When his wife came back from the market, Ceng Zi wanted to catch a pig and kill it. The wife stopped saying, "I play with the baby."
Ceng Zi said, "Babies have nothing to do with play. Babies must be knowledgeable, treat their parents and scholars, and listen to their parents. "Today, if a son cheats on him, his mother will bully him, and he won't trust his mother. This is why he became a teacher. " So Ceng Zi cooked the pig for the baby.
Ceng Zi's wife was going to the market, and her son followed her in tears. His mother said, "Go home and wait for me to kill the pig for you."
When Ceng Zi's wife came back from the market, Ceng Zi caught the pig and tried to kill it. His wife stopped him and said, "I was just joking with the children, and you actually believed me."
Ceng Zi said, "You can't joke with children. Children are young, not sensible, often learn knowledge and listen to their parents' teaching. Now if you cheat a child, you are teaching him to cheat others. If the mother deceives the child, the child will not believe the mother, and it will be difficult for you to educate him again. " So he really killed cook the meat and gave it to pigs.
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Enlightenment from Ceng Zi's Pig Killing Event: Parents are the first teachers of children. Parents' words and deeds play a great role in children's future growth, so knowledgeable parents set an example in front of their children everywhere and cultivate their good moral character. Ceng Zi is absolutely right to do so. He used his actions to educate his children to keep their promises and be honest with others. Although killing a pig will harm their immediate interests, it will be of great benefit to educating children in the long run.
(former 505 ~ former 436) surnamed Zeng, a native of Wucheng (now Jiaxiang County, Jining City, Shandong Province) in the late Spring and Autumn Period. Born in 505 BC (in the 15th year of the Zhou Dynasty and the 5th year of the Lu Dynasty), he died in 435 BC (in the 5th year of the Zhou Dynasty and the 32nd year of the Wang Dynasty). 16 years old studied with Confucius. He was diligent and studious, and got a biography of Confucius. Actively carry forward Confucianism and spread Confucianism.
Ceng Zi advocates Confucianism with filial piety and faithfulness as the core, and his political view of introspection, self-cultivation and filial piety still has extremely valuable social significance and practical value. Ceng Zi participated in the compilation of The Analects of Confucius, and wrote books such as Da Xue, Xiao Jing and Ten Articles of Ceng Zi.
"Ceng Zi's Book of Filial Piety" said: "Those who are born in heaven and raised in the earth are human." It is believed that man is the greatest between heaven and earth, and that "the nature of heaven and earth is precious" (The Book of Filial Piety). Xiao Dai Li Ji Li Yun said: "People are also delicate in the five elements." Xunzi inherited and developed this thought, and thought that man did not conform to and submit to nature, but actively transformed nature. "It is better to drop it from the sky than to control fate and use it" (Xuntian Zi Lun). Discovering and attaching importance to people's role is the essence of Confucianism.
Ceng Zi's other allusions:
"Ceng Zi is not at his seat" is a very famous story in the Book of Filial Piety. Ceng Zi is a disciple of Confucius. Once he sat next to Confucius, and Confucius asked him, "The king of the sages has supreme virtue, and he needs mysterious theories to teach people all over the world and make people live in harmony. There is no dissatisfaction between the monarch and the minister." Do you know what they are? "
Hearing this, Ceng Zi understood that Confucius wanted to point out the deepest truth in his heart, so he immediately stood up from the mat where he was sitting, walked outside the mat and respectfully replied, "I'm not smart enough. How can I know?" Please ask the teacher to teach me these truths. "
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Baidu encyclopedia-Ceng Zi kills pigs