Classical stories about politeness

The story of the ancient and modern Chinese and foreign celebrities who are polite

1, Cheng Men Li Xue

In the Song Dynasty, there is a person called Yang Shi, is a student of the rationalist Cheng Yi, he was in his forties when he went to Luoyang to see Cheng Yi, when he came to Cheng Yi's house with another classmate, when the day started snowing, Cheng Yi was taking a nap, they stood outside the door and waited until Cheng Yi woke up, and the snow had already fallen more than a foot deep. Down more than a foot deep, this is the story of "Cheng Men Li Xue" that has been passed down to this day

2, three visits to the cottage

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turbans, the world in chaos, Cao Cao sat according to the court, Sun Quan embraced the troops of the Eastern Wu, the Han Dynasty Yuzhou pastor Liu Bei listened to Xu Shu (the Three Kingdoms when the Yuzhou Changsha people, for the famous strategist) and Sima Hui (the Three Kingdoms when the Yuzhou Yangzhai people, but also the famous strategist) that Zhu Geliang is very educated and talented, so and Guan Yu, Zhang Yu, and the other three students, and the other students. They went with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to Wolonggang in Longzhong (present-day Xiangyang County, Hubei Province) with gifts to ask Zhuge Liang to come out and help him work for the country. It so happened that Zhuge Liang went out this day, Liu Bei had to turn back in disappointment.

Soon after, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei went to invite Zhuge Liang for the second time. Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang went out again to go on a leisurely trip. Zhang Fei was not willing to come back, see Zhuge Liang is not at home, urge to go back. Liu Bei had to leave a letter to express his admiration for Zhuge Liang and ask him to come out to help him save the country's dangerous situation.

After some time, Liu Bei ate three days of vegetarian, ready to go back to invite Zhuge Liang. Guan Yu said Zhuge Liang may be a false name, may not have the real this talent, do not have to go. Zhang Fei, however, advocated by him alone to call, if he does not come, with a rope to tie the ground to come. Liu Bei put Zhang Fei scolded a meal, and they visited Zhuge Liang for the third time. When they arrived, Zhuge Liang was sleeping. Liu Bei did not dare to startle him, and stood until Zhuge Liang himself woke up, only to sit down and talk with each other.

Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei had the will to work for the country, and sincerely asked for his help, so he came out to help Liu Bei establish the Shu Han dynasty.

3. Confucius honored his teacher

In the spring of 521 B.C., Confucius learned that his student Gong Jingshu was ordered by the king of Lu to go to Luoyang, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, to pay homage to the Son of Heaven, and he felt that this was a good opportunity to ask Laozi, the Zhou Dynasty's guardian of history, to teach him about "etiquette," and he asked for the consent of Duke Zhaodong of Lu to travel with Gong Jingshu. He traveled with Gong Jingshu with the consent of Duke Zhaodong of Lu. On the second day of his arrival in Kyoto, Confucius went on foot to visit Laozi at his residence.

When Laozi, who was writing the Tao Te Ching, heard that Confucius had come to ask for advice, he hurriedly put down his sword and pen, and straightened his clothes to meet him. Confucius to see the door out of an old, hale and hearty old man, I think it is Laozi, hastily tend to the front, respectfully to the old man performed the disciple salute. After entering the hall, Confucius worshiped again before sitting down.

Laozi asked Confucius what he came for, Confucius left his seat and replied: "I am not well educated, I know nothing about the ancient 'rituals', and I would like to ask the teacher for advice." Seeing that Confucius was so sincere, Lao Zi expressed his opinion in detail.

When he returned to Lu, Confucius' students asked him to explain Laozi's learning. Confucius said, "Lao Zi is knowledgeable about the past and the present, he understands the source of rites and music, and the return of morality, he is indeed a good teacher for me." Also praising Laozi by analogy, he said, "Bird, I know it can fly; fish, I know it can swim; beast, I know it can run.

The beast that runs well, I can make a net to catch it; the fish that swims, I can tie on a hook with a strip of silk to catch it; the bird that flies high, I can shoot it down with a good arrow. As for the dragon, I cannot tell how it rides the wind and clouds to heaven. Lao-tzu, its still a dragon!"

