Zi Gong asked Yu Zigong and said: "As for the master, as for the state, he will hear about his government, ask for it, or do you want it?" Zigong said: "The master is gentle, kind, respectful, thrifty, and let him get it." What the Master asks for is also different from what people ask for?"
In this section, through the dialogue between Ziyu and Zigong, it briefly introduces how Confucius begged for help;
Method, Confucius relied on a gentle attitude, a kind heart, politeness and respect, self-frugality and humility, so as to obtain the questions he wanted to understand;
As we all know, Confucius was most concerned with promoting the benevolence and righteousness he advocated, and the reason why he traveled around the world was for this purpose;
The actual effect, although it is not said here, is actually just hitting a wall again and again;
From this point of view, although Confucius lowered his posture and was very humble in his attitude in order to seek others, why was he still not recognized by others?
I have to say that Confucius's attitude is right, and the gentleness, kindness, courtesy, frugality, and concession he advocated are also very beneficial to winning the favor of others.
In this regard, there is no problem with Confucius's school, not to mention, he was already very famous at that time, otherwise, there would not be so many disciples who followed him with all their hearts and minds, regardless of the cost;
Since Confucius himself is a god-like being, and the style of a gentleman shows his majesty, why is the benevolence and righteousness he advocated far from meeting expectations when he himself implements it?
A little in-depth understanding can understand that the benevolence and righteousness advocated by Confucius are purely moral things, which is like asking others to be a noble person, which is good, but to really do it, you must constantly self-discipline yourself;
See, this is difficult, how many people are willing to accept this kind of constraint on their own;
Moreover, it is necessary to let it be generalized, so as to form a kind of atmosphere, which cannot be done without strong intervention;
As long as we understand that in history, Confucianism promoted since the Han Dynasty and later has only become a package for the implementation of specific policies, or in other words, for a specific goal, it is necessary to use the soft cloak of Confucianism, we can understand that in reality, there is no pure Confucianism, otherwise, it is just a fantasy;
Therefore, when reading the classics, you might as well advise everyone not to hold the so-called take-it-or-leave-it!
【About the author】Dingding, also known as Yezi, whose real name is Li Shengchun, is a native of Zhengyang County, Henan Province. He is the author of masterpieces such as "West" and "East". The current manuscript of "Reading Confucius" series on linguistics and tenth.