Confucius was also young and vigorous, and had the experience of the newborn calf not being afraid of tigers and was frustrated because of it; after becoming a mature adult, in the face of people who were disgusted in their hearts but had to go to the door to thank them, Confucius would also use sleek "little tricks" to specially select the time when the other party was not at home to visit. For specific students, he will have his own preferences; for friends, he will "spit" mercilessly... Recently, Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House "KEY-Can Culture" launched Wang Changhua, an expert in the field of pre-Qin Zhuzi research and historian, a social science monograph "Confucius Answers Questions". Professor Wang Changhua has been deeply engaged in the field of pre-Qin Zhuzi for decades, and the book "Confucius Answers Questions" is the crystallization of his research results. On the basis of fully possessing historical materials and rigorously analyzing and arguing, this book adopts a lively and vivid "question and answer" style to systematically and comprehensively present the life course and ideological context of Confucius. Reading this book, through all kinds of "confessions" that make people laugh, the Confucius we know is no longer a statue of a sage, but a person with flesh and blood and character.
As an outstanding thinker, politician, and educator in ancient China, Confucius was revered as the "most holy" and "master of all ages". The Confucian school and its ideas founded by Confucius have not only occupied a central position in the development process of Chinese civilization for a long time, but also had a wide and far-reaching impact on East Asia, Southeast Asian countries and even the world. In China, the research boom on Confucius and his thought has continued for a long time, and the vast number of readers are keen to understand this "Most Holy Prophet" by reading Confucian classics and related works. However, in the works about Confucius, academic works are often profound and obscure, which discourages non-professionals; the popular reading of knowledge in the form of stories and biographies is inevitably shallow, and it is difficult to fully meet the needs of readers for further exploration and research. In this context, "Confucius Answers Questions" is both professional and interesting, which can be described as unique: in terms of content, this book strictly follows the concept of academic research, contains rich historical materials while showing many innovative research results, rigorous arguments, clear logic, and a comprehensive and systematic sorting out of Confucius's personal encounters, ideological theories, etc.; in terms of form, this book is even more ingenious, and the whole article is written in the form of questions and answers, so that readers become "doormen", and Confucius "personally" answers questions and answers, follows the rules, and tells the story. Vivid and intuitive. Reading this book, it is as if crossing time and space, and having a face-to-face conversation with Confucius, this sage seems to be no longer just a being who accepts reverence and worship from above, but has become a teacher and an elder who is close to us, and it is very intimate.
The book is divided into eleven chapters, and between questions and answers, it is as if Confucius gradually "led" us deep into his world. The first chapter, "The Course of Life", is like a biography of a character, which completely unfolds Confucius's life experience in chronological order, so that readers first have a basic understanding of Confucius and his people; the last six chapters expound Confucius's philosophical, political, ethical, educational, aesthetic, economic, military, and historical ideas in different categories, systematically sorting out the broad and profound ideological theories to help readers further explore deeper on the basis of grasping the framework of Confucius's thought in a macroscopic way; the last four chapters introduce Confucius's disciples and friends. As well as the development and influence of Confucius's thought and doctrine at home and abroad, the presentation of Confucius's image is no longer limited to isolated individuals, and Confucius's thoughts are like a gushing fountain, which has a long history and is also fully displayed.
In this book, the questions of the "doormen" reflect many issues of concern to the academic circles and the media, especially the hot spots and difficulties that have been debated endlessly for many years; the "answers" are based on detailed historical materials, prudent analysis of evidence, and accurate grasp of Confucius's spiritual temperament. This book helps to dispel stereotypes about Confucius—perhaps one of the people we know best, but it may also be the one we misunderstand the most. Textbooks, literary and artistic works may only show part of the character of Confucius, when it comes to Confucius, many people may only have a vague shadow constructed by elements such as "wisdom", "humility" and "kindness" in their minds. Through the explanation of this book, it is not difficult to find that compared with the mild and angular blurred image, Confucius in the historical data has a distinct personality, and from time to time shows a confident, optimistic and decisive side.
Many people who have not studied Confucius's ideas and doctrines may also have a misunderstanding - are not those feudal "rigid dogmas"? In modern society, how much positive effect can Confucius's Confucianism have? This book accurately grasps the ideological context of Confucius and makes a detailed analysis of Confucius's ideological system with "benevolence" as the core. What was Confucius's view originally like? How did Confucianism develop and evolve throughout the dynasties? How much of those that have been criticized is really Confucius's own ideas, how many are theories that later generations of scholars have "interpreted" and "improved" based on their own understanding or for different purposes, and how many are the results of the world's attachment and misinterpretation? This book analyzes and answers one by one, and also "Confucius's Confucianism" shows the academic fate of Confucius's thought in its original appearance, and then reveals the reasons why Confucius's thought can still be rejuvenated and rejuvenated after time.
"I still insist that Confucius was the great cultural pioneer of the Chinese nation, and that Confucius thought is a great idea that can enter the forest of the world's national thoughts, but Confucius is also an ordinary old man in ancient times." In the afterword dedicated to the new edition of the book, Professor Wang Changhua said. Reading such a "disenchantment" work, I believe that readers can fully understand the unique life of Confucius and the era in which he lived, see the real and amiable face under the aura, and fully feel the unique spiritual temperament and personality charm of this sage who "appeared great in the plain" in Liang Qichao's mouth. Yangzi Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter Huang Yanwen