Confucius was born when his father was nearly 70 years old.

Confucius' father had nine daughters, 1 son, and all the sons were disabled, so they could not inherit. It is said that he is a fortune teller and knows that he has a son in his life. So I'm almost 70 years old. I'm a girl named Yan.

Confucius' father Shu (word, name Ge) is a famous military commander in Lu. Shu first married Shi and gave birth to nine daughters, but no son. My concubine gave birth to a son named Meng Pi (the eldest son is Bo and the eldest son is Meng), but he has foot disease. Under the circumstances at that time, neither a woman nor a disabled son should inherit. Later, Shu married the third daughter of Yan State and gave birth to Confucius. Because he prayed in the mud mound before his death, he was named Qiu, ranking second, so the word was (according to the Interpretation of Confucius' Family Language and His Real Name, Shu had nine daughters and no children. His concubine gave birth to Meng Pi, whose name was Meng Pi Bernie, and she was ill. So he proposed to Yan. The Yan family has three daughters, and the youngest son is Zheng. ..... private prayer mud hill, gave birth to Confucius, hence the name "Qiu Zi Zhong Ni". When Confucius was three, Shu died of illness. After that, Confucius' family was quite poor.