The "three cautions" mentioned by Confucius are caution in fasting, caution in war, and caution in illness. All three can be regarded as one of the three prudences.

Among the three things that Confucius took seriously, the first was fasting. Fasting is an activity that cleanses the body and mind. It prepares for sacrifices, expresses reverence for ancestors, remembers ancestors, and plays a certain role in promoting the virtues of ancestors.

The second thing Confucius took seriously was war. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the princes were fighting for hegemony. The princes continued to launch wars regardless of the life and death of the people. Faced with the situation of endless wars, Confucius hoped that the princes would put down their butcher knives, stop killing and attack, and implement benevolent government.

The third thing Confucius treated with caution was disease. Disease is the most harmful thing to mankind. How to prevent the occurrence of disease is the most troublesome thing for Confucius. Under the medical conditions at that time, he might only be able to look at the disease and sigh.

Some contributions of Confucius

First: cultural contribution

There are no written historical materials in our country before 841 BC. It was the "Poetry" compiled by Confucius. Ancient culture and civilization are passed down by the "Six Classics", "Book", "Li", "Yue", "Yi", "Spring and Autumn" and "Six Classics". Among the traditional Chinese cultures "Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism" from the time of Confucius to the present, Confucian culture has always been the main line of Chinese culture. Confucius is the inheritor of ancient Chinese culture and the founder of 5,000-year-old Chinese culture.

Second: Conceptual contribution

Historically, the Xia Dynasty respected "the Mandate of Heaven" and the Shang Dynasty believed in "ghosts and gods". In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Duke Zhou began to "make rituals and music" and "Mingde" Be careful with punishment" and shift to focus on "civilization of etiquette, music, and music." This is a great leap forward for Chinese culture and civilization.

Confucius did not talk about the so-called "mandate of heaven" and "ghosts and gods" with will and efficaciousness, but he had a strong interest in the ritual and music civilization of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Confucius was the first person to guide China's transition from "theism" to "atheism".

Third: Literary Contribution

The Book of Songs is my country's first collection of poetry, which contains 305 poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period over 500 years. According to "Historical Records": "In ancient times, there were more than 3,000 poems."

After Confucius compiled and deleted it, the version of "The Book of Songs" that has been handed down to this day, also called "Three Hundred Poems", opened a new chapter in the history of Chinese literature and had an extremely extensive and far-reaching impact on later generations of literary creation. influence. Confucius was the first person to open a new chapter in the history of Chinese literature.