Confucius was born in Changping Township in the Spring and Autumn Period (now Luyuan Village, southeast of Qufu City, Shandong Province), and was named Zhong Ni from September 28th, 5565438 BC (August 27th of the lunar calendar) to April 65438, 479 BC (February 11th of the lunar calendar).

According to the records of the historian Confucius' family, Confucius' ancestors were descendants of Shang Dynasty. After the demise of the Shang Dynasty in the Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Chengwang made Wei Zi Qi, a famous minister loyal to the Shang Dynasty, the capital of Shangqiu (now Shangqiu, Henan). After Wei's death, his brother succeeded to the throne, but Confucius' ancestor. Since Confucius' sixth ancestor, Confucius, later generations began to take Confucius as their surname, and his great-grandfather He fled from Song to Lu. The father of Confucius, Shu, was a famous warrior in Lu. Shu married Shi first and gave birth to nine daughters, but no sons. His concubine gave birth to a son named Meng Pi, but he has foot disease. At that time, women and disabled sons were not suitable for inheritance. Therefore, Shu was named Qiu, with the word (Zhong means the second meaning, Shu's eldest son is Meng Pi, and Meng means the first meaning). When Confucius was three, Shu died of illness. After that, Confucius' family was quite poor. For various reasons, Confucius didn't achieve much in politics, but in the three months of governing Lu, he showed that Confucius was worthy of the title of outstanding politician. Later, he took his disciples around the world and finally returned to Shandong to concentrate on teaching. Confucius broke the monopoly of education and started private school. There are as many as 3,000 disciples of Confucius, including 72 sages, many of whom are the pillars of senior officials in various countries.