1. Confucius loved music, "If the Master sings well with others, he will make others do the opposite and then harmonize with them." "The Analects of Confucius·Shu Er" shows that Confucius is a person who likes to sing very much. To sing well, you also have to sing with others.
2. Confucius appreciated music. "Confucius said: 'The beginning of the teacher's sincerity, the chaos of Guan Ju, the sound is overwhelming!'" "The Analects of Confucius Taibo", starting from the "concert" and ending with the song "Guan Guan", Confucius will listen It's so intoxicating that it fills my ears. What's more, "Zi Wenshao in Qi, in March, did not know the taste of meat. He said: 'I don't want to do it for pleasure.'" "The Analects of Confucius·Shu Er" shows that Confucius' pursuit of music is far more than the pleasure of food and drink. of pursuit.
3. Confucius appreciated music. "Confucius said of Shao: 'It is perfectly beautiful, and it is also perfect.' He said of Wu: 'It is perfectly beautiful, but it is not perfect.'" "The Analects of Confucius·Eight Hundreds", Confucius believed that Yun music is better than Wu music and is perfect.
4. Confucius criticized music. "Three families are led by Yong Che. Confucius said: 'The emperor maintains the rule of the public, and the emperor Mumu. Xi takes it from the hall of the three families!'" "The Analects of Confucius·Eight Hundreds", when the music performance does not conform to the etiquette of the time, he will propose Criticism, here we can see that Confucius is quite good at music.
5. Finally, and most importantly, Confucius organized, summarized and summarized all kinds of music in society at that time, and made a great contribution to Chinese classical music culture. "Confucius said: 'I defended myself against Lu, "Then the music will be straight, and the elegant songs will be in their proper place." "The Analects of Confucius Zihan" says, "Then the music will be straight" means to straighten the sound of the music and correct the disorder of the rhythm. This does not necessarily require the level of a musician. People who can sing normally can't do it. "Each song has its own place." This means that the originally topsy-turvy music was reclassified and sorted out, and the results of this work have been handed down, which is the "Book of Songs" that has been handed down. . Although the current "Book of Songs" is read as a poem, the former "Book of Songs" was used to sing. A large part of it is folk custom, and some are even used for special ceremonies and activities. This shows that Confucius is not just an ordinary musician, but also a musician who understands folk songs and a collection of elegant music.
6. Later, Confucius also had three thousand disciples and seventy-two sages. One explanation for the "sages" is that these seventy-two "sages" are people who are proficient in the "six arts". What are the six arts? They are "ritual, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and mathematics". The "music" among them means learning music. You must be able to sing, play, and perform. To put it bluntly, you must be proficient in music. It seems that Confucius not only knew how to do it himself, but also taught his students how to do it too.
To sum up, Confucius is a musician. This is a "title" that is not found in various newspapers, books and periodicals, including dictionaries so far. Those things are nothing more than educators, saints, thinkers, etc., but no one can say that "musician" "Come on, maybe they think it's a bit insulting to say that Confucius is a "musician". It's too cheap for such a great man to say what kind of music he is. For example: Shang Wenjie's French teacher said that Xiao 3 went to participate in Super Girl: The side door is right. Or maybe those people haven't thought of this yet. This is my latest academic result, I don't know.
In short, in the future, one more thing will be added to Confucius’ “hat”, that is, he was a musician.
Confucius loved music, studied music, and also paid attention to music education. Among the six arts he taught, music ranked second. The so-called "prosperous in poetry, established in rituals, and accomplished in music" means A person's cultivation begins with poetry and is perfected with music, which shows that he attaches great importance to music. He integrated music education into aesthetic education, and can be said to be the first person to advocate and implement "aesthetic education" in our country.
Confucius once learned the piano from Shi Xiang. According to the "Han Shi Wai Zhuan", when Confucius visited Wei State, he met his old friend Shi Xiang. Shi Xiang was a famous piano master and was in the palace of Wei State at that time. Confucius learned the piano from him.
Confucius played the piano and sang almost every day in his life, unless he was particularly sad. Even when he was trapped in the wilderness of Chencai, he still played the piano and sang. Whenever he heard someone singing a good song, After singing, he would ask someone to sing again, and he followed suit. Until seven days before his death, he sang a song to Zigong with tears in his eyes: "Is Mount Tai bad? Are the beams broken? Are the philosophers withered?"
Confucius is a well-deserved music educator. He played the piano and sang throughout his life. As for his skills, there are no historical records. Later generations have different opinions on whether he could compose music. The existing piano music "Gui"
Shan Cao ", "Jianggui Cao", and "Yilan Cao" are all said to be his works in the problem solving of biographies.