This passage is taken from Chapter 26 of Advanced Analects of Confucius. Zeng, Ming Dian, Zi Zi, father of Zeng Shen, Confucius student. The article records a passage between Confucius and Zeng, Gong Xihua. It vividly reproduces the scene of Confucius and his students talking about their ideals together. Our impatience and impatience, our modesty, Gong Xihua's euphemistic singing, and Zeng's elegance and tranquility left a deep impression on people. This is a very readable article.
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, Zeng, and Gong Xihua sat down.
Confucius said, "If one day I grow up, I won't. Zhu Ze said,' I don't know!' If you know me, why bother? "
Lutz led the way and said to him: "A thousand times the country is taken from among the great powers, and it is hungry with the help of teachers;" I have done it. Compared with three years, I can be brave and know one side. "
Master yi.
"ah! What about you? "
He said: "You are sixty or seventy, you are fifty or sixty, and you ask for more happiness. Compared with three years, you can satisfy the people. If it is a ritual, it is a gentleman. "
"Hong, what about you?"
Yes, I said, "I'm willing to learn if I can't." If the ancestral temple is agreed, it will be a trivial matter. "
"Point, what about you?"
Drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums, drums.
Confucius said, "Why not? They also say what they think. "
He said: "Mo Chun, who has taken the spring clothes, has five or six champions and six or seven boys, bathed in deduction, dancing in the wind and singing back."
The master sighed: "I brought some!" " "
The third son came out and Zeng Xi was the queen. Zeng said, "What about the words of one husband and three sons?"
Confucius said, "It's already what people want."
He said, "What's the reason, Master?"
He said, "It is a truth to serve the country with courtesy and not keep your word."
"Just seek merit, not for state affairs."
"Ann Square 60 or 70, such as 50 or 60, instead of the country?"
"Only red is not a state?"
"Ancestral temple in conjunction with the governors, isn't it? The red one is small, how can it be big? "
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, Zeng, Gong Xihua sat with Confucius.
Confucius said, "I am older than you. Don't be afraid to say it just because I am old. You always say,' Nobody knows me! What would you do if someone knew you? "
Lutz quickly replied: "A country with 1000 personnel carriers is sandwiched between big countries and is often invaded by other countries. Besides, there is a famine at home. Let me manage it. As long as it takes three years, people will be brave and good at fighting, and they will know manners. "
Confucius laughed it off.
Confucius asked again, "Ran Qiu, what about you?"
Ran Qiu replied: Let me manage a land 60-70 miles or 50-60 miles square. After three years, the people can get full warmth. As for the education of rites and music in this country, it is necessary to wait for the gentleman to implement it. "
Confucius asked again, "Gongxichi, how are you?"
Gong Xichi replied: "I dare not say that I can do it, but I am willing to learn. I am willing to wear a dress and a hat to make a small tribute in the activities of the ancestral temple sacrifice, or in the alliance meeting with other countries. "
Confucius asked again, "Zeng Xi, what about you?"
At this time, Zeng's voice gradually slowed down. Then, with a clang, he stood up and replied, "What I thought was different from what the three of them said."
Confucius said, "What does that matter? That is, everyone talks about their ambitions. "
He once said, "In March of the second spring, I had put on my spring clothes. I went to the Yihe River to take a bath with five or six adults and six or seven teenagers, blew a breeze on the stage and walked back singing all the way. "
Confucius sighed and said, "I agree with Zeng Xi's idea."
You Ran and Gong Xihua all went out, but only once stayed. He asked Confucius, "What did the three of them say?"
Confucius said, "That is, only talk about one's own ambition."
Zeng Xi said, "Why did Master laugh at Zhong You?"
Confucius said: "to govern a country, you should be polite, but he is not humble at all, so I laugh at him."
He once asked: "So Ran Qiu is not talking about governing the country?"
Confucius said, "Isn't a place of sixty or seventy square miles or fifty or sixty square miles a country?"
He once asked: "Isn't Gong Xichi talking about governing the country?"
Confucius said, "Sacrifice in the ancestral temple is a vassal alliance, not a vassal affair. What is this? If people like Chi can only take small pictures, who can take big pictures? "
Extended data:
The Analects of Confucius Advanced Chapter has 26 chapters, among which the famous sentence is: "If you can't convince people, how can you convince ghosts?" "unknown life, how to know death"; "Too much is too late" and so on. This paper includes Confucius' evaluation of disciples, and takes this as an example to illustrate the golden mean thought of "going too far is not as good as going too far"; The relationship between learning all kinds of knowledge and becoming an official in the future; Confucius' attitude towards god and life and death.
Chapter 26 describes the aspirations of Confucius and his students, and reflects the political and ideological tendencies of Confucius.
Confucius believes that the law of governing the country by the first three people is not fundamental. He only appreciated Ceng Dian's thought because Ceng Dian described the scene under the rule of rites and music in an image way, which embodied the principles of "benevolence" and "propriety" in governing the country, which was the most fundamental.
Luz: Ambitious, frank, reckless and rash.
Ceng Yong: Zhili Philharmonic, free and easy, stands out from the crowd.
You Ran: Modest and prudent, and very measured in speaking.
Gong Xihua: Humble, euphemistic and skillful in rhetoric.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Zeng, Zeng, Gong Xihua, Baidu Encyclopedia-Advanced Analects of Confucius.