What is the core of Confucius' thought?

1, a philosophical thought with "benevolence" as the core.

2. Political thoughts with "virtue" as the core.

3. From the viewpoint of "benevolence" and "virtue", carry out ethical thoughts from beginning to end.

4. The educational thought with "teaching without class" as the core.

Confucius constructed a complete ideological system of "virtue and virtue": he advocated the virtue and virtue of "benevolence and courtesy" at the individual level. The ideological system of virtue and Taoism is based on the theory of goodness of human nature ("one yin and one yang refers to the Tao, and those who follow it are also good, and those who succeed are also people"), aiming at establishing the human pole ("three-pole Tao"), and connecting with human nature, heaven and tunnel, and the golden mean will become a complete methodological ideological system in due course.

The core content of Confucius' political thought is "courtesy" and "benevolence". In the general plan of governing the country, he advocated "governing the country by virtue", which is the noblest way to govern the country. This strategy of governing the country is also called "rule by virtue" or "rule by courtesy". This strategy applies morality and politeness to the people, tightens the hierarchy, and completely divides nobles and civilians into ruled and ruled. Broke the original important boundary between nobles and civilians.

The most important economic thoughts of Confucius are "emphasizing righteousness over profit" and "enriching the people". This is also the main content of Confucian economic thought, which has a great influence on later generations.

Confucius put forward for the first time in the history of China that people's natural qualities are similar, and the differences in personality are mainly influenced by acquired education and social environment ("similar in sex, far from learning"). Therefore, everyone can be educated and everyone should be educated.

He advocated "no education for all", founded private schools and enrolled more students, which broke the monopoly of slave owners and nobles on school education and expanded the scope of education to civilians, conforming to the trend of social development at that time.

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Confucius' ancestor was a nobleman in Yi Li (now Xiayi, Henan Province) in Song Dynasty, and the founding monarch of Shang Dynasty, Shang Tang. After the rebellion of the three kingdoms in the early Zhou Dynasty, in order to appease the nobles and future generations of the Shang Dynasty, the Duke of Zhou appointed his younger brother Wei to establish the Song Kingdom in Shangqiu and worship Yin Shang as emperor. After Wei's death, his brother succeeded to the throne, but Confucius' first 15 ancestor.

The sixth ancestor got Kong's family and was Kong's father. Kong was a doctor in the Song Dynasty. He used to be a fu, and his fief was in the territory of the Song Dynasty. Later, he was killed by Taizai Huadu in the civil strife in the imperial court. Confucius' father Jia Zi, his father and son, his uncle and uncle Liang's grandson are all Confucius' fathers. Liang Shu's uncle fled to Lu (now Qufu, Shandong Province) to escape the war in the Song Dynasty and settled down. His official position was Doctor Qiao.

Shu's wife Shi gave birth to nine daughters and no sons, and my concubine gave birth to the eldest son Meng Pi. Meng Pi had a foot disease, and Shu was very dissatisfied, so he betrothed his daughter to him. Yan has three daughters, only the youngest daughter, Yan Zhizai, is willing to marry Shu.

Yan Zhizhai is under 20 years old, and Shu is 66 years old, which is a far cry from age. They got married in a ceremony. The husband and wife lived in Nishan and were pregnant, so they called it "sexual intercourse". According to Historical Records Confucius Family, Confucius was born in Changping Township, Qiaoyi in October of the 22nd year of Duke Xiang of Lu (55 BC1year).

Confucius was born with seven leaks, with a dome on his head (meaning a depression on the top of his head), and because his mother prayed for blessings on Niqiu Mountain, he was named Qiu. In the twenty-fourth year of Duke Xiang of Lu (549 BC), when Confucius was three years old, Shu died of illness and was buried in defense. After the death of Shu, Yan Zhizhai lost his asylum and was chased by Shu's wife Shi, so he took his younger brothers Meng Pi and Confucius to Qufu Que and lived a poor life.

In the fifth year of Lu (537 BC), Confucius became more and more famous and realized that he should study hard to be a man and live, so he said that although he was fifteen years old, his ambition was to study. In the seventh year of Lu (535 BC), Yan Zhizai, the mother of Confucius, died. This year, Ji's family gave a banquet to entertain the first-class aristocrats. Confucius went to the banquet, but yang hu, the minister of Ji's family, turned him away.

In the ninth year of Lu (533 BC), Confucius 19 years old. He married the daughter of an official in the Song Dynasty in order to visit his ancestral home frequently.

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