Very different from Western beliefs, Confucianism is a philosophy rather than a religion. Kong Qui was a high-ranking public official around the sixty century BC. He adopted the Western name Confucius, which is derived from the Latin of the title Kongfuzi meaning Great Master Kong. He was an ordinary philosopher known for his profound thoughts on correct moral character and moral responsibility. For a long time he never published any of his works but his disciples collected them and eventually published them in a book entitled