1. The story of Confucius

1. Confucius let children be their own teachers.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius often took several of his most respected disciples to travel to other countries to spread his thoughts and political ideas. One day, Confucius and his disciples were planning to go to the Kingdom of Jin. While walking on the road, they encountered a child playing with gravel on the road, blocking the way of the group of people.

Confucius said: "Child, you should not play with stones in the middle of the road. This will block the way of the car." The child pointed to his pile of stones and said to Confucius: "Old sir, you see What did I build?" Confucius turned around and saw that the child had built a castle.

The child then said: "Now that you see what I am building, should the car give way to the city, or should the city give way to the car?" Confucius was asked and he didn't know how to answer. , he found that during this exchange, the child had always maintained polite questions and answers, so he asked the child's name, and the child told Confucius truthfully.

During the exchange, Confucius learned that the child was only seven years old. Confucius turned around and said to his disciple: "This child can understand etiquette at such a young age, and he is also someone who can be my teacher."< /p>

2. Objectively promote the development of good things.

A long time ago, Confucius passed by a place, and there happened to be a river in front of him. Unexpectedly, before they walked across, someone fell into the river. Confucius's disciple knew how to drink water, so he went down and rescued the person, and this incident caused a sensation in the whole village.

After hearing the news, the family members of the man who fell into the water rushed over. In order to express their gratitude for the life-saving grace, they gave one of their own cows to Confucius’ apprentice. Later, the village began to spread the words of Confucius who taught Wu Fang, saying: Save someone's life and still receive their money. I don't know how this matter got back to Confucius's ears.

Seeing that his disciple was still a little sad, Confucius told him that what he did was right, because doing so would not only make the rescued feel better, but also encourage more people to be willing to save. Man, that's a good thing. It didn't take long for these remarks to spread back to the village. Those who had criticized the matter stopped talking about it. In this way, Confucius used objective methods to promote good things.

3. Confucius answered Zilu’s question.

Zilu once asked Confucius a question: "Should we implement an excellent idea directly?" Confucius replied: "Sometimes what you think is excellent is just what you think. There are many more than you. People who are older than you have extraordinary insights. You can decide after discussing it together. It is best not to implement it immediately."

Ran also asked Confucius the same question. The answer was this: "It can be implemented directly." The whole process of this matter was seen by Gong Xihua. Gong Xihua was very confused and asked Confucius why. Confucius said: "This is me teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. Ran is timid and not decisive in doing things. If my words can make him brave, why not do it? Zilu's character is still relatively hasty. He needs to Only with the in-depth guidance of others can we complete the task better."

4. Confucius studied piano

Confucius was very open-minded and very hard-working. One time, Confucius studied drums and qin with Shi Xiangzi. The title of the piece was "Wen Wang Cao". Confucius practiced hard for many days. Shi Xiangzi said, "That's it." Confucius said, "I have mastered the playing method of this piece. But he didn't get the number." After practicing for many days, Shi Xiangzi said again: "Okay, you have achieved the number." But Confucius still said: "No, you haven't achieved the goal."

< p>After a considerable period of time, Shi Xiangzi thought that this time it was really good, but Confucius still thought that he did not play the music well. So Confucius studied repeatedly and understood the connotation of the music. He didn't stop until he saw the image of King Wen reflected in the music.

5. Two children arguing about the sun

In ancient times, two children relied on their own intuition. One believed that the sun was closer to people in the morning, and the other believed that the sun was closer to people at noon. For this reason, everyone held their own sides and argued so hard that even a learned man like Confucius could not make a judgment. This story illustrates that in order to understand nature and explore objective truth, one must dare to think independently and question boldly; it also illustrates that the universe is infinite and knowledge is infinite, and even the most knowledgeable people will not know something, and learning is endless.

2. Confucius’ famous sayings

1. The Analects of Confucius by Confucius during the Warring States Period

The Confucian gentleman has three precepts: when he is young, his blood and energy are not stable, and the precepts lie in his appearance; When one is strong, one's blood and vitality are strong, and one must fight. When one is old, one's blood and vitality are weak, and one must be careful, one must gain.

There are three things that a gentleman should be careful about in his life: when you are young and your blood is not yet mature, you should be wary of coveting beauty; when you are in your prime of life and your blood is strong, you should be wary of fighting and winning; when you are old, you should be wary of fighting. , blood energy has declined, beware of greed.

2. The Analects of Confucius by Confucius during the Warring States Period

A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always concerned.

A gentleman's heart is open and broad, but a villain is always narrow-minded and full of worries.

3. The Analects of Confucius by Confucius during the Warring States Period

How far is benevolence? I desire benevolence, and this is the utmost benevolence.

Is benevolence far away from us? As long as you are willing to practice benevolence, benevolence can be achieved.

4. The Analects of Confucius by Confucius during the Warring States Period

Repay evil with directness and repay kindness with kindness.

Repay resentment with integrity and kindness with kindness.

5. The Warring States Period, Confucius' "The Analects"

A gentleman is always in competition with others, but a villain is not always in competition with others.

People with high moral character make friends with each other in the right way but do not collude with each other; people with low moral character collude with each other but do not care about morality.