Mbth: Confucius

Alias: Confucius, Zhong Ni

Nationality: China.

Ethnic group: Han nationality

Birthplace: Changping Township, Qiaoyi (now Nanxin Town, Qufu City)

Date of birth: September 28th, 5565438 BC +0.

Date of death: April 479 BC 1 1.

Occupation: teacher

Faith: Confucianism

Main achievements: Founding the Confucian School.

Compiling the Spring and Autumn Annals and Revising the Five Classics

Establish private schools and break aristocratic education.

Masterpiece: Spring and Autumn Annals

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Introduction of Confucius

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political career

political thought

Modern development

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Chronology of life

High-legged disciple

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Confucius

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Introduction of Confucius

Confucius [1]: The surname is Zi, Kong, and Qiu. During the Spring and Autumn Period, he lived in Changping Township (now Nanxin Town, Qufu City). The second child at home. He is a writer, thinker and educator. Zi: Used as a courtesy title for an adult man in ancient times. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, all adult men with certain social status can be called Zi, and everyone wants others to call them Zi, because Zi is still a title, so-called "male and female". But there are generally two kinds of people who can really make others commensurate with "zi": either people with high credibility in society, such as "teachers"; Either a more moral aristocrat; Confucius and Laozi belong to the former. Confucius was the greatest politician, thinker, educator, founder of Confucianism in ancient China, and also the most famous cultural celebrity in the world. In the view of heaven, Confucius did not deny the existence of ghosts and gods, but he was skeptical about ghosts and gods and advocated "staying away from ghosts and gods". Confucius and Mencius are also called "Confucius and Mencius", Confucius is regarded as "the most holy" and Mencius as "the second saint".

According to records, Confucius' ancestors were descendants of Shang Dynasty (Huaxia nationality), so his surname was Zi. After the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, Zhou Wuwang made Wei Zi, an ordinary brother of Shang Zhouwang, a loyal minister of the Shang Dynasty and a famous minister, in the Song Dynasty (Xiayi). After Wei died, his younger brother Wei Zhong succeeded to the throne. Wei Zhong was the ancestor of Confucius. After Jia, the sixth ancestor of Confucius, his father, descendants began to take Confucius as their surname. His great-grandfather Kong fled from the Song Dynasty to Shandong to escape the civil strife in the Song Dynasty. Confucius' father was a famous warrior in Lu. Shu married Shi first and gave birth to nine daughters without sons. My concubine gave birth to a son named Meng Pi, but he had foot disease. Under the circumstances at that time, neither a woman nor a disabled son should inherit. In his later years, Shu Liangyou and the young woman Yan Zhizai gave birth to Confucius. Confucius' great thoughts are closely related to Confucius' mother. His mother Yan Zhizhai and grandfather Xiang Yan had a profound influence on Confucius. Because Confucius' mother went to Niqiu Mountain to pray, and then she became pregnant with Confucius, and because Confucius was born with a depression in the middle of his head, like Niqiu Mountain; Therefore, it is named Qiu, and the characters (Bo, Zhong, Shu and Ji) rank second among brothers, Bo is the eldest, Zhong is the second, Shu is the third, and Ji is the youngest. Confucius' word "Zhong" shows that he ranks second among the brothers, but if the sisters are sorted together, the order is Meng, Zhong, Shu and Ji. Among brothers and sisters, the eldest (big brother or big sister) is Meng. Therefore, Confucius is the second child in the family, and his word is Zhong Ni, but his brother's word is Meng Pi, not Pi Bo. When Confucius was three, Shu died of illness. After that, Confucius' family was quite poor. Because of troubled times, the benevolent policy advocated by Confucius has no room for display, but during the three months of governing Lu, the powerful State of Qi was also afraid of Confucius' talents, which shows that Confucius is a well-deserved title of outstanding politician. Political dissatisfaction made Confucius devote a large part of his energy to education. Confucius used to be a scout in Lu, then traveled around the world with his disciples and finally returned to Lu.

Full-body portrait of Confucius

Countries, concentrate on teaching. Confucius broke the monopoly of education and started a private school, with as many as 3000 disciples, including 72 sages and 72 famous sages. Many of these 72 people are the pillars of senior officials in various countries. It also continued the glory of Confucian school.