4, Han Ming Emperor respect teacher

Han Ming Emperor Liu Zhuang when he was a prince, Dr. Huan Rong is his teacher, and later he succeeded as emperor "still respect Huan Rong to teacher ritual". He had personally to the House of the Emperor, so that Huan Rong sat east, set up a few staff, like when the lecture, listening to the teacher's instruction. He also will be the court officials and Huan Rong taught hundreds of students called to the Taishangfu, to Huan Rong disciple salute.

Huan Rong sick, the Ming Emperor sent a special condolences, and even personally visit the door, each visit to the teacher, Ming Emperor is a street into the car off the walk to show respect. After entering the door, often holding the teacher's withered hand, silent tears, a long time to go. The emperor of the dynasty to Huan Rong so, so "all the waiters, generals, doctors ask for the sick, do not dare to take the car to the door, all worship bed. When Huan Rong died, Emperor Ming also changed clothes, personally funeral funeral, and his children made proper arrangements.

5, humble Belloni

19th century famous French painter Belloni, once in Lake Geneva painting, next to the three British tourists, it seems that his paintings pointing fingers to criticize, Belloni listened to one by one to change over, and said "thank you" to them after the change.

The ancient story of etiquette!

Allusion to Chengmen Lixue

The story of "Chengmen Lixue" is about the Song Dynasty scholars Yang Shi and You Yuyu who paid homage to Roy Cheng Yi.

The two Chengs were from Yichuan, Luoyang, and were both famous Confucian scholars in the Song Dynasty. Two Cheng doctrine, later for Zhu Xi inheritance and development, the world called "Cheng Zhu school". Yang Shi and You Yu, who studied with Cheng, were very respectful. Yang You two, the original Cheng Hao as a teacher, Cheng Hao died, they are already forty years old, and has passed the entrance examination, but they still have to go to Cheng Yi to continue to study. The story takes place on the day they first went to Songyang Academy to pay their respects to Cheng Yi.

According to legend, one day, Yang Shi, you editing, came to Songyang Academy to see Cheng Yi, met the old man closed eyes, sitting fake sleep. Cheng Yi knew that there are two guests came, he wanted to not say nothing, ignore. Yang, swim two people are afraid of disturbing Mr. rest, had to respectfully, solemnly stay standing, without saying a word waiting for him to open his eyes. So wait for a good half day, Cheng Yi only as Luo first woke up, see Yang, you, pretending to be a shock, said: "Ah! Ah! Sage early in this call!" Meaning that you two are still here not gone ah. That day was a very cold winter day, I do not know when, began to snow. The snow outside the door was more than a foot deep.

This story is called "Cheng Men Li Xue". It was widely circulated among readers in the Song Dynasty, and was often quoted to describe the respect for teachers and their sincerity in seeking advice. Answer Supplement Kong Rong gave up his pear

Kong Rong (153-208), a native of Lu (present-day Qufu, Shandong Province), was a famous writer in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and one of the Seven Sons of Jian'an, whose literary creations were highly respected by Cao Pi, the Emperor of Wei. According to historical records, Kong Rong was not only very smart when he was young, but also a typical person who emphasized on the rites of brothers and mutual help and love.

When Kong Rong was four years old, he used to eat pears with his brother. Every time, Kong Rong always take a smallest pear. Once, his father saw it and asked, "Why do you always take the small one and not the big one?" Kong Rong said: "I am the younger brother, the youngest, should eat the smallest, the big or let my brother eat it!"

Kong Rong's understanding of sibling courtesy, mutual help and solidarity at a young age surprised the whole family. Since then, the story of Kong Rong giving up his pear has been passed down for thousands of years, and has become a model of unity and love.

