Abstract
"Confucius". This name rings a bell for everybody in the world. It reminds China, of a philosophy, a way of life or even a religion. The Chinese philosopher, better known in China as "Kongfuzi", was born in 551 BC and died in 479 BC. Confucius's life has been the object study of several writers, especially Sima Qian, who wrote the most "realistic" biography during the first century BC. In fact, most writers consider Confucius as a supernatural being, whose life had been punctuated by extraordinary events. His father died when he was a little child. He then learnt the rites, music, writing, history, poetry, and mathematics, and started teaching after his mother's death. He achieved the position of a State employee and Secretary of Justice, a domain in which he showed his good sense.
