Confucius inherited and developed the theories of Kismet of Zhou Gong,incepted the transformance of Kismet from outer to inner-from cognition of Kismet to reverence for Kismet.

• 孔子继承并发展了周公的“天命”思想,使“天命”由眷顾天下的统治者进而惠及每一个有德者。