The abundance and depth of Confucius�� thought or Confucianism make it a hot topic talked by people all the time. So, the historical image of Confucius is known by generations of Chinese people in continuous explanation and interpretation. In a sense, Confucius is living in the interpretations. While these historical interpretations constitute the ��starting point�� to understand Confucius today. To sum up, Confucius possesses three main images. First, we regard Confucius as ��The loveliest man in China ��. Confucius and the cultural connotation he represents are rich and profound. When deeply realizing the original charm of Confucius�� thought and his great personality, people regard him as cultural icon with absolute worship and unconditional conversion and the can��t help joining the large number of star chasers. It just like what Sima Qian said ��behold a great man with admiration Although we can not reach the noble character and virtue, we are pursuing it in our heart.�� And anonym said ��If Confucius had not been born, people would have lived in the dark through the ages.�� Though in a strict sense China does not has religion as the West, in worshipers�� mind, Confucius is the?greatest?sage?and?teacher, even the hierarch of Confucianism. So, in worshiper��s mind, Confucius becomes the loveliest man in China. The second historical image is that Confucius is the most malleable man in China. Feeling the broad and profound Confucius�� thought, but the subtlety of Confucianism can not be fully explained. Hence, we uphold the spirit of �� helping previous sages to sustain their immortal doctrines��, and reconstruct Confucius by using the hermeneutics spirit of ��I annotate the Six Classics; and the Six Classics annotate me��. And these historical reinterpretation also constitute the pedigree of Confucianism. like Mencius and Xuncius in pre-Qin Period, Dong Zhongshu in Han Dynasty, Hanyu in Tang Dynasty, Neo Confucianism in Song Dynasty, the philosophy of mind in Ming Dynasty and the New Confucianism in the twentieth century, which are all the development milestones of Confucianism and have played a great role in the field of Chinese ideology and culture. Therefore, in re-interpreters�� mind, Confucius becomes the most malleable people in China. Well, the third historical image is that Confucius is the poorest people in China. Having felt the profound Confucianism, but we cannot interpret the subtlety of Confucianism, and let Confucius to interpret his thought. So, what shall we do? We can only be a critic to negate and criticize Confucius. People like Li Zhi in the Late Ming Dynasty and Wu Yu in the May the 4th Period all did this way. Li Zhi not only marked the way of heresy, but also was regarded as the heresy by the people of the time. He once said ��The mundane today and all the hypocrites treat me as the heresy. I said, I��d rather be a heresy so as not to be added a bubble reputation by them.�� For this reason, he spoke out heretical comments, ��Dressing and eating is the basic moral life, without them, there is no morality.�� Besides, he put forward the theory that ��Confucianism is not the only truth��. He said, ��There must be a use for everyone��s talent, and there is no need to follow Confucius. If one really wants to be a sage like Confucius, then, there was no Confucius thousand years ago, Were the people at that time not be a man all along?�� In consequence, he used this absurd deduction to point out that it should not judge what wrong from right only by Confucianism, and rebuked the follow of ��People have the same idea and cannot be broken; And they have not known it since they all repeat each other.�� In essence, it pointed out that ��It may not be right as usual.�� Moreover, Wu Yu in the era of the Republic of China was called by Hu Shi as the veteran who ��fighting down the Confucianism with one hand��. So, the old gentleman Wu Yu made a name for himself in the period of May the 4th by intensively criticizing Confucius and Confucianism, and became the veteran in the epoch-making and vigorous New Culture Movement. Eventually, in critics�� mind, Confucius becomes the undertaker of fault and backwardness of Chinese culture. Thereupon, Confucius becomes the poorest people in China. In a word, Confucius in history was either worshipped, interpreted or criticized. Yet, either Confucius�� supporters or opponents, they all acknowledge a basic fact that Confucius represents Chinese culture. Whitehead studied western philosophy at one time, and he considered it as the footnote of Plato. Thus, Confucius is the biggest charisma in Chinese ideology and culture. Chinese ideology and culture is the footnote of Confucius�� footnote, so to speak.