Confucius spent his life selling his knowledge, hoping to sell it to the emperor's family, so he traveled around the world for 14 years, but no one bought his account.
Confucius returned disappointed, lonely and dead, and held a grudge for life.
70 years after the death of Confucius, one of his disciples fulfilled the teacher's long-cherished wish of life and became the first imperial teacher in history.
This disciple's name was Bu Shang,or Zi Xia.
"Learning and Excellence" was proposed by Zi Xia, but Zi Xia was never born.
It is not that Zixia is not excellent in study, Zixia is one of the Ten Philosophers of Confucius, known for literature, but because Zixia is arrogant and upright, so that he can get along with the virtuous, and does not want to easily bend down and join the government.
Zi Xia's life is poor, and "clothes are hanging like quail, even shorter than wealth" is his true portrayal. Some people advised him to change his situation, and he said that he was unwilling to fight for small profits, so as not to "fight for profits like fleas and lose his palms."
Zi Xia said, "I will not be a subject to the proud of the princes, and I will not see the proud of me by the doctors." ”
Zixia lived for 108 years, and today is also a high-life old man, presumably there are many health secrets, but Zixia did not talk about health, but inherited the mantle of the teacher Confucius, erudite and dedicated, running schools and passing on the scriptures, and teaching Confucian learning.
The famous Spring and Autumn Three Traditions, Zuo Zhuan, Ram Biography, and Gu Liang Biography, two of which are from Zi Xia and passed down by Zi Xia's disciples.
Zixia's doctrine and thought are inherited from Confucius, but they are not limited to the rules and regulations of the teacher, but have developed and innovated in the teleology of education, the theory of teaching process, learning and learning from history, and making friends cautiously.
Zixia did not strictly adhere to the way of Confucius like Yan Hui and Zeng Shan, but was a thinker with quite a tendency to experience the world.
Instead of emphasizing "self-denial" and pure benevolence, he paid attention to the current government with the times, and proposed a set of political and historical theories that extended the orthodox Confucian political views.
Therefore, there is a saying that "Confucius said the ritual method, once participated in the ceremony, and Zixia took the law".
The famous legal figures Li Wu, Wu Qi, and Shang Martin were all born from the Confucian Zixia, and it was the Zixia Zhiru who gave birth to the Idea of the Fa.
Entering the Warring States period, as Zhou Tianzi was further destroyed, the Lile civilization had long been shattered, and all countries had torn their faces and fought to the extreme in order to survive.
If you want to gain a foothold in this jungle, you must abandon stereotypes, keep pace with the times, and develop innovation.
Whoever comes to the blue wisp of the road is covered with thorns and thorns to charge and kill in front of the front, is the talent. Only talents can innovate.
Wei Wenhou was the first person to soberly realize this.
The State of Wei is located in the Central Plains, and the situation in the land of the Four Wars makes him have to have a huge sense of crisis, in order to survive in the PUBG, he recruits talents and seeks talents.
When he heard that he lived in the same era as Confucius and that Confucius's own disciples were still alive, he was ecstatic and immediately sent a large delegation of top salaries to hire the living saint of Confucius's disciple in a high profile.
At this time, Zixia was already a hundred years old, and he was blind due to the pain of losing his son, so he did not intend to accept Wei Wenhou's invitation and trek to Hexi.
Wei Wenhou knew that Zi Xia was the soul master of the scholars of all countries, and was determined to invite Zi Xia to sit in Xihe.
Therefore, Wei Wenhou personally worshipped Zixia as his teacher and had extraordinary respect for Zixia.
Being a teacher to a monarch is the highest honor of Confucianism, the so-called imperial teacher. Even Confucius did not enjoy such a high honor during his lifetime.
Zixia was touched by Wei Wenhou's sincerity and decided to go to Wei in person.
The arrival of Zixia founded the Xihe School of the State of Wei. Li Wu, Wu Qi, and others all worshiped Zixia as their teachers.
Scholars from all over the country seeking fame came one after another, and Wei Guo became a place where students from Guangdong University flocked to it.
With the explosion of Wei talents, the national strength also flourished.
Zixia does not teach in person in Xihe, Zixia is a banner, a needle in the academic, cultural and ideological circles.
Teaching was carried out by his disciples Ram Gao, Gu Liang Chi, Duan Ganmu, etc.
Since then, the State of Wei has replaced the State of Lu as the center of academic culture throughout China.
What Confucius did not do in his lifetime, Zixia did.
ZiXia was the first imperial master in history, and in the process of spreading Confucianism, he independently formed the Zixia school and became an important figure with far-reaching influence among the disciples of Confucius.