ANSWER: Philosophers

Confucius

According to tradition, Confucius was born in 551 B.C., in the Spring and Autumn Period, at the beginning of the Hundred Schools of Thought philosophical movement. Confucius was born in or near the city of Qufu, in the Chinese State of Lu (now part of Shandong Province). Early accounts say that he was born into a poor but noble family that had fallen on hard times.

Confucius was from a warrior family. His father Shulianghe had military exploits in two battles and owned a fiefdom. The Records of the Grand Historian, compiled some four centuries later, states that Confucius was born as a result of a yehe, or "illicit union".

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 401-344