But you know what? Confucius, regarded as a saint by countless Chinese sons and daughters, also had moments of rage and abuse. The foul language he said has been passed down to this day and has been used by many teachers to reprimand students. What's going on here?
In addition to traveling around the world, Confucius is also the most talked about pioneer of private studies, with 3,000 disciples, including 72 sages, who are widely praised. Teaching has been a big problem since ancient times. Even Confucius, who advocated teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, was so angry that his disciples blurted out a well-known ancient dirty word, that is? Don't carve rotten wood, and the wall of dirt can't be polluted? .
In The Analects of Confucius, Confucius always gives people the impression of a gentle and reasonable teacher, but in the face of his own students, he ignores the image and scolds others.
Confucius disciple Zaiyu was selected as the 10 philosophers and 13 saints of Confucius. He can be said to be one of the most accomplished people under Confucius. He traveled around the world with Confucius and was one of his most valued disciples. However, no one is perfect. He was scolded by Confucius for making mistakes. Zaiyu is good at learning and thinking, has speculative thinking, and will not follow suit. Even in the face of his teacher Confucius, he dared to question and was valued by Confucius at that time.
But one day Zaiyu slept late in broad daylight and dozed off in class, which even today's teachers can't tolerate, let alone Confucius. Confucius thought that Zaiyu's words and deeds were inconsistent, and it was also guilty to judge others by his words, so Confucius issued the curse that has been passed down to this day. Don't carve rotten wood, and the wall of dirt can't be polluted? . This sentence was recorded by Confucius' disciples in The Analects of Confucius, which has been passed down to this day and has become the mantra of many teachers facing hopeless students.