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Confucius had a far-reaching influence on later generations. Although he "narrated but didn't do it", he was known as "Heaven Sage", "Heaven Muduo" and "Eternal Sage" when he was alive, and he was one of the most learned scholars in the society at that time. Later generations respected him as "the most holy" (the sage among saints) and "the teacher of all ages", and thought that he was a combination of poetry, calligraphy, ceremony and happiness, and wrote Spring and Autumn Annals with the preface of Zhouyi (called the Ten Wings of the Book of Changes, or Yi Zhuan). The Analects of Confucius is one of the classic works of Confucian school, which was compiled by Confucius' disciples and their descendants. It mainly records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, and embodies Confucius' political opinions, ethical thoughts, moral concepts and educational principles. It is also called "Four Books" with Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean and Mencius. There are twenty popular Analects of Confucius. The language of The Analects is concise and profound, and many of its remarks are still regarded as wisdom by the world. Moreover, in ancient times, Confucius was the first person that children worshipped when they entered school.

Emerson, an American poet and philosopher, thinks Confucius is the glory of all nations in the world.

1988, 75 nobel prize winners gathered in Paris and issued a joint declaration after the meeting, calling on the world that "if human beings want to survive in the 2 1 century, they must look back 2,500 years ago and learn wisdom from Confucius."

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political career

Confucius was extremely clever and studious when he was young. At the age of twenty, he was already very learned and was praised as a "learned man" by people at that time. At the same time, little known is that Confucius inherited the bravery of his father Shu, who was 9 feet 6 inches tall, which was 22 1.76 cm according to the Western Han Dynasty. The arm strength is extraordinary, far from the image of a weak scholar that some people think in later generations. Besides, Confucius was an extraordinary drinker, and it was said that he had never been drunk. But Confucius never prided himself on being brave and addicted to alcohol.

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Confucius wanted to do something since he was in his twenties, so he was very concerned about world affairs, often thinking about many issues of governing the country, and often expressing some opinions. By the time he was 30, he was already famous. In the twenty years of Lu, he visited Lu and summoned Confucius to discuss the question of being king with him, and Confucius got to know him. In the twenty-fifth year of Lu, civil strife occurred in Lu, and Lu was forced to flee to Qi. Confucius also left Lu for Qi, where he was appreciated and entertained by Qi Jinggong. He even prepared to seal the fields around Nishi to Confucius, but the doctor Yan Ying stopped him. In the twenty-seventh year of Lu, at that time, the doctor of Qi wanted to harm Confucius. When Confucius heard this, he turned to Qi Jinggong for help. Qi Jinggong said, "I am old and can still use it." Confucius had to flee to Lu. At that time, the state of Lu was actually in the hands of the doctor's retainer, which was called "ruling the country with the minister." Therefore, although Confucius had two opportunities to enter politics, he gave them up until he was appointed as the capital master in 9 years. At this time, Confucius was 5 1 year old. Confucius ruled Zhongdu (now Wenshang County) for one year, and achieved outstanding results. He was promoted to a small sikong, and soon he was promoted to a big Sikou, taking photos and taking care of Lu. 12 years, in order to weaken the tricyclic big noble, it was called tricyclic because it was the offspring of three sons. At that time, the state power of Lu was actually in their hands, and some ministers of the Third Ring Road also controlled the Third Ring Road to varying degrees. Confucius took the measure of reducing the capital (that is, tearing down the castle built by the Third Ring Road). Later, the action of capturing the three capitals was abandoned halfway, and the contradiction between Confucius and the Third Ring Road was also exposed. /kloc-in 0/3, Lu Dinggong of Qi sent 80 beautiful women to Lu to accept female music. The monarch and his subjects were addicted to singing and dancing and ignored state affairs for many days. Confucius was very disappointed. Soon after, Lu held a suburban sacrifice, and when he gave the meat to the doctor after the sacrifice, he didn't give it to Confucius as usual, indicating that Ji didn't want to hire him again. Confucius left Shandong and began to travel around the world when he had to find a way out.

Confucius first took his disciples to Weiguo, and Wei Linggong began to respect Confucius very much. According to Lu's salary standard, he was given a salary of 60 thousand, but he was not given an official position and was not allowed to participate in politics. Confucius lived in Weiguo for about 10 months. Because someone slandered Wei Linggong, Wei Linggong became suspicious of Confucius, and sent someone to publicly monitor Confucius' actions. So Confucius left Weiguo with his disciples and planned to go to Chen. When passing through Kuangcheng, I was besieged for five days because of misunderstanding. I fled Kuangcheng, came to Dipu, met my uncle, a patriotic aristocrat who launched a rebellion, and was besieged again. After escaping, Confucius returned to China to defend his country. Wei Linggong was very happy to hear that Confucius and his disciples had returned from Dipu, and went to meet him in person. Since then, Confucius has gone abroad several times and returned to China several times. On the one hand, Wei Linggong had both good and bad feelings towards Confucius; On the other hand, after Confucius went abroad, he had nowhere to go and had to return.

