Basic information about Zengzi
Chinese name: Zeng Shan, surname Zeng, name ginseng, character Zi You.
English name: ZengZi
Alias: Zengzi, Zongsheng
Nationality: Lu Guo
Date of birth: 505 BC
Major achievements: One of the Seventy-Two Wise Men
According to the order of the typesetting of the Analects, the second disciple of Confucius to appear was Zengzi. Zeng Zi was one of the more special disciples of Confucius, and his specialness was not due to the fact that he later became the inheritor of Confucius's mantle, but some of his own characteristics, such as: he and his father had worshipped Confucius as a teacher, and he was honestly a little stupid...
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It is true that father and son are the same window, but the friends of the same window are not counted.
Zeng dian is an impatient person, especially in the education of children is not patient, but also pursues the "stick under the filial piety", a word does not fit the guy to beat up first and then say, it does not matter whether the guy in the hand is thick or thin, soft or hard, wood or iron... In short, one word "hit" is enough.
Once, Zengzi, who was working hard to hoe grass in the field, accidentally hoeed a melon seedling, and happened to be seen by the grumpy Zeng Dian, who did not feel the pain of his son's labor, and for this melon seedling, he casually picked up a large stick and beat Zeng Zi like a raindrop, and as a result, Zeng Zi was beaten to the ground and then flew away.
After Confucius knew about this, he was angry the next day when he did not allow Zengzi to enter the classroom, and taught him: "Filial piety is not obedience, in case he is killed, his father will also fall into injustice." This is not filial piety, but foolish filial piety. But zengzi at that time was still very confused, what was the standard of escape and non-escape?
This is the honest Zengzi, so Confucius also commented on him as "Samyelu." "Lu" means honest and unresponsive.
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Heaven is fair, and when you take some, you give some compensation. Although honest people are slightly slower to react, they are often down-to-earth and hardworking, and full of tenacity.
The slightly dull Zengzi relied on his own practical diligence and day after day of hard work to master the Tao of Confucius, and finally stood out among Confucius's many disciples and became the orphan of Confucius and the inheritor of the mantle.
You know, Zengzi studied under Confucius at the age of 16, and when Confucius died, he was only 27 years old, and there were more than his older and better disciples at that time, and Confucius only chose Zengzi, which showed the excellence of Zengzi. Zeng Zi also lived up to his trust, not only raising Zi Si to adulthood, but also cultivating Zi Si into an excellent heir of Confucian thought, and the subsequent disciple Mencius tried to turn the tide and enable the status of Confucianism to be maintained and consolidated.
It can be said that Zeng Zi was a key figure in the succession of the Confucian school, without him there would be no later Mencius, without Mencius, whether the Confucian school could survive in the Warring States of a hundred schools of thought needed to be questioned.
The title of "Zongsheng" bestowed on his great-grandson by later generations can be said to be truly deserved.
A stupid child who grew up under domestic violence not only has no psychological darkness, but has a bright heart and becomes a generation of people, just as the so-called "can't kill you will eventually achieve you." ”
What personality traits are worth learning from Zengzi? Let's learn about it in the next time by analyzing Zengzi's quotations!