Confucius' words are recorded in The Analects of Confucius: "I am determined to learn from five out of ten." Confucius is eager to learn and good at learning. He has poor family conditions and no good educational environment. But Confucius was really smart. He uses all the conditions to learn and apply what he has learned.
When Confucius was in Qi State, he had the opportunity to enjoy the most beautiful music he thought [[Shao]]. Call it "all good, all beautiful!" Then I was greatly moved and thought about it for many days, and eating meat was tasteless. I don't know the taste of meat in March, which was originally used to describe Confucius' fascination with music. It is really strange that later generations use it to describe poverty.
In the hierarchy of the Zhou Dynasty, Confucius' position was equivalent to that of a doctor. Confucius is a man who tries to conform to the rites of Zhou at every step. He talks nonsense when he meets people.
In his hometown, he seems gentle and obedient, as if he can't speak; In court, I am good at talking, but a little cautious; In the imperial court, when the monarch was away, Kan Kan talked with officials at the same level with confidence; Speak kindly to your superiors; The monarch came, respectful and uneasy, and cautious. ?
A man fell into the water, and one of Confucius' students jumped into the water to save him. His family thanked him and gave him a cow, which he accepted. Others argue: Do you need money to go into the water to save people? Confucius knew this and praised the student, saying that the student did the right thing and would save more people from drowning. Because people can accept money after saving people, if someone falls into the water again, someone will be willing to save them. So it depends on the objective effect.
Confucius really wants to do bigger things and realize his political ideas, so he is actually willing to be an official. Confucius used to be a great official in the state of Lu, ruling the place so that no one broke the law, and also solved the diplomatic problems between Qi and Lu well, showing his outstanding political talent. But later, the monarch of Lu disagreed with his idea of governing the country. He was also very disappointed with the monarch and resigned and left.
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Confucius constructed a complete ideological system of "virtue and virtue": he advocated the virtue and virtue of "benevolence and courtesy" at the individual level. The ideological system of virtue and Taoism is based on the theory of goodness of human nature ("one yin and one yang refers to the Tao, and those who follow it are also good, and those who succeed are also people"), aiming at establishing the human pole ("three-pole Tao"), and connecting with human nature, heaven and tunnel, and the golden mean will become a complete methodological ideological system in due course.
Confucius' theory of benevolence embodies the spirit of human nature, while Confucius' theory of propriety embodies the spirit of etiquette, that is, order and system in the modern sense. Humanism is the eternal theme of mankind, which is applicable to any society, any era and any government, and order and institutional society are the basic requirements for establishing a civilized human society. This humanitarianism and order spirit of Confucius is the essence of China's ancient social and political thought.
The highest ideal of Confucius in his later years is called "Great Harmony". In the world of great harmony, people in the world love each other and all the people in the world, not only their families, but also their parents and children.
Children can get warmth and care, lonely people and disabled people can rely on them, men have their own things, and women have a satisfactory home. There is no fraud, no thief, no road to pick up, no door to close at night, everyone is honest with each other, talent selection, and the trip to the avenue is also a public service.
The core content of Confucius' political thought is "courtesy" and "benevolence". In the general plan of governing the country, he advocated "governing the country by virtue", which is the noblest way to govern the country. This strategy of governing the country is also called "rule by virtue" or "rule by courtesy". This strategy applies morality and politeness to the people, tightens the hierarchy, and completely divides nobles and civilians into ruled and ruled. Broke the original important boundary between nobles and civilians.
Confucius lived in Lu, which had a deep tradition of patriarchal clan system in the Western Zhou Dynasty. At this time, the ruling power of the Zhou Dynasty had existed in name only, and there were constant struggles among governors, resulting in the social reality of "losing the king, abolishing etiquette and righteousness, losing political power, and being at home in the world". "No monarch, no minister, no father and no son" became the characteristic of that era.
The intensification of social contradictions has hindered the development of productive forces, and people's spirit and beliefs have also been destroyed as never before. These isomorphisms have become the historical origin and social conditions of Confucius' political thought, and "benevolence" and "courtesy" are the basic spirits of his political thought.
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Baidu encyclopedia-Confucius