Stories about Confucius

Stories about Confucius (Collection of 15)

Stories about Confucius 1

When Confucius was besieged in the land of Chen and Cai, Taigong Ren went to visit him. Tai Gong Ren pointed out point blank: "Your intention is to dress up as a very talented person in order to frighten ordinary people, to emphasize on cultivation in order to reveal the filthiness of others, and to show off yourself unabashedly as if you were walking with the sun and the moon upraised, so you can never be exempted from calamities. Those who are highly cultivated in morals do not seek to be known, but why do you prefer fame?"

After hearing this, Confucius was y shocked, so he left his friends and disciples, fled to the mountains and the wilderness, wore clothes made of animal skins and linen, and ate the fruits of the quercus tree and the chestnut tree. Had reached the point of entering the herd of beasts do not mess with the herd. This experience can be described as Confucius' "feat". Because before this, Confucius believed that a gentleman is ashamed to be in the company of beasts. But in order to be able to achieve the Tao, but also had to have a disease, abandon the rituals to the wild, in the intercourse with nature to feel the nature of nature.

2. In order to cultivate the nature of indifference, he once threw away his books and abandoned his studies Story about Confucius2

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 song was "The Exercises of King Wen". Confucius practiced hard for many days, and Shixiang 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 connotation of the zither music, and did not rest until he saw the image of King Wen manifested in the music.

Story Lesson:

Learning seems simple, but it is not easy to learn well. The reason why Confucius became a great educator and thinker is inseparable from his attitude towards learning and the spirit of learning. Young people in the work of learning, should be like Confucius as tireless, repeated speculation, really master the essence of technology, become a good operator.

2, the story of Confucius later life

Story about Confucius 3

Meaning: describes the vociferous criminal.

Ran Qiu, a disciple of Confucius, was working in the dynasty and was preparing to try out a new law, so he asked Confucius for advice, and Confucius happened to be on the conservative side, so he was furious beyond words, and scolded Ran Qiu, who repeatedly insisted on his own reforms, and so Confucius issued a manhunt order for all his disciples: Ran Qiu is not my disciple, so you attack him together!" [Analects. Advanced]] "Seek, not my disciple, the boy sounded the drum and attacked can also!

Wow, shit, the power of many is great, since ancient times are more people than fewer people, the style of the strong over the weak has long been stereotyped.

How are your social relationships? Do you have a strong background? Do you have a lot of friends? If not, be careful and keep your hands clean!

Story 4 about Confucius

After Confucius left Cao and went to Song, he practiced etiquette with his disciples under a big tree. When Huan, the emperor of the state of Song, wanted to kill Confucius, he cut down the big tree. One of the disciples urged Confucius, "Let's go quickly." Confucius said, "Since Heaven has endowed me with the nature of holy virtue, what can Huan do to me?" Do not be greedy in good times, but rejoice in bad times, everything is an opportunity to hone oneself, to be righteous and self-reliant, to be grateful to Huan, and to be grateful to one's opponents.

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Once, Confucius rode a carriage through a small road, and halfway there, he encountered a child who had built a castle with dirt, blocking the way. Confucius asked the child, "How can I get through if you don't let me pass?" The child said, "Only carriages give way to castles, not castles to carriages!" Confucius didn't expect the child to be so good at talking and was so surprised that he praised the child and said, "I can't imagine that you know a lot of things at such a young age." The child replied, "Fish can swim in three days after birth, and rabbits can run on the ground in three days after birth, these are normal things, what is the difference between big and small?" Confucius listened to this is more admirable, can not help but sigh: "really after the birth of fear ah!"

Story insight: Confucius is well known for his erudition, and even Confucius felt fearful of the newborn. This is enough to show that Confucius in the treatment of knowledge, is extremely modest. Therefore, in the study and work life, young people should be modest to accept the views of others, even if the other than their own young, seniority than their own shallow, as long as others in some places than you, you should put down the "face", humbly learn from the strengths of others.

