Kong Fuzi (551-479 BCE) was a Chinese educator and reformer of exemplary vision, who endeavored to elevate the most refined elements in the prevailing societal and governmental traditions by traveling throughout China, giving advice to its rulers, and teaching morality and ethics.
Kong Fuzi, (who believed there was a pervasive thread of universal unity connecting everything), used analogy, examples from his daily life experiences, short sayings, adages, aphorism, maxims, and tautology to answer the questions of his students.
Kong Fuzi advocated ancestral reverence; considerate kindness towards others; familial loyalty; truthful impeccability in speech, facial expressions and bodily mannerisms; and respectful attentiveness to developing and honing exemplary personal behaviors.
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