Ancient Chinese Stories of Manners

The Humble and Polite Confucius

China has always been known as the "State of Manners". As a specific behavior, "etiquette" refers to people's civilized behavior when treating others, which is now called politeness. The essence of politeness is to show respect and friendliness to others, a psychological need that transcends time and is everlasting. However, a person who only understands the form of politeness but not the heart of humility will not really know politeness. Humility is also the expression of modesty and equality, which is an important connotation of politeness. Modesty and politeness contains the pride and pride of our ancestors in their natural culture, and is one of the fundamental characteristics that make Chinese people Chinese.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius and his students traveled around the world to promote their political ideas.

One day, they were driving to Jin. One day, they were driving to Jin, and a child was blocking their way by piling up stones and tiles in the middle of the road. Confucius said, "You shouldn't play in the middle of the road and block our car!" The child pointed to the ground. The child pointed to the ground and said, "Old man, what do you see here?" Confucius looked at it and saw that it was a city made of broken tiles. The child added, "Do you think it should be the city giving way to the car or the car giving way to the city?" Confucius was stumped. Confucius thought the boy knew how to be polite, so he asked, "What is your name? How old are you?" The boy said, "My name is Xiang Zu, and I am seven years old!" Confucius said to his students, "Xiang Sui is seven years old and knows how to be courteous, he can be my teacher!"

Honest and trustworthy Confucius, Zeng Zi, and Ji Bu

Honesty is loyalty and uprightness, consistency in word and deed, and consistency in appearance. Honesty means keeping one's word and not being hypocritical or fraudulent. "These ancient sayings, which have been passed down for thousands of years, express the quality of honesty and trustworthiness of the Chinese people. In the thousands of years of Chinese civilization, people not only sing praises for the virtue of honesty and trustworthiness, but also strive to practice it.

Confucius taught his disciples to be honest more than 2000 years ago. In learning, say you know what you know, and say you don't know what you don't know. He believed that this was the right attitude towards learning.

Zeng Zi was also a very honest and trustworthy person. Once, Zeng Zi's wife had to go to the market, and the child cried and wanted to go. The wife coaxed the child, saying, "Don't go, I'll come back and kill a pig for you to eat. When she came back from the market, she saw that Zeng Zi was really going to kill the pig and rushed forward to stop him. Zeng Zi said, "If you cheat the child, the child will not trust you. With that, he killed the pig. Zeng Zi did not cheat the child, and also cultivated the child's character of trustworthiness.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, there was a man named Ji Bu, who always emphasized promises and kept his word. People say, "It's better to get a hundred pounds of gold than to get a promise from Jibu". This is the idiom of the help of friends, only to be spared. And there is a letter, will naturally get everyone:

In the old days, the doorway of the Chinese store, generally written with "the real price, and the boy and the girl," eight since ancient times in the purchase and sale of goods, on the promotion of fair trade, honesty and hospitality, do not defraud, do not fake the industry morality.

In contemporary China, the virtue of honesty and trustworthiness has also been carried forward. This virtue is manifested in work and study, that is, dedicated, serious and practical, seeking truth from facts; manifested in interactions with others, that is, sincere treatment of people, mutual trust; manifested in the treatment of the country and the collective attitude, that is, law-abiding, loyal and honest.

The indomitable Qiaoxuan

Qiaoxuan, an official of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was a man of honorable character, who was as cynical as he was vengeful. Once, a group of robbers kidnapped his ten-year-old son and brought him into his house, asking him to pay for his son's ransom immediately, but he was angrily rebuked by Qiao Zhi. In a short time, the officials and soldiers surrounded the house of the bridge, for fear that the robbers would kill the son of the bridge straight, hesitate to make a move. At this point, Qiaoxuan angrily shouted, "Can I let this gang of bad guys go because of my son's life?" He urged the officers and soldiers to hurry up and do it. As a result, Qiaoxuan's son was killed by the bandits. People praised Qiaoxuan for being "indomitable" and always maintaining his integrity. Folding: frustration. The first is that the first is the first to be a "good" one, and the second is to be a "good" one.

