Confucius traveled around the world for the "Tao", and the process was the process of adhering to faith

According to historical records, Confucius traveled many times during his lifetime, and people say that he "traveled around the world" refers to the fourteen years of wandering between the twenty-third year of King Jing of Zhou (497 BC) and the thirty-sixth year of King Jing of Zhou (484 BC). This period was the most important period in Confucius's life.

Confucius's heart is also very contradictory about this journey, on the one hand, he is reluctant to the "state of parents" in the country of Lu, but in order to achieve the "Tao", in order to "learn and learn from time to time", he can only choose to go to a broader world and find a country that can realize the royal way.

During these fourteen years, Confucius, accompanied by his disciples, was displaced and experienced hardships among Wei, Cao, Song, Zheng, Chen, Cai, Chu and other countries.

Man can spread the Tao: the purpose of Confucius's travels

Confucius's travels are, in a sense, "political exile," exile for his own political ideals, that is, for the "Tao" he pursues in his mind, in other words, "pursuing and exploring his political ideals." ”

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So, some people will ask, what was Confucius's political ideal? That is to say, to restore the Western Zhou Lile civilization. However, the environment in which he lived at that time was already the end of the Spring and Autumn period when "Wang Gang was dissolved, the Son of Heaven was weakened, the princes were vying for hegemony, and the etiquette was bad and happy". Out of the sentiment of salvation, Confucius began to work hard to realize and practice his own Way, and traveling around the world was the concentrated embodiment of his efforts.

Regarding this trip to various countries, it is actually a very unsmooth process, which can be said to be "bumping into walls everywhere". Confucius felt great pain in his heart, but he was not willing to give up. As a thinker with a heart for the world, Confucius did not give up the feeling of joining the world, he did not want to retire to the mountains and forests, with the forest birds, although that would reduce the trouble. But what about this society? What about the state? As a member of society and a member of mankind, Confucius believed that everyone has the responsibility to make their own contributions to the stability of the whole society and to the happy life of the people. Confucius had such a realm and enlightenment thousands of years ago, which really makes us deeply admire it.

Poor to the Time: The Realm of Confucius's Travels

According to the Analects of the Xian Question, "Zi Lu stayed at the Stone Gate, and the Morning Gate said: 'Xi Zi?' Zi Lu said: "From Kong's." 'Is it the one who knows what cannot be done?' This is the evaluation of Confucius by a city gate official, which is simply that he knew that this matter could not be done and insisted on doing it, which expressed the general view of Confucius at that time. But Confucius was unmoved and always adhered to his original intention.

The process of Confucius's "travels" is the process of practicing his own insistence on the faith, and it is the process of his propagation. Confucius's life realm has been enhanced in the process of traveling, and in the past fourteen years of turbulent and displaced life, Confucius's thought has been sublimated and he has entered the open-minded realm of "poverty and time".

The deeds of Confucius traveling around the world show us a real Confucius: he was never a man who did not eat fireworks in the world. He personally practiced the dao. The spirit contained in it is enough to be passed on for generations to come and learn for future generations.