The History | The Buildings | Biography | The Ceremony | Appendix | The Plans

Kung Chi (better known as Tsu Ssu), was the grandson of Confucius and a disciple of Tseng Sen. He wrote the "Golden Mean", the most representative work on Confucianism. His epigrams for discussing the human mind were regarded as the principles of the New Confucianists of the Sung and Ming Dynasties. His theory of the Mean has been an important aspect in Chinese philosophy. The "Golden Mean", along with "the Great Learning", "The Confucian Analects", and "Mencius" constitute the philosophy of his sage ancestor. Kung Chi had several hundred students, including Mun Ko (Mencius). He died at the age of 62 and was revered as the Shu Sage.