The wife of the imperialist who was honored by her husband

Seeing that her husband is full of imperialists

Shyness and sighing, she begged to leave

The husband was ashamed to plead for a solution to the problem, but he was elevated

Yanying, the chancellor of the Duke of Qi Jing at the time of the Warring States period, had a short body but was very talented and famous, and the imperialist was very large, but he was a common man. One day the imperial whip through its door, the intention of the air, like a very self-satisfied, his wife peeped into the situation, to sigh, is the night of the imperial away, the husband heard the reason; Answer: the chancellor is less than six feet tall (about nowadays four feet and two inches), known to the whole world, highly respected by the vassals, can still be modest, and the king is eight feet tall, for Yan Ying drive, even raised eyebrows, the future is not available! The emperor was ashamed, and thus changed, modest and visit, Yan Ying surprised, and asked why, and was told by his wife to stimulate the truth, Yan Ying to know the fault can be changed, and then promoted the emperor as a doctor. Mother good to drink the river water, Pang's every day must be six or seven miles away from the water, cooking tea to serve the aunt, one day due to strong winds late return, the mother because of the thirst, and there are words: Jiang Shi angry, then abandoned, Pang's live in the neighboring house, day and night hard textile, with the proceeds of the micro-financing, and often buy delicacies, the neighboring crone to his aunt, after a long time, the neighboring crone began to tell the truth, the aunt is ashamed of, that is, let it go home to the family reunion, the couple of filial piety Jiang Shi, and thus the name spread to the four sides. When the red eyebrow thieves passed by the place, the head of the thieves shouted: startled the great filial piety touch the wrath of the ghosts and gods, the thieves did not dare to grab and pass, its filial piety is not too big.

The wife of the split family to persuade her husband ---- Wu Zitian's wife Sun's

Siblings of the hands and feet do not hurt feelings

Good to persuade her husband to tolerate not to fight

Virtue shade of its three Guizi

The name of the gold list of the obvious Hua Rong

The Ming Dynasty, Changzhou Wu Zitian's wife Sun's Department of a virtuous woman. Zitian's stepmother Tang's service to Zitian harsh exception, Zitian hard to bear, Sun's repeatedly persuade, to prevent it from offending, until his father died, his stepmother's private stash of thousands of gold, all handed over to his own son, and will be divided into good land to his son, Zitian only a small share of the bad land, Zitian resentment, and his younger brother argued with Sun's force to persuade his husband, do not disobey his mother because of the division of property, although the family is poor, such as willing to cultivate when they can live, and then Zitian bitter and hard, hard work, in less than ten years, the family fortune! The family's wealth was so great that his brother, who was a gambler, was unable to make a living because his property was sold off. Sun's husband was advised to welcome his stepmother to live with his brother, and Sun's three sons, all of them successful in their studies, were successful in their studies because of their virtues.

Carving wood to serve the parents of Ding Lan

Ding Lan, according to legend, for the Eastern Han Dynasty Hanoi (now the Yellow River north of Henan Province) people, his parents died in early childhood, he often miss the parents of the grace of upbringing, so he carved wood into a statue of his parents, things as if they were alive, and all things are and the wooden statue of the discussion, the daily meals to honor the parents after their own consumption, before going out to the door to be sure to report, and home to be sure to face the meeting, and never slacking off. Over time, his wife on the wooden statue will not be too respectful, and even curiously use a needle to prick the wooden statue's fingers, and the wooden statue's fingers actually have blood flow out. Ding Lan went home and saw tears in the eyes of the wooden statue, and asked for the truth, so he repudiated his wife.

Ancient Stories of Politeness

Zeng Zi Avoiding the Seat

"Zeng Zi Avoiding the Seat" comes from the Book of Filial Piety, which is a very famous story. Zeng Zi was a disciple of Confucius, once he was sitting beside Confucius, Confucius asked him: "The sage kings of the past had supreme virtues and subtle theories, which they used to teach people all over the world, so that people could live together in harmony, and there was no dissatisfaction between the king and his ministers, do you know what they were?" Hearing this, Zeng Zi understood that his teacher, Confucius, was trying to instruct him in the most profound truths, so he immediately got up from the mat on which he was sitting, walked outside of it, and respectfully replied, "I am not clever enough to know, so how can I know, and I ask my teacher to teach me these truths." Here, "avoiding the seat" is a very polite behavior. When Zeng Zi heard that his teacher was going to teach him, he stood up and walked outside the mat to ask the teacher to teach him, in order to show his respect to the teacher.

