Named Zou county but now Zoucheng city, in south Shandong province, with ages-old history and flourishing culture, is the born area of great ancient ideologist and educationists Confucius and Mencius, thus to have the name of Hometown Nation of Confucian.

• 邹城市原名邹县，位于山东省南部，历史悠久，文化灿烂，是我国古代伟大的思想家、教育家孔子、孟子的诞生地，素有“孔孟桑梓之邦”的美誉。