title: Confucius (disambiguation)
text: # Confucius (disambiguation)
  
  Confucius (551– 479 BCE) was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher.
  
  Confucius may also refer to:
  
  * Confucius (2010 film), a Chinese film directed by Hu Mei
  * Confucius (1940 film), a Chinese film directed by Fei Mu
  * Statue of Confucius (Houston), a 2009 bronze by Willy Wang in Houston, Texas, US
  * 7853 Confucius, a main-belt asteroid
  * Confucius Institute, a non-profit public institute which aims at promoting Chinese language and culture
  * Confucius Peace Prize, a peace prize in China since 2010
  * Confuciusornis, a genus of primitive crow-sized birds from the early Cretaceous Period
  * Confuciusornithidae, a family of primitive birds from the early Cretaceous Period
  * Confucius (leafhopper), a genus of leafhoppers in the order Hemiptera
  * Mirina confucius, a moth of the family Endromidae
  * Potanthus confucius, a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
  * Chinese steamer Confucius, early gunboat of the Qing Dynasty
  * Kalangi Nathar, Indian Hindu saint, identified with Confucius
  