Editing Confucius (section)

==Name==
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The name "Confucius" is a [[Latinisation of names|Latinized]] form of the [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin Chinese]] {{transliteration|zh|Kǒng Fūzǐ}} ({{lang|zh|孔夫子}}, "Master Kong"), and was coined in the late 16th century by early [[Jesuit China missions|Jesuit missionaries to China]].{{sfn|Nivison|1999|p=752}} Confucius's [[Chinese surname#Shi|family name]] was Kong ({{Old Chinese|kʰˤoŋʔ|孔|suppress_reconstruction_link=yes|show_lang=no}}) and his given name was Qiu ({{Old Chinese|[k]ʷʰə|丘|suppress_reconstruction_link=yes|show_lang=no}}). His [[courtesy name]], a capping (''guan'': {{lang|zh|冠}}) given at [[Coming of age|his coming of age ceremony]],{{sfn|Hunter|2017|p=50}} and by which he would have been known to all but his older family members, was Zhongni ({{Old Chinese|N-‍truŋ-‍s nr[əj]|仲尼|suppress_reconstruction_link=yes|show_lang=no}}), the "Zhòng" indicating that he was the second son in his family.{{sfn|Nivison|1999|p=752}}{{sfn|Wilkinson|2015|p=133}}

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