Zeng's father's words touched Confucius

Analects: Zeng San's father's words touched Confucius XX

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One day, ZiLu, Zeng Chen, Ran You, Gong Xihua four disciples, serving Confucius, the five masters and apprentices chatted together, Confucius as the earliest private school in Shenzhou, the teaching method is flexible and diverse, not limited to the classroom, extracurricular, busy time, idle, not necessarily rigid to take the form of examination, written examination, interview. Then when the five masters and apprentices sat together and talked, Confucius said: Don't think that if I'm older than you, I'm necessarily smarter than you. You see, Confucius is worthy of being a great educator, very modest, and very good at using the education method, he lowered his posture at any time, students dare to speak, otherwise they are always with a straight face, how to explore the degree of learning of their disciples.

？ You often think I don't know you, but if I know you, so what. Meaning, what are your respective life aspirations, say it and see if it is consistent with what I know about you.

Zi Lu's temperament is more rude, and the first speech:.

Zilu's courage is very great, just like Yan Hui in the "Zhuangzi World on Earth", asking Confucius to assist the monarch of the wei country, Zilu is also like this, a country of a thousand multipliers, is a very large princely state, there are a thousand chariots, and the situation is not good, there are enemies to attack externally, and internally facing famine and famine years, then by Zilu to assist, it only takes three years, so that the people can fight, and know etiquette, not only have courage, but also have strategy, and the people's customs are also good. Zilu's ambition is very big, everyone encourages to have lofty ambitions, and Zilu has it, Confucius is not very happy, otherwise, looking at Confucius's expression, he did not speak, but it was a bit of "dismissive" irony.

Then Confucius laughed like this, and the rest of the disciples did not dare to speak, so Confucius adopted the method of asking questions and asked Ran Qiu, what do you think? Ran Qiu said: .

Ran Qiu's characteristic is "humble retreat", not as offensive as Zilu, he said, a state with a radius of sixty or seventy, or fifty or sixty, let me govern, in three years, you can make the people here rich, but lile such a spiritual level, you have to wait for the virtuous gentleman to achieve.

Ran asked for a reply to the "humble retreat" place is that the country is not large in circumference, not a large country with a radius of several thousand, and in terms of liturgy, to be a gentleman, then there is also a place of "not humble retreat", that is, "enough to make the people", of course, at that time, the answer did not have to think too much, and the answer could be answered with a straight heart.

Both Zilu and Ran Qiu explained their ambitions from the perspective of governing the country, and Confucius did not comment on Ran Qiu's answer.

Continue to ask Gongxi Chi, "? Gong Xi Chi said.

Gong Xihua was more "modest", he said, can not say what I can do, just study. For temple sacrifices, court appointments, or interactions between the monarchs of the two countries, I would like to wear a dress and a top hat and make a small appearance next to me. This shows the "gentle" characteristics of Gong Xihua. Confucius also did not judge.

Confucius was a "great educator", as stated in the Zhuangzi Qiwu Treatise. Of the three disciples of Zilu, Ran Qiu, and Gong Xihua, Confucius did not make a comment, but only "postponed to".

Then the most wonderful place came, that is, the great-son father had talked about it. Confucius asked "", at this time, what was the point in the drum, the ser is a kind of guqin, a bit like the guzheng, but more complicated than the guzheng, Confucius in the questioning with other disciples, Zeng dian did not listen to the ear, waiting for the question, but with the drum to make a silent expression, people with more than ten years of work experience, will definitely understand the deep meaning of this move.

。 Hearing Confucius ask himself, he ended the drum and made a sonorous sound, ready to answer the teacher's question.