【Confucius Language】 The earliest records about Shuzhonghui, Qinzu, Xi yao, and Gongzuzi

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Credit: Zhang Zhengyi

Seventy-two disciples xie thirty-eighth

【Original】

Shu Zhonghui, Lu Ren, Zi Zi Period, Lesser Confucius fifty (Note 1) years old. Compared with Kong Jun (Note 2) years (Note 3). Each of the deacons (Note 4) takes note of the Master, and the two of them serve each other (Note 5). Meng Wubo (Note 6) saw Confucius and asked, "How can the young of these two children also be learned, so how can they be known to Be Magnificent?" Confucius said, "Yes! If there is less, if it is sex, if it is natural, if it is also natural. ”

Qin Zu, Zi Zi Nan.

Xi Hao (Note 7), Zi Kai (Note 8).

Gongzuzi (Note 9), zizhi.

【Notes】

(Note 1) Fifty: The Four Libraries were originally "Fifty-Four". "History of Suoyin" Yun: "Family Language:'Lu people. Confucius was fifty-four years old. Compared with Kong Xuannian, the second son of Ziju wrote a book to serve the master, and Meng Wubo saw it and let it go. Yes also. ”

(Note 2) Kong: A disciple of Confucius. 琁, same as "Xuan". The four libraries and the same text are "Xuan".

(Note 3) Ratio: Similar.

(Note 4) Widows: Children, descendants. This refers to bookboys.

(Note 5) Overlap: Take turns.

(Note 6) Meng Wubo: Doctor Lu Guo in the Spring and Autumn Period. That is, Meng Zizi.

(Note 7) Xi 蒧 (diǎn): Four libraries, the same text as "Xi Zhen". The "Records of History" is "Xi Rongzhen". "History of Suoyin" Yun: "The Family Language" is the same. ”

(Note 8) Zi Kai: SiKu Ben, the same text as "Zi Kai", Chen Ben and the "Records of History" as "Zi Kai".

(Note 9) Gongzuzi: The "Records of History" is "Gongzu Sentence".

【General Solution】

Shu Zhonghui, a Native of Lu, was fifty years younger than Confucius. It is similar in age to Kong. Whenever there were schoolchildren taking notes around Confucius, the two always took turns serving around Confucius. When Meng Wubo saw Confucius, he asked, "These two children have come to study at such a young age, how can they know what will happen to them when they grow up?" Confucius said, "I can know." When I was young, it was like nature, and it seemed very natural to get used to it. ”

Xi Hao, zi kai.

Gongzuzi, zizhi.

Source: "Confucius Language"

Author: Yang Chaoming Song Lilin

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Yang Chaoming

Famous contemporary scholars, Confucians, and historians.

He is a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the president, professor and doctoral supervisor of the Confucius Institute of China. He is currently an academic committee member of the Confucius Foundation of China, an editorial board member of Confucius Studies, and the deputy director of the Nishan World Confucianism Center.

Song Lilin

He studied Confucianism under Professor Yang Chaoming, director of the Confucius and Chinese Culture Research Office of the School of History (Confucius) Culture of Qufu Normal University, deputy director of the Center for Traditional Chinese Studies, and distinguished researcher of the Confucius Institute of China.

What is home style

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A reinforced concrete house is stationed in people, with the temperature called home, the family has a good, upward wish, remind each other, supervise each other, is the tutor; in order to be effective, to assist the tutor to advance smoothly and agree with each other, is the family rules; the good, upward wish is summarized into a refined word, is the family training. The core values of socialism are the Chinese's motto. Writing the names of more people in the family and the family in the book is the family tree.

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