Ancient stories about etiquette (to be brief)

China has been known as the "State of Manners" since ancient times, in the process of the development of China's history, the culture of etiquette has a long history, and has an extremely deep and rich heritage background in China. Stories about etiquette can be described as a bucket load.

From this, we can see that emphasizing etiquette, whether for the individual or the country, has a very important significance.

Ancient Chinese civilization etiquette story

1, Zengzi avoided the seat

"Zengzi avoided the seat" from the "Classic of Filial Piety", is a very famous story. Zeng Zi was a disciple of Confucius, once he sat beside Confucius, Confucius asked him: "The sage kings of the past had supreme virtues and subtle theories, which they used to teach the people of the world, so that people could live in harmony, and there was no dissatisfaction between the king and his subjects, do you know what they were?"

Zeng Zi heard this, and realized that his teacher Confucius was trying to point out the most profound truths to him, so he immediately got up from the mat he was sitting on, walked outside the mat, and respectfully replied, "I am not smart enough to know, so I ask my teacher to teach me these truths."

Here, "avoiding the mat" is a very polite behavior. When Zeng Zi heard that his teacher was going to teach him, he stood up and walked outside the mat to ask the teacher to teach him, in order to show his respect to the teacher. The story of Zeng Zi's understanding of politeness was recited by later generations, and many people learned from him.

2. Chengmen Lixue

Yang Shi (1053-1135) was a very talented scholar during the Northern Song Dynasty, and a native of Jiangle, South Jianzhou (now part of Fujian). After he was awarded a bachelor's degree, he gave up being an official and continued his studies.

Cheng Hao (1032-1085) and Cheng Yi (1033-1107), two brothers, were prestigious great scholars, philosophers, pedagogues at that time, native of Luoyang, and the founders of the Northern Song Dynasty science. Their doctrines were inherited by Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty, and were known as the Cheng Zhu School.

Yang admired the two Cheng's learning, and went to Luoyang Cheng Hao's door, to study under the master, 4 years after the death of Cheng Hao, and continue to pay tribute to Cheng Yi as a teacher. At that time, he was already 40 years old, but he still honored his teacher and studied hard. One day, when it was snowy and cold, Yang encountered a difficult problem, and braved the cold wind to go to his teacher's house with his classmate, You Yu (1053-1123), to seek advice.

When he came to the teacher's house, he saw that the teacher was sitting on a chair and fell asleep, he could not bear to disturb the teacher for fear of affecting the teacher's rest, so he quietly stood outside the door and waited. When the teacher woke up with a start, the snow was already a foot deep under their feet, and their bodies were covered with snow. The teacher was too busy to invite Yang Shi and the other two into the house, for them to lecture.

Later, the story of "Cheng Men Li Xue" became a popular example of respect for teachers.

3. Send goose feather by a thousand miles

The story of "Send goose feather by a thousand miles" happened in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the leader of a minority group in Yunnan Province, in order to show his support for the Tang Dynasty, sent an envoy, Maeng Bogao, to contribute swans to Emperor Taizong.

While passing by the Shinyang River, the kind-hearted Maung Bo Gao released the swan from its cage and wanted to give it a bath. Unexpectedly, the swan spread its wings and flew high into the air. Maung Bo Goh reached out to catch it, but only pulled a few goose feathers. Maung Pao Ko was so anxious that he cried. The attendants advised him, "It's no use crying when the goose has already flown away. Maung Bo Gao thought, it can only be so.

When he arrived at Chang'an, Maung Bo Gao paid a visit to Emperor Tang Taizong and offered him a gift. Tang Taizong see is a delicate satin bag, then people open, a look is a few goose feathers and a small poem. The poem said: "The swan tribute to the Tang Dynasty, the mountain is high and the road is far. The swan lost its treasure in the Shinyang River, and fell to the ground crying and bawling. I am sorry to say that I have not been able to return the swan to the Tang Dynasty, but I am sorry to say that I have not been able to return it to the Tang Dynasty. The gift is light, and the goose is sent for thousands of miles." Tang Taizong was puzzled, Maine Bogao then told the original story. Tang Taizong repeatedly said: "rare and precious! Rarely can be valuable! Thousands of miles to send goose feather, the gift is light and heavy!"

