When Confucius was traveling, he heard someone crying very sadly. Confucius said, "Be quick and quick, there are sages before you." A closer look shows that it is a sorghum fish. Wearing coarse cloth and holding a sickle, crying on the side of the road. Confucius got off the bus and said to gaoyu, "There is no funeral in your family. Why are you crying so sad? "

Gaoyu replied, "I have three shortcomings. When I was young, in order to study and travel around the vassal States, I did not give priority to taking care of my loved ones. " I am ambitious, but I help the luxury king because of my interests; I have a deep friendship with my friend, but I broke up with him because of small things. The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop; Children want to support their loved ones, but their loved ones are gone, which is a time that can never be recovered after passing away; My parents I will never see again after my death. Please let me die. "So he stood still, withered and died.

Confucius said, "Students should take a warning. Having experienced this is enough to let people know what to do. " As a result, thirteen of Confucius' students said goodbye and went home to support their parents.

Original text:

Confucius left, and it was sad to hear crying. Confucius said, "Drive, drive, there are sages before." To, and then the tall fish also, was brown sickle, crying by the roadside. Confucius said, "If you have no mourning, you don't have to cry."

Gaoyu said, "I lost three things, but I learned little, and I will be close to the princes in the future;" Noble my ambition and idle my affairs; Be generous to your friends, but never be stingy. The tree wants to remain quiet, but the wind won't stop; the son wants to serve his parents in their old age, but they are no more. Those who can't chase, the year is also; Those who go and don't see it are near. Please resign from now on. " Die immediately.

Confucius said, "Disciples know enough." So the master resigned and three out of ten people adopted relatives.

This article comes from Confucius' Family Words written by Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Confucius' personality background

Confucius, surnamed Kong, was born in Lu (now Qufu, Shandong) in the Spring and Autumn Period, and his ancestral home was Yi Li in Song (now Xiayi County, Henan). He was a great thinker, educator and founder of Confucianism in ancient China, and he was also a "Great Sage". Later rulers honored Confucius as a saint, the most holy teacher, and Wang chose the most holy teacher as a teacher from generation to generation. His thoughts have a far-reaching influence on China and the world, and he is listed as the first of the "Top Ten Cultural Celebrities in the World".

Confucius initiated private lectures and advocated benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith. There are 3,000 disciples, including 72 sages. He led some disciples around the world for fourteen years and revised the Six Classics in his later years. After his death, his disciples and re-disciples recorded the words, deeds and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples and compiled The Analects. This book is regarded as a Confucian classic.

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