In the eyes of the world, Confucius is a generation of sages, who have been enshrined as His Holiness for thousands of years. However, Confucius also had a failure in his life, that is, to kill Shao Zhengdi. So, why did Confucius kill Shao Zhengdi?
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Let's first understand who Shao Zhengdi is.
Shao Zhengdi was the doctor of the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period of China, and the official was at least upright, able to speak eloquently, and was a famous figure in the State of Lu. "Shaozheng" is an official position, and "卯" is a name, at that time, the official position and the name are usually linked together, which is also considered an honorific title, so Shaozheng is called this by colleagues.
The official position of "Shaozheng" is also not small, and the ancient six secretaries (household, ceremonial, soldier, criminal, and industrial six ministries) are called zheng, and shaozheng is also a deputy post. This official position is also quite large today.
The association between Shao Zhengdi and Confucius occurred in 496 BC, Confucius had just become the Grand Sikou of the State of Lu, acting prime minister, and on the 7th after taking office, he killed Shao Zhengdi under the "Curse of the Gentleman" under the Dongguan of the Two Views, and exposed the body for 3 days.
So why did Confucius kill Shao Zhengdi 7 days after taking office?
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None of Kong Qiu's disciples understood why they wanted to kill him, and Zigong couldn't help but raise his own questions to Kong Qiu, and Kong Qiu replied: Shao Zhengyi has five bad qualities of "being dangerous in heart, being bold and firm in his deeds, arguing in a false manner, remembering ugliness and being broad-minded, and following the wrong and zeal"; as long as a person's character has one of these "five evils," he cannot but impose the "Curse of a Gentleman"; while Shao Zhengyi is a "villain" who is also a "five evils", and has the ability to confuse the masses and rebel, and he and the Huashi and others who have been killed in history are "one heart in the other world" and must not be killed.
In fact, the 5 incriminating evidences of Confucius's murder are unreliable, and even if these five reasons exist completely, they are not enough to kill Shao Zhengji. In particular, the first reason, and the most important one that Confucius thought, was that "the heart is at risk", which translates to today's words, is that this person is a bit sinister and wants to think wrong. This is the greatest crime. Killing people on such grounds really set a false precedent, just as Qin Ju later killed Yue Fei.
So, what was the real reason why Confucius killed Shao Zhengdi?
The real reason Confucius killed Shao Zhengdi was because of peer competition.
Confucius, the originator of Chinese education, began to accept disciples before the age of 30, and the tuition fee was very low, as long as the admission students paid ten pieces of bacon. It should be said that the source of students is very good, there are three thousand students, seventy-two sages.
And Shao Zhengdi had a school to run classes, was knowledgeable, and his eloquence was very good, and everyone gave him the nickname "Smeller". Because Confucius was a senior, Shao Zhengdi grabbed the source of students with him, and the tuition fee only needed five pieces of bacon. Another point is that Shao Zhengji's lectures are humorous and funny, and the atmosphere in the class is very active, and students like to go to him to read. Among Confucius's disciples, except for Yan Yuan, who did not listen to Shao Zhengdi's lessons, the other students all went to listen.
For these reasons, Confucius hated Shao Zhengdi. At this time, Confucius received a paper appointment and became the minister of state of Lu, with power under one person and above ten thousand people, so this case occurred and Shao Zhengdi was killed. Books such as the Chronicle of History, Yin Wenzi, and Shuoyuan all record this incident. [References: Shi Ji( Shi Ji) and Yin Wenzi (Author: Daily Kanji)