The story of Confucius 6

Confucius' disciple Gongsun Chi was on a mission to Qi, and Ran Qiu asked Confucius to subsidize some rice for his mother. Confucius said, "Give her six buckets and four liters." Ran Qiu asked for some more. Confucius said, "Give her two more dou and four more liters." Ran Qiu thought it was too little and gave Gongsun Chi's mother more. Confucius said, "Gongsun Chi went to Qi with a fat horse and light fur. I have heard that a gentleman only gives charcoal in the snow, not icing on the cake." It is the attitude of a gentleman to help others weekly and not to help the rich, and to save the young and not to save the poor.

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A time when the wind deceives the bamboo,

Even the river rain sends autumn.

Fish swim in the waves and the shadow sinks,

The sunshine book of anonymous things to stay.

Long frustration, Jie Drowning, although hidden in the mountains, but do not close their eyes and ears, they know: Lu Ai Gong once asked Confucius: "Lu chaos, originating from the Ji, we all understand, however, why the more you understand the more chaotic it is?" He asked Confucius to show him the way out. Confucius replied, "Because you only understand one country and one person, but not the whole world." This shows that Confucius knew but was not confused. There is a hidden message in the words of Chang Frustration: Confucius knew the "maze" of Lu, and he must also know the "maze" of Chu, so he did not tell them about the crossing. Confucius and his party had to find someone else to inquire. When they came to the ferry, they saw an old man ferrying. Zi Lu said, "Boatman, please ferry us across the river."

"OK, please drive the carriage and all get into the boat." The boatman strained with his bamboo pole, and the horses crossed the river with the wooden boat in the water; the horses could swim.

When the boat arrived at the center of the river, a gale suddenly arose, and the wooden boat lurched and swayed in the waves, and the boat went up and down like a drunken man, and all the people in the boat lost their center of gravity. The whole boat and the carriage could not withstand the bumps, and with the wind and waves, the boat turned askew and tumbled down into the river. Confucius and his disciples and the rest of the crowd became drenched, falling into the water and getting their clothes all wet. The problem of people falling into the water was not too serious, and it was not cold in the south at this time. Pity my those books, Confucius shouted, "Quickly save me those books!"

There is a folk proverb: Confucius moved? All books. Confucius has been a life of learning, happy to forget the best, do not know that old age will come. Going anywhere are carrying a lot of books.

Ancient books, in fact, are some bamboo slips engraved or written seal characters, the Eastern Han Dynasty Cai Lun invented papermaking, the Northern Song Dynasty Bisheng invented movable type printing are in its many years later.

In the crowd's a lot of tossing, the carriage was pushed to the shore, the book was fished up. But the books were soaked with water. Confucius was anxious and looked around to find a place to dry the books. It was Yan Hui who was young and sharp-eyed, "Look! There is a hill on the other bank." The hill was more than 300 meters high, with no recline on all sides, standing alone and convex, with a flat and clean top of two acres square. Confucius held his wrinkled brow stretched, at this time the autumn high, the sun shines directly on the hill, it is very good to sunshine the book. The disciples quickly moved the wet books to the top of the mountain and spread them out to dry. There were no people around, so Zi Lu, Zi Gong, and Yan Hui took off their shirts and wrung them out to dry.

After some trouble, Confucius stood on the top of the mountain, overlooking the gushing water, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh longingly, "Beautiful water, Yang Yang Hu!

It is a pity that there is no bridge here, if there is a bridge here

it would be good, passers-by will not be as I suffer from wading in the water!"

Afterwards, Confucius and his disciples sat down on a two-foot-long boulder and rested for a while, waiting for the book to dry. Zi Lu recalled the recent section of the trip, all sorts of misfortune, can not help but start whining, mouth reciting: in the Song State of a large tree under the practice of rituals, the Song Sima Huan spirits want to kill the master; in the wild by Chen Cai Daifu siege for three days, the grain of rice has not been in, a lot of people are starving and sick; in the morning in the old street to let Xiang Zuemou Mao child tease, and then in the afternoon, people car into the water, it is really unfortunate, so can be described as "the wind, sword and tree severely forced!

Kong Zi's "The World of Work" is the most important of all.

Confucius explained: "Heaven sends a great task to me, etc., to realize the weekly rituals, the world to benevolence, a heavy task and a long way to go. It is inevitable to endure hunger and suffering. We must be resilient and resolute, unswerving in our determination, and die before we die."

