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Yan Zi and Confucius are familiar to everyone, the story of "Yan Zi Makes Chu" everyone should have learned from childhood, from "Yan Zi Makes Chu" we also know that Yan Zi is a person who can speak the Tao, and Confucius is also an unspeakable fickle.
Yan Zi was born in 578 BC and Confucius was born in 551 BC, the difference between the two is 27 years, but in the end they were also born in the same era, and the two still have the opportunity to meet. But what kind of sparks will be sparked if these two meet?
The meeting between the famous mouths must be very exciting, Confucius is relatively tall, and Yanzi is relatively short in height. Confucius is about one meter nine in height, while Yan Zi is one meter four in height, and the height of the two is still a lot different.
The first meeting between Yanzi and Confucius was when Confucius was thirty years old, in 521 BC. At that time, Confucius and Yanzi did not have any wonderful stories when they met. At that time, Yan Zi accompanied Qi Jinggong of the State of Qi to the State of Lu as an envoy, and Yan Zi was the Minister of the State of Qi at that time, and Confucius was the Qi Jinggong and his party who received him as the Minister of the State of Lu. At that time, Confucius was already very famous, and when Qi Jinggong saw Confucius, he asked Confucius about his administration, and Qi Jinggong asked Confucius:
"Why, when Qin Mugong's country was small and the place was remote, he could dominate it?"
Confucius replied:
"Although Qin is small, his ambitions are high, and although the place is remote, his administration is very appropriate."
Confucius also gave Qi Jinggong an example of the story of Qin Mugong and Baili Xi at that time to support his statement, Qi Jinggong was very happy to hear it, and Yanzi was next to Qi Jinggong at that time, but Yanzi did not say anything after Confucius said it. It can also be seen from this that Yan Zi also agreed with Confucius's statement very much. These two celebrities, who are more than 20 years apart, did not have any sparks or friction in the first meeting.
After five years, Yanzi and Confucius met for the second time. But this time the meeting seems to have a grudge between the two, from another point of view, Yanzi stirred up Confucius's good deeds, and whether Confucius hated Yanzi for this is actually difficult to say.
The matter should start from the turmoil in the country of Lu, confucius at that time was serving as a heavy minister in the country of Lu, but the country of Lu was in turmoil. Confucius had no choice but to flee the state of Lu and come to the state of Qi to join Gao Shaozi and become Gao Shaozi's vassal. Confucius originally wanted to contact Qi Jinggong through Gao Shaozi's springboard and realize his political ideals.
After all, Confucius is also a well-known figure, five years ago when Qi Jinggong still remembered, when Confucius gave the answer he was still very satisfied, Confucius came to the Country of Qi, Qi Jinggong is naturally willing to communicate with Confucius, and it is naturally good to be able to discuss some political issues with Confucius. When Qi Jinggong asked Confucius about politics, Confucius told Qi Jinggong about the things of the monarchs and subjects, and also said about saving financial resources. Qi Jinggong listened and felt that Confucius was right, so he wanted the people of the State of Qi to do what Confucius said, and he also wanted to give Confucius the rank of knight. At this time, Yan Zi came out to block it, saying that it would not work to restrain the people with such a statement as Confucius, and that these rituals he said were so complicated that when the people learned, it was too complicated, how long had the Zhou royal family been decaying, and now it was still possible to pay attention to these red tapes, and the people could not learn them for several lifetimes. And lobbyists like them are lobbying around saying they can't come to power. They also attach importance to funerals, even if the family is ruined, they must be buried thickly, how can this custom be formed?
Qi Jinggong also made sense when he heard it, so he did not add officials to Confucius, but treated him like an ordinary guest.
Later, Confucius returned to the country of Lu, and the third meeting between Yanzi and Confucius was when Confucius was about fifty years old. At this time, Confucius held an important position in the state of Lu, and Yanzi was already more than seventy years old at that time. The place where they met was above the palace of the State of Qi. Confucius came to the State of Qi as an envoy of the State of Lu, and at this time, the Duke of Qi Jinggong had more respect for Confucius. At that time, it was because the State of Lu and the State of Qi were reconciled to meet the alliance. When the Qi state was in charge of the alliance, the steward of the State of Qi played the music of the four directions, and Confucius said how could this kind of barbaric dance of Yidi appear in the place of the alliance, there was no way for the country of Qi to change other programs, replaced by female music, and many dramas and dwarfs came to play. But Confucius also said, "The sins of the princes should be punished!" "Yanzi's original is relatively short, there are dwarfs in the performance, in front of the tall Yanzi said it, Confucius may say that the person has no intention, and Yanzi may have a heart to listen to, anyway, Yanzi is angry and half dead, and died not long ago."
This is the enmity and resentment between Yanzi and Confucius, Confucius is lobbying, and Yanzi, as the elder of the Three Dynasties of the State of Qi, actually understands the actual situation of the State of Qi better, and cannot be implemented according to what Confucius said, and Yanzi can also be regarded as a practical type. The difference between Confucius and Yanzi is nothing more than a difference in taoism and not a conspiracy.
Do you think Confucius deliberately said dwarfs in front of Yanzi? Hope you all comment!