This story embodies the valuable virtue of honesty in gift-giving. Today, people use "goose feather" as a metaphor to describe a gift that is thin, but the sentiment is unusually strong.

4. Confucius honors his teacher

In the spring of 521 B.C., Confucius learned that his student Gong Jingshu had been ordered by the king of Lu to go to Luoyang, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, to pay homage to the Son of Heaven, and he thought that this would be a good opportunity for him to ask Laozi, who was the Zhou's guardian and treasurer of the Zhou Dynasty, to teach him about "etiquette," and he asked for the consent of Duke Zhaodong of Lu to travel with him. So with the consent of Duke Lu Zhao, he traveled with Gong Jingshu.

On his second day in Kyoto, Confucius went on foot to visit Laozi at his residence. When Laozi, who was writing the Tao Te Ching, heard that the world-renowned Confucius had come to ask for advice, he hurriedly put down his sword and pen, and straightened his clothes to meet him. Confucius see the door out of a rare, hale and hearty old man, I think it is the old man, hastily tend to the front, respectfully to the old man performed the disciple salute.

After entering the hall, Confucius worshiped again before sitting down. Laozi asked Confucius what he came for, and Confucius left his seat and replied, "I am not well educated, and I know nothing about ancient rituals, so I am here to ask for your advice." Lao Zi saw that Confucius was so sincere, so he expressed his opinion in detail.

When he returned to Lu, Confucius' students asked him to explain Laozi's learning. Confucius said, "Laozi is knowledgeable about the past and the present, he understands the source of rites and music and the return of morality, he is indeed a good teacher for me."

Also praising Laozi by analogy, he said, "Bird, I know it can fly; fish, I know it can swim; beast, I know it can run. The beast that runs well, I can make a net to catch it; the fish that swims, I can tie on a hook with a strip of silk to catch it; the bird that flies high, I can shoot it down with a good arrow. As for the dragon, I cannot tell how it rides the wind and clouds to heaven. Lao Tzu, whose is as evil as a dragon! "

5. Kong Rong gave up his pear

Kong Rong (153-208), a native of Lu (now Qufu, Shandong Province), was a famous literary scholar in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, one of the Seven Sons of Jian'an, whose literary creations were highly respected by Cao Pi, the Emperor of Wei. According to historical records, Kong Rong was not only very smart when he was young, but also a typical example of emphasizing brotherly etiquette and mutual help and love.

When Kong Rong was four years old, he used to eat pears with his brother. Every time, Kong Rong always take a smallest pear. Once, his father saw it and asked, "Why do you always take the small one and not the big one?" Kong Rong said: "I am the younger brother, the youngest, should eat the smallest, the big or let the brother eat! "

Kong Rong at a young age to understand the siblings mutual courtesy, help each other, unity and love of reason, so that the whole family was surprised. Since then, the story of Kong Rong giving up his pear has been passed down for thousands of years and has become a model of unity and love.

All the stories about courtesy in the ancient and modern world

Zhang Ying's family repaired the house, because of the boundary of the problem with the neighbors had a dispute, the two families in the local version of the prestigious family, who also right not to show weakness. Zhang Ying know this matter, repair a letter to persuade the family, the content of "thousands of miles to repair the book just for the wall, let him three feet and no harm. The Great Wall of China still exists today, but not when Qin Shi Huang." After receiving the letter, Zhang Ying's family followed his advice and gave up three feet of land on the original boundary to show that they would not fight each other anymore. When the neighbors saw that Zhang's family had handled the matter in this way, they felt that there was also something wrong, so they followed Zhang's example and gave up another three feet of land. Thus a six-foot alleyway bloomed. For a while, the way the two families handled the problem spread as a beautiful story.

