In China's 5,000-year history, Confucius has the greatest influence on the Chinese nation's character and temperament. Confucius was an educator, thinker and half politician, but most importantly, he was a noble intellectual.
He is upright, optimistic and enterprising, pursuing truth, goodness and beauty all his life and pursuing an ideal society all his life. His success and failure are related to his personality. His character has influenced China people for thousands of years, especially the intellectuals in China. ?
Angry and forgetful, happy and forgetful.
When Confucius was 63 years old, he once described himself like this: "You forget to eat when you are angry, but forget your worries when you are happy. I don't know that my old age is coming. " At that time, Confucius had led his disciples around the world for nine years and had gone through all the hardships. Not only did he not get the appointment of the governor, but he almost died. But Confucius was not discouraged, still optimistic, stuck to his ideals, and even knew that he could not do it.
Be content with poverty
Confucius said, "Being unjust and rich is like a cloud to me". In Confucius' mind, upholding justice is the highest value of life. When there is a contradiction between rich and poor and morality, he would rather be poor than give up morality.
But we can't regard his peace and happiness as not seeking wealth, but seeking to maintain Tao, which is not in line with historical facts. Confucius once said: "Rich and expensive, people want what they want; If you don't take this road, you will accomplish nothing. Poverty and meanness are disgusting to people; If you don't take the main road, you won't go. " "Money is available, although there are many whips, I can do it. If you can't get it, just do as I say. "
Never tire of learning and never tire of teaching.
Confucius was famous for his eagerness to learn and showed great interest in all kinds of knowledge, so he was versatile and knowledgeable. At that time, he was so famous that he was almost regarded as an omniscient saint, but Confucius himself didn't know it that way. Confucius said, "A saint cannot learn, but never tires of teaching." Confucius learned that there was no teacher. Whoever has knowledge and who doesn't understand will worship him as a teacher. So he said, "A threesome must have a teacher."
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Confucius said that the "people" who "rule by man" are not limited to any kind of people, but should be virtuous people. His rule of man is not the free will of man, but an example of observing etiquette. "If you give a gift, the people dare not disrespect; If you do righteousness, the people will not dare to refuse. For those in power, "being honest and doing things without orders is impossible;" Its body is not right, although it is not obedient. "
"If you are honest, what about politics? Can't be right, like a right person? " Whether a society is well governed, whether etiquette can be strictly observed and implemented smoothly, mainly lies not in ordinary people, but in officials of all sizes, especially those rulers who hold power.
Confucius' various "governance" is nothing more than imposing obligations and responsibilities on monarchs or officials at all levels, asking them to "work hard" and "work hard", but also restraining their own desires, exemplary observing various etiquette rules, and always being alert to their non-gentleman behaviors and psychological moments.
It is conceivable that at that time, those monarchs who suppressed Zhou and held power thought they could dominate the world, who wanted to be bound by this? So when Confucius traveled around the world, he earnestly advised those monarchs to cultivate their morality and observe the etiquette formulated by the Duke of Zhou. How depressed and unlucky!
In this way, it is reasonable that Confucius once became a "lost dog". Confucius stuck to his ideal all his life, "knowing it is impossible to do it". Why does he think that his knowledge will be regarded as the shield of the emperor's arbitrary power in a few years?
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