When Confucius was a child, his father had passed away and his mother left his original hometown in order for him to study better and go to school. Their family was not particularly wealthy to begin with, but at least they could afford food, clothing, and plenty of food and drink. However, it was very difficult for them to live after they left. They came to Qufu.
However, Confucius was also relatively lucky, because he was born in the State of Lu when he was a child. Although the State of Lu was not a big country, its cultural heritage was unmatched by other big countries. The cultural heritage here is very rich. And there is a foreshadowing here. In the future, Confucius will pay great attention to understanding why. In fact, he has already been exposed to these things when he was young. Because he was still young, he did not understand it very well, but he always I will put out my own things and learn how to offer sacrifices by myself, and learn the etiquette that adults do. It is precisely because he was interested in these things when he was young that when he grew up, he was able to carry forward these things.
When Confucius was still underage, that is, in his youth, he always went out with a few of his friends. When others held weddings and funerals, they only had to play drums and become drummers. You can earn some dried meat to eat. So Confucius often went out with them to hang out. But Confucius's mother didn't want to let Confucius do this, so she found a teacher for Confucius in Qufu. Confucius always learned quickly and could quickly remember the knowledge learned by the teacher.
Soon, his teacher could no longer teach Confucius, so Confucius went to find a famous teacher in the country to learn from him. He was very motivated in his studies, but when he was 17, his mother died. He received a blow. Later, the noble family of Lu State invited scholars to attend a banquet. Confucius considered himself a scholar because he was Shu Lianghe, the son of Shu Lianghe, who was also a scholar, so he said that he should be a scholar as well. , but he didn't expect that when he got to the door, the prosecutor at the door kept refusing to let him in, and even mocked him.
After receiving this blow again, Confucius became even more energetic. After three or four years of this incident, Confucius' moral cultivation and various talents had improved a lot. progress and has become famous in the country. It is precisely because of his determination that he learned a lot of knowledge and etiquette.
When he was about 30 years old, he was already very famous in the country, and his morals and knowledge were very high, so he started running a school. He recruited many disciples from the city of Lu. As a result, one time there was a disabled man from the countryside. Because he was tortured and pushed to the point of inconvenience, Confucius did not accept him as a disciple because he was a commoner in the countryside. , so it was not collected.
On another day when he took his disciples to the wild to shoot arrows, a man named Zhong You brought the man with the broken leg to the place where Confucius was shooting arrows to find Confucius. When it comes to Confucius' theory, why can't the untouchables in the countryside come to learn it? The man named Zilu and the lame man both admired Confucius, so they came to learn from Confucius. After Confucius also experienced this incident, he also understood his mistake. First of all, rural people can also have the right to learn. Secondly, if rural people do not know knowledge, when they come here, they have etiquette and knowledge. , the country can also have more talents. So Confucius changed the mechanism of his school and accepted everyone, but not women.
Confucius thus began his educational career.