Names of stories related to Confucius and Mencius or his disciples

Confucius had three thousand disciples and seventy-two wise men.

Allusion:

1. Confucius learns the qin

Confucius was very modest and especially hardworking in his studies. Once Confucius learned to play the zither with his teacher Xiang. The name of the piece was "The Exercise of King Wen". Confucius practiced painstakingly for many days, and Shixiangzi said, "It is ready." Confucius said, "I have mastered the playing of this tune, but not yet the number." After practicing for many more days, Shixiangzi again said, "It's ready, you've achieved its number." But Confucius still said, "No, it is not possible, you have not yet attained it." After a considerable amount of time, Shixiangzi thought that this time he could really do it, but Confucius still thought that he had not played the piece of music well. So Confucius delved into it over and over again, realizing the connotations of the zither piece, and did not rest until he saw that the image of King Wen was expressed in the piece.

2. Confucius' teacher

The Records of the Grand Historian records that on one day Confucius traveled around the world in a carriage. When he came to a place, he saw a child sitting in a "city" surrounded by earth. Confucius asked, "Why don't you move away when you see the carriage?" The child replied, "People are not so sure about this. The boy replied, "People say that you, Mr. Confucius, know astronomy from above, geography from below, and human feelings from below. However, today I see that you are not so good. Since ancient times, I have only heard of cars avoiding cities, but not cities avoiding cars." Confucius froze for a moment and asked, "What is your name?" The child replied, "My name is Xiang Zu." In order to save face, Confucius came up with a series of questions to make things difficult for Xiang Zu, but they were all skillfully solved by Xiang Zu.

3. Meng's mother moved three times

Originally, when Mencius was a young man, his father died early, and his mother, the Equuschick (zhang), kept the peace. Living near the tomb, Mencius learned for the funeral, crippled [bì], dancing and crying. Mother said: "This is not so live son also." He went to the city, and then moved to the city, Meng Zi and play for the Jians show off the sale of things, the mother said: "This is again not so live in the son also." When Mencius moved to the city, he learned how to buy and sell, and then he learned how to slaughter. His mother said, "This is also not the reason why I live with my son." And then moved to the side of the school palace. Monthly Shuo (shuò, the first day of the month in the summer calendar) hope, officials into the Temple of Literature, salute kneeling, bowing [yī, arching rituals] to let in and out, Meng Zi see, one by one XiJi. Mencius' mother said, "This is really a place where I can live." So he stayed here.

Synopsis:

Once upon a time, when Mencius was a child, his father died early, and his mother did not remarry. Mengzi's mother paid great attention to Mengzi's education and was very strict, hoping that one day Mengzi would become a scholar. At first, they lived next to the cemetery. Meng Zi then played the game of handling funerals with the neighboring children, learning how adults kneel and wail. When Mencius' mother saw this, she frowned: "No way! I can't let my child live here anymore!" So Meng Zi's mother took Meng Zi and moved to the marketplace, and when they arrived at the marketplace, Meng Zi and the neighbor children, again, learned how merchants do business and yell. Meng Zi's mother said, "This place is not suitable for my child to live in either!" Mengzi's mother took Mengzi again to live near a place where pigs and goats were killed and slaughtered. Mencius then learned to buy and sell slaughtered pigs and sheep. When Meng Zi's mother found out, she frowned again, "This place is still not suitable for my child to live in!" So they moved again. This time, they moved near the school. At this time of the month, the first day of the summer calendar, the officials went to the Temple of Literature, bowed and knelt down, and treated each other politely, and Mencius learned to memorize them all when he saw them one by one. Meng Zi's mother nodded her head in satisfaction and said, "This is where my son should live!" So he lived here.

Later, people used the saying "Meng's mother moved three times" to show that people should be close to good people in order to learn good habits! It also illustrates the principle that "the one who is close to Zhu is red, and the one who is close to ink is black", which shows that the environment can change a person's preferences and habits.

After Meng's mother moved three times, although she created a good environment for her son's growth, she didn't relax her strict discipline on her son. She believed that it was still difficult to become a great man if he was not subjectively diligent and hardworking. So she grasped the education of her son and urged him to study diligently.