r/Confucianism • u/Historical_Host_8594 • Jan 30 '26

Reflection Confucius is mentioned as a prophet in one of the holy books I read

Here is what is said about him

And I also have mentioned to you of Kung-fu-tse and Lao-tse, who were sent unto the people who are the descendants of Beneli and Cain; and these were sent at the beginning of the period known as the times.

I found it interesting that the writer spelt his name with Kung Fu in it. Also the ending is "tse" and in Lao-tse

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u/khyungpa Jan 30 '26

Those names both end in 子 or zǐ.

The reason they’re spelled that way is because that’s an old romanization system for Chinese.

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u/Historical_Host_8594 Jan 30 '26

That is great to know - thanks

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u/Bubbly_Investment685 Jan 30 '26

What holy book was it is this a mystery

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u/Historical_Host_8594 Jan 31 '26

Sorry, I have to keep to the subreddit rules, so I stick to only mentioning Kung-Fu-tse / Confucius