The mountain where Confucius and his disciples were sunbathing is behind the present-day Wenjin Academy, and the mountain is flat, with lush forests, bamboo, and crops, and it is called Sun Shu Mountain. The long stone where Confucius sat is called "sitting stone", and there are ink pools and ink slabs for researching ink and writing when they stopped to give lectures. Ink pond is not far from the sitting stone of the brook, the brook side of the stone dark as ink, so the name of the ink pond. The stone carvings on the pool are engraved with the words "ink pool", which are still vaguely recognizable in spite of the long period of time. Pool side of a stone, shaped like an ink stone, such as a match made in heaven. Whenever the weather changes, that is, there is "ink" leaching, pool water drought does not dry up.

Story about Confucius8

Confucius lived in a time when there were only a few million people. But there were as many as three thousand disciples who studied with Confucius. They were all elite people from various countries, and there were all kinds of talents. With Confucius' own wisdom and charisma, together with the support of his disciples, it was not difficult for him to gain a position of power in a country at that time. However, Confucius knew that the stability of society and the happiness of the public would not last long if it was not based on pure moral thinking and cultural education, and if it was only supported by power and influence. Moreover, the stability and happiness in such a situation is not real.

Therefore, Confucius preferred to be poor, lonely, and misunderstood, but he also wanted to take up the responsibility of inheriting and developing the traditional culture and political wisdom, and to lay a good cultural foundation for the peace of the world. Confucius this in any environment, regardless of personal gain or loss, always focus on the world's moral development, focus on the guidance of pure social thinking, fundamentally, to save the world's hearts and minds of the deeds, which at that time, is also very few people understand; and even some of the personal moral cultivation of the Taoist hermits, which is also quite a bit of criticism. However, this is exactly what Confucius, and later the real Confucians, had in mind when he said, "I don't want to do it.

Zen master Dharma, before coming to the Middle Kingdom, fixed in the observation that the Middle Kingdom has Mahayana weather, which is not unrelated to the existence of Confucianism in the Middle Kingdom. Therefore, some Zen masters said that Confucius, if measured by Buddhist standards, should be the reincarnation of a great bodhisattva above the eighth ground.

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Xiang Zou (tuó), was a prodigy in ancient China. At the age of seven, he became the teacher of Confucius. The story of Confucius' visit to Xiang Sui as his teacher is told in the Book of Confucius Xiang Sui's Questions. Confucius traveled around the world, giving lectures and promoting Confucianism. One day, while he was traveling in his car, he found three children playing, and one of them built a city out of sand. This child was Xiang Zu. The cart was blocked by the city and could not go. But the child was still playing, as if he didn't see it. Confucius got off the car, smiled and said, "Why don't you know that when a car comes, you have to make way for it." Xiang Shou then raised his head and took on the tone of an adult and said, "Since ancient times, I have only heard that the car has to go around the city, but what about the reason that the city has to avoid the car?" Confucius was very surprised to hear that the child was so eloquent and calm as an adult. Confucius was interested in this child and decided to test him, so he asked: "Do you know what mountain has no stone? What water has no fish? What door can't be closed? What cow cannot give birth to a calf? What horse can't produce a foal? What sword has no ring? What fire has no smoke? What man has no wife? What woman has no husband? When is the day short? When is the day long? What tree has no branches? What kind of city has no messenger? What kind of man has no children? ......" Confucius asked more than 40 questions in one breath. Xiang Zu listened carefully and answered without panic: "Tushan, well water, empty door, clay ox, wooden horse, machete, firefly, fairy, fairy, winter, summer, withered tree, empty city, child ......". These questions involve astronomy and geography, natural phenomena, family ethics and morals and other aspects of a wide range of content, Xiang Pei can answer them all, not a drop of water can escape. Confucius admired, even said six "good"!

Xiang Gou did not realize that he was facing the respected Confucius, asked a few questions in return, and Confucius could not answer any of them. Even sighed to: "the latter can be feared also". Confucius added: "I have chess in my car, let's bet a game." Who knows that Xiang Guan refused in a serious manner, said: "I do not gamble, the son of heaven is good at gambling, the world can not be peaceful, the heavens are not beautiful, the vassals are good at gambling, there is no mind to govern the country; officials are good at gambling, will delay the handling of paperwork; farmers are good at gambling, will miss the good time to cultivate crops, good at gambling to do scholarly work, will forget about the poetry and etiquette, the children are good at gambling, the beat. Gambling turns out to be boring, useless things, learn it for what?" Hearing these words, Confucius turned from appreciation to admiration, and he worshipped Xiang Zu as his teacher. The seven-year-old child was famous from then on, and Confucius, as a sage, was not ashamed to take a child as his teacher, and his action was praised by the world.

