Could someone explain the logic behind Confucius’ English naming?
Lao Zi -> Lao Tzu
Sun Zi -> Sun Tzu
Kong Zi -> Confucius
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Marco Polo heard people calling him Kong Zi or Kongfuzi and wrote what he heard in latin: Confucius. There are actually several words that are actually “mishearings” of other language words (“dutch” is a mishearing of “deutsch” for example)
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