Speaking of Confucianism, we have to talk about the founder of the Confucian school, Confucius. Confucius, Mingqiu, Zi Zhongni. For the name of Confucius, Kong Qiu, many people have such a doubt, why did Confucius's parents use a single word mound to name Confucius?
Confucius's parents have been examined in history, his father was Shu Liangyi, and his mother was Yan Zhengzai, but the specific time of Confucius's birth has been full of controversy throughout the ages. According to the "Twenty-first Year of the Ram Biography of Xianggong", "There are Ten January Gengzi, Confucius born." This means that Confucius was born on September 28, 551 BC.
According to the "Biography of Gu Liang", "Confucius was born in October", that is, Confucius was born on August 28, 551 BC. However, according to the Records of the Ancestral Court of Kong, "King Ling of Zhou was twenty-one years old, that is, the twenty-second year of Lu Xianggong, the day of Gengzi in the winter october, and the first saint, that is, the twenty-seventh day of August today." The birthday of Confucius recorded above is on September 28, 551 BC. Because the records of different historical sources are different, although the descendants set Confucius's birthday on September 28, 551 BC, it is still controversial, so let's put aside the birth time of Confucius for the time being, and talk about the origin of the name Kong Qiu.
Confucius's father, Shu Liang, was 66 years old when he and Yan Zhengzai jointly gave birth to Confucius, while Yan Zhengzai was not yet 20 years old.
Confucius's father, Liang Qi, was not from a simple origin, his ancestors were nobles of Liyi in the Song Dynasty, and the earliest ancestor was Shang Tang, the founding emperor of the Shang Dynasty. Shu Liang Qi had a proper wife Shi Shi, but the children born to Shu Liang Qi by this zheng wife Shi Shi were all daughters, and there was no son. Although a concubine of Shu Liang Qi gave birth to a son for him, this son named Meng Pi suffered from foot diseases from an early age, and Shu Liang Qi was of course not satisfied with this son with foot diseases.
So he asked to be able to make the daughter of the Yan family a concubine who could produce healthy heirs for herself, and the three daughters of the Yan family were only willing by Yan Zheng. Yan Zheng became Shu Liang's concubine in this way.
However, because the age difference between Shu Liang And Yan Zheng was too large, which was not in line with the ethics and morality of the feudal society at that time, the two lived in a place called Nishan.
According to the records in the "History of Confucius's Family", it is written how Confucius was born, "Confucius was born by the union of the Yan and Yan women", and the "wild combination" in this sentence points out why Confucius was named Kong Qiu.
"Wild union" means "wild union" is in the field of diplomatic cooperation, and it was in the Nishan that Shu Liang and Yan Zhengzai, who lived in Nishan at that time, met and gave birth to Confucius. Therefore, according to the reasoning and research of relevant experts, the hill in Confucius's name was taken by his parents to commemorate their "wild union". Although there are many interpretations of the word "wild he" today, some people believe that "wild he" means that Confucius was born in the wild. However, there is no doubt that this statement is more relevant and factual.
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You know, at that time, people in ancient times believed that people should be in harmony with everything in the world, so at that time, it was normal to have intercourse in nature.
References: Biography of Gu Liang, History of History