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Confucius asked Sang 雽 "I have been repeatedly in trouble, my friends and relatives are getting more and more distant, and my disciples are even more dispersed, why is this?" . Sang雽 told him a story about a man who fled from a false country: "When Lin Hui, a man from a false country, fled, he abandoned his precious jade, which was worth a thousand pieces of gold, and fled with only his baby on his back. Some people asked him, 'Is it because of his value?' The value of the infant was obviously smaller than the precious jade; was it because of the weight? The baby's burden was again heavier than the precious jade. What is the reason for abandoning the precious jade that is worth a thousand pieces of gold and running with the baby on his back?' Lin Hui replied, 'That is because the interests are of a different nature.' The treasure is an object outside the body, which can only be discarded in times of war and disaster, while the baby is one's own flesh and blood, which must be protected by all means. Lin Hui's point: it is the nature of kinship to protect each other, and they will not abandon each other because of any disaster or scourge. Kinship is more precious than money."

Then it is added: "The friendship of a gentleman is as light as water, and the friendship of a villain is as sweet as sweet wine. However, the gentleman is light but close in heart, and the villain is sweet but cuts off from profit. All those who are not related by blood but are united by interest will disintegrate and be separated in case of disaster."

Confucius was suddenly enlightened, and said, "I will listen to your instruction with all my heart!" So he left slowly and came back leisurely, terminated his studies, and discarded his books and slips, and none of his disciples served before him. But this act of seeking the Way was only for show. In fact, this is also the old problem of Confucius, as can be seen from Confucius asked Laozi many times, although on the surface appears to be very pious, the thought of Laozi is very worship, but in the heart but still do not think so.

3, in order to repair the nature of the original, he had closed the door for three months Stories about Confucius 11

Meaning: a metaphor for not recognizing the famous people around.

Confucius, whose name is Qiu and whose hometown is Shandong, has been almost unknown for thousands of years. However, when he was alive, he was not so famous. [[Confucius Family Tales]] said: Confucius's western neighbor lived an old man, but not the neighbors are what big people, every time Confucius will be mentioned directly called his nickname, said I East of the hill how how.

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1. Confucius was traveling and passed through a village, and he saw an old man, a very old old man, who drew water from a well to water the land. It was very hard work and the sun was so high. Confucius thought that this man might not have heard that there are now mechanical devices to fetch water - you can fetch water with oxen or horses instead of people, it's easier - so Confucius went over to the old man and said, "Have you heard that there are now machines? It can be very easy to fetch water from a well with them, and they can do the work you do for twelve hours in half an hour. A horse can be made to do the job. Why should you go to all this trouble? You're an old man." He must have been ninety years old.

The man said, "It is always good to work with your hands, because whenever cunning machines are used, cunning minds emerge. In fact, only cunning minds use cunning machines. You are not deliberately corrupting me! I'm an old man. Let me die as simple as I was born. It is good to work with one's hands. One will remain humble."

Confucius returned to his disciples. The disciples asked, "What did you talk to that old man about?"

Confucius said, "He looked as if he was a disciple of Lao Tzu. He knocked me hard, and he seemed to be right in his arguments."

When you work with your hands, there is no shadow of the mind; one remains humble, simple and natural. When you use a cunning machine, the mind intervenes. Those who work with their minds are called headmen: headmen of the staff, headmen of the teachers - they are called headmen. Don't be a headman. Even being a clerk is bad enough, let alone being the head clerk ...... that's the end of it. It's bad enough to be a teacher, let alone the head teacher. ...... Try to be a "hand". "Hands are criticized because they are not cunning or competitive enough; they seem primitive. Try to work more with your hands, and you will find that the shadow appears less and less.