*** is one of the most influential figures of the last century, he grew up with the virtue of being courteous to his elders, and later, when he became the President of the country, he was still able to treat people with courtesy. In 1959, Chairman Mao returned to Shaoshan, had specially invited the elderly of his friends and relatives to dinner, Chairman Mao gave a toast to the elderly, the old people said, "Chairman toast, how dare you!" Chairman Mao replied: "Honor the old and respect the wise, should should should!" This shows how important civilization and politeness are.

Ancient idiom stories about civilization and politeness

Kong Rong let the pear Kong Rong as a child, smart, quick-witted, clever answer, everyone praised him as a specialized child. 4 years old, he has been able to recite a lot of poems, and know the etiquette of the parents very much like him.

One day, his father's friend brought a plate of pears, his father told Kong Rong and their seven brothers from the youngest brother to start their own picks, the youngest brother first picked away from one of the largest, and Kong Rong picked the smallest pear and said: "I'm young, I should eat small pears, and the rest of the big pears will be given to the older brothers." His father was very surprised and asked, "So the younger brothers are also younger than you?" Kong Rong said, "Because I am the older brother and my younger brother is younger than me, so I should give way to him too." The story of Kong Rong giving up his pear soon spread all over Qufu and has been passed down as a good example for many parents to educate their children.

Ancient Chinese stories of politeness

Confucius honored his teacher

In the spring of 521 BC, Confucius learned that his student Gong Jingshu, on the order of the king of the state of Lu, was going to Luoyang, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, to pay homage to the Son of Heaven, and thought that this would be a good opportunity to ask Laozi, the Zhou Dynasty's guardian of history, to teach him about "etiquette," and he did. After obtaining the consent of Duke Zhaodong of Lu, Confucius traveled with Gong Jingshu. On the second day of his arrival in Kyoto, Confucius went on foot to visit Lao Zi at the residence of the Shou Zang Shi (守藏史). When Lao Zi, who was writing the Tao Te Ching, heard that Confucius, who was widely known throughout the world, had come to ask for advice, he hurriedly put down his sword and pen and straightened his clothes to meet him. Confucius see the door out of an old, hale and hearty old man, I think it is the old man, hastily tend to the front, respectfully to the old man performed the disciple salute. After entering the hall, Confucius worshiped again before sitting down. Lao Zi asked Confucius why he came, Confucius left his seat and replied, "I am not well educated, I know nothing about the ancient 'ritual system', and I would like to ask the teacher for advice." Seeing that Confucius was so sincere, Lao Zi expressed his insights in detail.

When he returned to Lu, Confucius' students asked him to explain Laozi's learning. Confucius said, "Lao Zi is knowledgeable about the past and the present, he understands the source of rites and music and the return of morality, he is indeed a good teacher for me." Also praising Laozi by analogy, he said, "A bird, I know it can fly; a fish, I know it can swim; a wild beast, I know it can run. The beast that runs well I can catch in a net; the fish that swims I can catch by tying it to a hook with a strip of silk; the bird that flies high I can shoot down with a good arrow. As for the dragon, I cannot tell how it rides the wind and clouds to heaven. Laozi, its still a dragon!"

, Han Mingdi respect teacher

Han Mingdi Liu Zhuang when he was a prince, Dr. Huan Rong is his teacher, and later he succeeded as emperor "still respect Huan Rong to teacher ritual". He had personally to the House of the Emperor, so that Huan Rong sat east, set up a few staff, like when the lecture, listening to the teacher's instruction. He also will be the court officials and Huan Rong taught hundreds of students called to too often House, to Huan Rong disciple salute. When Huan Rong was sick, Emperor Ming sent people to make special trips to console him, and even visited him personally. Every time he visited his teacher, Emperor Ming got off his car and walked there as soon as he entered the street to show his respect. After entering the door, often holding the teacher's withered hand, silent tears, a long time to go. The emperor of the dynasty to Huan Rong so, so "all the waiters, generals, doctors ask for the sick, do not dare to take the car to the door, all worship bed. When Huan Rong died, Emperor Ming also changed clothes, personally funeral funeral, and his children made proper arrangements.