Random Thought #203

We've been studying Confucius in our China class online recently. Its interesting that in China, he is referred to by his name of Gong Zi or Kong Zi, which means Master Kong. I believe his actual name was Kong Qia. So where did Confucius come from? Is it westernized? Even if it was, where did it come from? I mean Confucius doesn't sound like anything else or have any ties to anything else. I guess I'll have to dig deeper.