Analects Story 34: Confucius talks about several historical figures

Analects Story 34: Confucius talks about several historical figures

ZiChan( Several Historical Figures Commented by Confucius) Zichan, Zixi, and Guan Zhong were several doctors in the Spring and Autumn Period, Zichan was the ruling secretary of Zheng Guo, Zixi was also Zheng Guo's doctor, and Guan Zhong was the chancellor of Qi Huan Gong Xiaobai, who assisted Qi Huan Gong in achieving the hegemony of the State of Qi. So what about the offspring? Confucius said that hui people also. When Zizhan was a doctor in Zheng Guo, he created many benefits for the People of Zheng Guo and benefited the people of Zheng Guo, so Confucius used "Hui Ren" as an evaluation of Zi Zhan.

What about Zixi, Confucius's reply was "Pi Zhao! Oh yes! According to the explanation of Li Bingnan's "Analects of the Analects", it is: That person? That person? This evaluation also has a pejorative meaning, so there are many such expressions similar to "salivation" in the text.

So what about Guan Zhong, Confucius said: People also. The answer is very concise, he said, Guan Zhong can be called a person, the "person" here can also be called "ren", why guan Zhong is called ren, ren is in the core position in Confucianism. This brings us to one thing.

Bo Shi was a large landowner in the State of Qi, who was deprived of his real estate because of the incident, there were so many three hundred, Bo's Caiyi was in Xiaoyi, about today in Qingzhou and Linqu, Shandong, after Bo's land was seized, his life was difficult, and he could only eat some rough food, but Bo Shi did not have a word of complaint about Guan Zhong for life! It can be seen that Guan Zhong's judgment is reasonable and reasonable, which convinces Bo Shi, and this matter proves Guan Zhong's "benevolence".

The text referred to in this paragraph is as follows:

Or ask for the childbirth. Zi Yue: Huiye also. Ask Zi Xi. A: Peter! Oh yes! Ask Guan Zhong. A: Man also, rob the Three Hundred of the Bo Clan, eat sparsely, have no teeth and no complaints.

Next, Confucius used an example to talk about the principle of employing people, which has profound meanings, he said, If Meng Gongqiu is very suitable to be the family elder of the Zhao and Wei clans, but he cannot be the doctor of Teng and Xue Erguo, what does this mean?

Meng Gongqiu is the doctor of Lu Guo, who is incorruptible and virtuous, and the "family elder" is like today's consultants, Zhao and Wei are greedy, that is, they like sages, while the second duke's family has no job, that is, there are not many things, so Meng Gong can be the second duke's family elder. Teng and Xue are two small countries, the doctor of the small country is troubled, and the talent of Meng Gongqiu is not competent.

This passage shows that some people's talents can be consultants and researchers, but if they do specific things, they will not be able to do it, and some people are very good at commanding wars, but if they do ideological work, they may not be suitable.

The original text of this paragraph reads as follows:

Zi Yue: Meng Gong was nicknamed Zhao and Wei Lao zeyou. Not for Dr. Teng or Dr. Xue.