2. When Confucius was traveling', he ran into three children, two of whom were playing while the other stood by. Confucius felt strange, so he asked the standing child why he did not play with everyone. The child replied earnestly: "Fierce fighting can harm one's life, and playing with pulling and tugging can hurt one's body; and furthermore, tearing one's clothes will do no good either. So I am unwilling to play with them. What is there to wonder at?" After a while a few, the child made a castle out of clay and sat down in it by himself and did not come out for a long time, nor did he make way for Confucius, who was ready to move. Confucius couldn't help but ask again: 'Why don't you avoid the car when you sit inside?" "I've only heard of cars going around a castle, I've never heard of a castle having to avoid cars!" The child said. Confucius was very surprised and thought it was marvelous that such a young child could speak so well, so he praised him and said, "You know a lot of things at such a young age:" The child replied, "I have heard it said that a fish can swim in three days after it is born; a rabbit can run in the ground in three days after it is born; a horse can run in the ground in three days after it is born; a horse can run in the ground in three days after it is born; and a horse can run in the ground in three days after it is born. I have heard it said that a fish can swim in three days, a rabbit can run in the ground in three days, and a horse can walk after its mare in three days; these are all natural things, what size is there to speak of?" Confucius couldn't help but exclaim, "Well, I now realize that young people are really great!"

3, China's great ancient thinker, statesman and educator Confucius, in more than 40 years of schooling, *** recruited more than 3,000 disciples, of which 72 famous disciples. Zi Lu was one of the 72 disciples. Zi Lu said to Confucius, "I am like a straight bamboo pole, born to be a good arrow. I am like a straight bamboo stick, I am born to be a good arrow, so why do I need to study? Confucius said to him, "If you study, you will learn, just like putting a feather on the end of a bamboo arrow and putting a sharp metal head in front of it, so that the arrow will be more useful. Zi Lu listened to what Confucius said, so he worshipped Confucius as his teacher. Once, Zi Lu was playing the serpent in Confucius' house. He was very brave, and the sound he made was as murderous as the sound of war. Confucius, who was an advocate of "benevolence" and "the middle way", naturally felt that the sound was not peaceful and was not satisfied with him, saying, "Why does he play the saxophone in my house?" When Confucius' disciples heard this, they realized that it was a bad comment on Zi Lu's playing, and their opinion of Zi Lu changed, and their words were a bit disrespectful. When Confucius realized this, he explained to everyone, "Zi Lu's skill in playing the serpent has ascended to the hall, but he has not yet entered the inner chamber. He has already achieved something, only he has not reached a high level of profundity.

4. Zixia was a student of Confucius. One year, Zixia was sent to be a magistrate in Ju Father (now in Ju County, Shandong Province). Before he left, he went to pay a special visit to his teacher and asked Confucius for advice, "May I ask, how can I govern a place well?" Confucius said to Zixia with great enthusiasm, "Governing a place is a very complicated thing. However, if you grasp the root, it is also very simple." After explaining to Zixia some of the things he should pay attention to, Confucius instructed him again and again, "There is no desire for speed, and there is no sight of small gains. If you want to be quick, you will not accomplish anything; if you see small gains, you will not accomplish great things." The meaning of this passage is: do not simply pursue speed, do not be greedy for small profits. If you pursue speed and do not emphasize on effect, you will not achieve your goal; if you only care about small profits and do not emphasize on long-term interests, you will not be able to do anything big. Tzu-hsia said that he must follow his teacher's teaching, and said goodbye to Confucius and went to his office. Later on, the saying "If you want to go fast, you can't go fast" was passed down as a proverb, which is often used to illustrate that if you are too eager to go fast, it will be counterproductive and you won't be able to achieve your goal.

The death of Confucius

In the winter of the twelfth year of Duke Ai's reign, Confucius died before his father, and in the fourteenth year of Duke Ai's reign, Yan Hui died before his father. In the fourteenth year of Duke Lu's reign, Yan Hui preceded him. Confucius lamented: "Those who came to me in Chen and Cai in the past were not as good as those who came to the door." In the summer of the 14th year of Duke Lu's reign, Chen Heng of Qi killed his king, Confucius fasted and bathed for three days, and pleaded with Duke Lu to invade Qi, and Duke Lu told him to "tell Jisun", and Confucius asked Jisun for troops, which was rejected.

