"What philosopher, sometimes known by the honorific of ""K'ung Fu-tzu"" and born in BCE 551, has recently had his name given to a Peace Prize ?"
Confucius Peace Prize that it would be disbanding the organizers of Confucius Peace Prize and cancelling the prize. The Ministry stated in a news conference on September 17 that there was improper uses of the Ministry's name. The Association of Chinese Indigenous Arts was quick to blame a "rogue department" for the debacle surrounding the award. Despite the cancellation, on November 15, 2011, "The Guardian" reported that the original organizers had formed a new committee, the China International Peace Studies Center, in Hong Kong, where they awarded the second Confucius Peace Prize to Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin. Other contenders were Angela Merkel,
Sun Tzu temporarily, to more powerful foes. Aside from his legacy as the author of "The Art of War", Sun Tzu is revered in Chinese and East Asian culture as a legendary historical and military figure. His birth name was Sun Wu, and he was known outside of his family by his courtesy name Changqing. The name "Sun Tzu" by which he is best known in the Western World is an honorific which means "Master Sun". Sun Tzu's historicity is uncertain. The Han dynasty historian Sima Qian and other traditional Chinese historians placed him as a minister to King Helü of Wu