"Confucius Family Language" records:
The ancestor of Confucius' surname is Jia, the father of Confucius, and the sixth ancestor. His descendant Kong (Confucius' great grandfather) fled to Shandong and took Kong as his surname.
Shu, the father of Confucius, was a famous warrior in Lu, and he married Shi.
Shi gave birth to nine daughters, but not a son.
Shu's concubine gave birth to a son named Meng Pi, but she was very ill and could not inherit the throne.
Shu then married and gave birth to his second son, Confucius.
Before Confucius was born, his mother prayed in the mud mound, so he was named Qiu, Zi.
Historical Records records: "The daughter of Shu and Yan gave birth to Confucius. Pray for Confucius Niqiu. "
There is a similar record in the Analects of Confucius: "Shu and Qiqiu Mountain are born of the essence of the black dragon."
When Confucius was three years old, his father died and his family became poorer and poorer.
Confucius was smart and studious when he was a teenager. At the age of 20, he was praised as a "learned man" by people at that time. He inherited his father's courage, burly figure and extraordinary arm strength.
Confucius never got drunk, but he was not proud of being brave and good at drinking.
Confucius used to be a small official in charge of warehouses and pastures, and he was promoted by his good governance. He has successively held official positions such as Zhongduzai, Sikong, Dashikou and Acting Prime Minister.
After being excluded by the villains, he traveled abroad. Fourteen years later, he could not realize his ambition.
At the age of sixty-eight, Confucius returned to Shandong with his disciples, breaking the traditional monopoly of education and opening private schools. There are as many as 3,000 disciples, among whom 72 sages have become the pillars of vassals and nations.
There are different opinions about Confucius' height in history books, but it is recognized as high.
According to historians' records, Confucius was "nine feet six inches (65,438+0.96 meters) tall" ... everyone called him "Changren", but it was actually different. It's amazing that people call him a big shot.
"Taiping Magnolia" records: "Confucius is ten feet long (2.2 1 m), big and nine meters around, sitting like Wolong, standing like Petunia, standing like a lion and looking like a bucket ..."
It is said that Confucius is ten feet tall and has a waist circumference of nine feet (more than two meters). He is tall and burly, sitting like a crouching Long Xing, standing like an Altair, approaching like dusk, and vaguely fighting the six stars in the south from a distance.
Confucius' "Haikou" is a big mouth, which seems to contain water when he speaks. His tongue has seven layers of texture and his mouth is square, like a bucket. His two front teeth are connected, and he has two Adam's apple. His palm is like Tiger Claw's, and his hunchback is like a turtle.
Xunzi records: "Zhong Ni is shaped like a mask."
It means that Confucius looks ferocious, like wearing a mask to exorcise evil spirits.
According to Records of the Historian, Confucius passed by the State of Zheng, and Zheng people commented: "The East Gate has its own person, its appearance is like Yao, its neck is, and its shoulders are sub-product, which is less than three inches. You will lose your family if you are tired. "
The man in the East Gate has a forehead as full as Yao Di's, a neck as thick as Hao Tao's, his shoulders leaning forward slightly like a child, and he is three inches shorter than Dayu below the waist. Now he looks tired, like a lost dog.
Confucius smiled happily through disciple Zi Gong's retelling and said, "Form is not an end. It's like a lost dog, but it is! Yes! " It may not be appropriate to say that I am like this, but it is not bad to say that I am like a stray dog now! Really not bad!
There are different opinions about the appearance of Confucius, and there has never been a fixed and clear description.
It doesn't matter how he looks. What is important is that the great spiritual wealth left by Confucius to future generations, regardless of his appearance, is worthy of the title of great thinker, politician and educator.