In 480, Zi Lu, another favorite disciple of Confucius, died in a civil war in Wei, and was cut into pieces. After this series of blows, Confucius knew that his days were numbered.

One day in 479 BC, Zigong came to see Confucius, who stood in front of the door with his staff and looked away. He said to Zigong, "Chi, why have you come so late since?" Then he sighed, "Tai Shan (i.e. Mount Tai) is broken! The beams and pillars are broken! The philosophers wither away!" After saying this, he shed tears. Then he said to Zigong, "The Xia people were buried on the east step, the Zhou people were buried on the west step, and the Yin people were buried between two pillars. I dreamed last night that I was laid between two pillars. I am a Yin man."

Seven days later, Confucius died at the age of seventy-three, and was buried on the bank of the Surabaya River, north of the city of Qufu. The disciples mourned for him for three years, and Zigong guarded Confucius' grave for six years.

When Confucius was in Qi, he had the opportunity to enjoy what he thought was the most beautiful music [[shao]]. He said, "It is as good as it can be, and as beautiful as it can be!" He was so touched by it that he thought about it for many days and ate meat without taste. The phrase "not knowing the taste of meat for three months" was originally used to describe Confucius' fascination with music. But later people borrowed it to describe the poverty, it is really strange.

■侃侃而谈：不慌不忙地谈着.

In the hierarchy of the Zhou Dynasty, Confucius' position was equivalent to that of a lower dafu (下大夫). Confucius was a man who sought to conform to the Zhou rites in every move. He spoke to people when he saw them and to ghosts when he saw them. In his hometown, he looked gentle and obedient, as if he could not speak; in the court occasion, but long to talk about, some of the prudent just; in the court, the king is not in the time, he spoke with his peers, eloquent, justified; with the superiors to speak, and pleasant; the monarch to come, both respectfully and uneasily, very careful.

■Never give up day and night: the meaning of the passage of time without stopping.

Confucius had a strong sense of time, and once sighed to the river: "The passing of time is like a river, not give up day and night." Meaning: time goes by and never comes back! Just like the river so non-stop running day and night it!

Time is like running water, it must be cherished. The reason why Confucius is famous in history is because he knows that time is wealth!

Confucius in the state of Lu as a few officials, he was in office, Lu politics has greatly improved: selling things do not haggle; dropped something do not need to panic, the people have their own personality, refused to pick up the collection for the existing.

■Dengchuanzhi: to have reached a certain level or to have been instructed by a teacher.

Confucius's disciple Zi Lu, a man of courage, one day in the Confucius family played the Arthur, the sound of the Arthur with a murderous spirit, violating Confucius's taboo - benevolence. Confucius naturally didn't like it, but he couldn't take offense, so he said, "Zi Lu's ability to play has already reached the hall, but he has not yet been able to enter the inner room. Why does he want to play the seer in my house? Boring!" As soon as Confucius' disciples heard that the old master was dissatisfied with Zi Lu, they immediately changed their views and attitudes towards Zi Lu and despised him more and more.

Two revelations: it is better to be at peace in other people's homes;

For the chief, it is necessary to know how to cast a favorable light on the ah!

■ hearsay: a general reference to unfounded rumors.

Zi said: the road to hear and Tu said, the abandonment of virtue also (Tu with the road)

Meaning: from the road to hear some unfounded words, it is irresponsible to spread on the road, this moral style is not to be.

There are a lot of similar games that people spin around in a serious manner. In fact, these rumors are full of holes, and as long as you think about it and check it out, you will be able to see the lies in them, but a lot of people take them for granted, and are happy to do so. Is it because we are too fragile and gullible or is it too easy to stir up emotions on the Internet? The first thing you need to do is to be vigilant!

■ ■ hair and anger forget to eat: to describe the study of hard, hard work.

A county magistrate in Chu asked a disciple of Confucius to talk about his views on Confucius, and the disciple was mute and careful and said nothing, so the magistrate had to go back in disgust. Confucius learned, very unhappy, complained: Why do not you say: my teacher is a good scholar who is angry and forgetful, happy and forgetful ah! The disciple immediately understood and said in shame: "Teacher, it was me who was confused, now I finally understand. In the future, if someone asks me again, I will follow the teacher's instructions to answer." Confucius heard a comfortable, happy smile, "Good, good, good."

