(n) 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. Kong the Master, Kongfuze, K'ung Futzu
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[ね, ne] (n) (1) child (esp. a boy); (2) (See 子爵) viscount; (3) (hon) master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius); (4) (See 諸子百家) philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings; (5) (arch) you (of one's equals); (n-suf) (6) -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...)#443
[あやまちてあらためざるこれをあやまちという, ayamachitearatamezarukorewoayamachitoiu] (exp, v5u) to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)
[おのれたっせんとほっしてひとをたっせしむ, onoretassentohosshitehitowotasseshimu] (exp) (arch) If you wish to succeed, first help others to succeed (from Analects of Confucius)