In the second year (Confucius was 59 years old), Confucius left Wei, passed through Cao, Song and Zheng, and went to Chen, where he lived for three years. When Wu attacked Chen, the war broke out and Confucius left with his disciples. When the Chu people heard that Confucius had arrived at the junction of Chen and Cai, they sent someone to meet him. The doctors of Chen and Cai knew that there was something wrong with what Confucius did, and they were afraid that Confucius would be reused in Chu, which was not good for them. So they sent laborers to surround Confucius and his disciples in the middle of the road, not relying on the village in front or the shops behind. After eating all the food they brought, they were deprived of food for seven days. Finally, Zigong found the Chu people, and Chu sent troops to meet Confucius, so that Confucius and his disciples were saved from death. Confucius returned to Weiguo at the age of 64. With the efforts of his disciple Ran Qiu, he was welcomed back to Lu at the age of 68, but he was still respectful. Lu Aigong 16, Confucius was 73 years old and died of illness.

Angry and forgetful, happy and forgetful.

When Confucius was 62 years old, he once described himself like this: "He is also a human being. He forgets to eat when he is angry, and forgets his worries when he is happy. He doesn't know that his old age is coming." At that time, Confucius had led his disciples around the world for nine years and had gone through all the hardships. Not only did he not get the appointment of the governor, but he almost died. But Confucius was not discouraged, still optimistic, stuck to his ideals, and even knew that he could not do it.

Be content with poverty

Confucius said, "Being unjust and rich is like a cloud to me." In Confucius' mind, upholding justice is the highest value of life. When there is a contradiction between rich and poor and morality, he would rather be poor than give up morality. But we can't regard his peace and happiness as not seeking wealth, but seeking to maintain Tao, which is not in line with historical facts. Confucius once said: "Rich and expensive, people want what they want; You can't go anywhere unless you take the main road. Poverty and meanness are disgusting to people; If you don't take the main road, you won't go. " "Money is available, although there are many whips, I can do it. If you can't get it, just do as I say. "

Never tire of learning and never tire of teaching.

Confucius was famous for his eagerness to learn and showed great interest in all kinds of knowledge, so he was versatile and knowledgeable. He was very famous at that time, and was almost regarded as an omniscient saint, but Confucius himself didn't think so. Confucius said, "How dare I be a saint and a benevolent person?" Never tire of it, never tire of teaching. "Confucius learned without a teacher. Whoever has knowledge and who doesn't understand will worship him as a teacher. Therefore, he said, "In a threesome, there must be a teacher. "

Follow the path of integrity-conduct integrity.

Confucius was upright in nature and advocated going straight. He once said, "I treat others, who will ruin my reputation?" If you are famous, you have to try. Simin also, the reason why the three generations went straight. "Historical Records records that Confucius asked Lao Tzu to be polite when he was in his thirties. When he left, Laozi gave a message: "Smart and thorough, close to death, considerate. Those who argue the broad masses are in danger, and those who are evil are also. A son should not have his own, and a minister should not have his own. "This is Lao Tzu's kind reminder to Confucius, and it also points out some shortcomings of Confucius, that is, he looks at the problem too deeply and speaks too sharply, hurting some people with positions and bringing great danger to himself. Confucius established a moral theory with benevolence as the core with the idea of being kind to others. He is also a very kind person, compassionate, helpful and sincere. " Don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you; a gentleman's adult beauty is not an adult's evil; and he'll do his best until he dies.

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Advocate of rule of virtue

Linked with Confucius' theory of benevolence, righteousness and propriety, in the general plan of governing the country, he advocated "governing the country by virtue", which is the noblest way to govern the country. This strategy of governing the country is also called "rule by virtue" or "rule by courtesy". In fact, this strategy broke the traditional creed that courtesy is no less than Shu Ren's, and broke the original important boundary between nobles and civilians.

Confucius' theory of benevolence embodies the spirit of human nature, while Confucius' theory of propriety embodies the spirit of etiquette, that is, order and system in the modern sense. Humanism is the eternal theme of mankind, which is applicable to any society, any era and any government, and order and institutional society are the basic requirements for establishing a civilized human society. This humanitarianism and order spirit of Confucius is the essence of China's ancient social and political thought.

Guide patiently and systematically

When Confucius went on a spring outing, he used water to educate his disciples to learn the character and virtue of water. Love and ambition, good at teaching.