As the saying goes, wine is not afraid of the deep alley, but Confucius all know how to blow a hand at the right time, really a model for us to learn ah!

■ Sounding the drum and attacking: described as denouncing the criminal.

Confucius disciple Ran Qiu working in the dynasty, ready to try out the new law, to Confucius for advice, Confucius just happened to be on the conservative side, so angry beyond words, Ran Qiu scolded a bloody head, Ran Qiu repeatedly insisted on their own reforms, so Confucius issued a hunting order to the crowd of disciples: Ran Qiu is not my disciple, you all together to him to attack it!" [[ Analects. Advanced Chapter]] "Seek, not my disciple, the boy sounded the drum and attacked can also!

Wow shit, the power of many is great, since ancient times are more people than fewer people, the style of the strong over the weak has long been stereotyped.

How are your social relationships? Do you have a strong background? Do you have a lot of friends? If not, you have to be careful and clean!

The metatarsal, the leader of a slave revolt, was called a thief by the scholars. Confucius wanted to persuade the metatarsal to go into the right path, so he dared to look for him, not expected to steal the metatarsal a burst of scolding, scolded Confucius is lost in vision, face as soil, full of feelings of shame ah! After the rise of Yao and Shun, they set up the Hundred Ministers, Shang exiled the king of the country, and King Wu of Zhou killed Zhou of Shang, and since then the society is all about bullying the weak with the strong.

The people of the world call me Thieves and Metatarsals instead of Thief Qiu! You are a great offender, so get out of here, or I'll eat your liver with food and wine."

■ Dongjiazhiqiu: a metaphor for not recognizing the famous people around you.

Confucius was known as Qiu, and his hometown was Shandong, which almost no one knew for thousands of years. However, when he was alive, he was not so famous. [[Confucius Family Tales]] said: Confucius's western neighbor lived an old man, but not the neighbors are what big people, every time Confucius will be mentioned directly called his nickname, said I East of the hill how how.

Stories about Confucius 15

One day, Confucius had nothing to do, indoors to play the piano to entertain themselves. His disciples, Zeng Sen and Zigong, sat in the outer hall and listened attentively.

At the end of the song, Zeng Sen muttered, "Huh! How could it be? The teacher's zither sound, how can flow out, greedy and evil mood it? In the sound of the zither, how could the flavor of profit and unkindness be so serious?"

Zeng Sen's words, Zi Gong, in his heart, also thought so; however, he did not answer Zeng Sen's words, but stood up, toward the chamber.

When Confucius saw Zigong come in, he put down his zither and waited for him to speak. Zi Gong told him what Zeng Sen had just said.

After listening to Zigong, Confucius marveled at Zeng Sen's words. He said, "Zeng Sen is really a great sage in the world! He has understood the mysteries of sound and rhythm."

Then, Confucius continued to explain things to Zigong. He said, "Just now, as I was playing the qin by the several cases, a mouse was roaming around the room and was spotted by a cat. The cat, then, followed the beams of the room and quietly approached the mouse. Then, choosing a good spot, it narrowed its eyes and bowed, waiting for the right moment to pounce on the mouse. Later, the cat's plan did not work after all. Because the cat's state of mind was reflected in my heart at that time, I naturally expressed it through the qin; therefore, Zeng Sen's comment that there is a greedy, vicious, and evil tone in my qin sound is very appropriate."

The Confucian classic "Rituals: Records of Music" says: All music is generated from the human heart. The human emotion is moved by the heart, which is reflected in the external sound. The changes in the sound have a texture, and it becomes music. Therefore, in the peaceful times, the popular music is usually full of comfort and joy. It also reflects the national politics at this time, in a clear and peaceful state. In the turbulent and chaotic times, popular music is often filled with resentment and anger. It also reflects the politics of the country at this time, in a state of poor government, up and down the misbehavior of the situation. In a world close to the end of the country, its popular music will be filled with grief and sadness. It shows that the people at this time have fallen into an untenable predicament, and can only rely on memories of the past to comfort themselves. So the way of sound, and the way of politics, are connected.