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During his return, Confucius sometimes acted as an advisor to several government officials in Lu, including Ji Kangzi, on matters including governance and crime.{{sfn|Huang|2013|pp=27–28}}
Burdened by the loss of both his son and his favorite disciples, he died at the age of 71 or 72 from natural causes. Confucius was buried on the bank of the [[Si River|Sishui River]], to the north of [[Cemetery of Confucius|Qufu]] City in Shandong Province. Starting as a humble tomb, the cemetery of Confucius had been expanded by emperors since the Han Dynasty. To date, the [[Cemetery of Confucius]] (孔林) covers an area of 183 hectares with more than 100,000 graves of the Kong descendants, it is included in the World Heritage List for its cultural and architectural value.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/704/|title=Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|language=en|access-date=2019-11-25|archive-date=2019-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119105528/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/704/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Philosophy==
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