Confucius’ famous saying about taking advantage of others and making up for one’s own shortcomings is: among the three of us, we must have a teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones.
Source: "The Analects of Confucius·Shu Er" by Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period Confucius said: "I am not born to know. I am fond of the past and am keen to pursue it." Confucius said: "When three people are walking together, there must be me. Master Yan. Choose those who are good and follow them, and change those who are not." Vernacular interpretation: Confucius said: "I am not a person born with knowledge, but I love ancient things and work hard. People who seek knowledge quickly. "Confucius said: "If there are three people walking together, there must be someone who can be my teacher. I will choose his good character to learn from him, and I will use it as a reference for his bad qualities. My own shortcomings. "Extended information
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Confucius created the culture of private lectures and advocated benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust. He once led some of his disciples to travel around the country for thirteen years. In his later years, he revised the Six Classics of Poems, Book, Rites, Music, Yi, and Spring and Autumn.
According to legend, Confucius once asked Laozi for advice and had three thousand disciples, including seventy-two sages. After Confucius's death, his disciples and his subsequent disciples recorded the words, deeds, quotes and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples, and compiled them into the Confucian classic "The Analects of Confucius".
Confucius was revered as the "Sage of Heaven" and "The Wooden Duo of Heaven" in ancient times. He was one of the most erudite scholars in the society at that time. The most holy teacher, the most holy teacher of Dacheng Wenxuan Wang, the teacher for all generations.
His thoughts have a profound impact on China and the world, and he is listed as the first among the "Top Ten Cultural Celebrities in the World". As the influence of Confucius expanded, the "Confucius Ceremony" to worship Confucius once became a "big sacrifice" on the same level as the Chinese ancestor gods.
Confucius’s ancestor was a nobleman from Liyi (now Xiayi, Henan) in the Song Dynasty, and his ancestor was Shangtang, the founding monarch of the Shang Dynasty. After the rebellion of the Three Supervisors in the early Zhou Dynasty, in order to appease the nobles and descendants of the Shang Dynasty, Duke Zhou used the order of King Zhou Cheng to grant Wei Ziqi, the brother of King Zhou of Shang, to establish the Song Kingdom in Shangqiu and worship the Shang Dynasty. After the death of Wei Ziqi, his younger brother Wei Zhong came to the throne. Wei Zhong was the fifteenth generation ancestor of Confucius.
The sixth generation ancestor got the Kong family, and it was Kong Fujia. Kong Fujia was a senior official of the Song Dynasty and was once the Grand Sima. His fiefdom was located in Liyi of the Song Dynasty. He was later killed by Dazai Huadu during the civil strife in the palace.
Confucius’ father and his son Mu Jinfu, Mu Jin’s father and son Kong Fang Shu, Kong Fang Shu’s grandson Shu Liang He was Confucius’s father. Uncle Liang He fled to Zou Yi (Zou Yi) of Lu State to avoid the war in the Song Dynasty. He settled in Qufu, Shandong Province today, and his official position was Zouyi doctor.
Uncle Liang He’s first wife, Shi, gave birth to nine daughters but no sons. His concubine gave birth to his eldest son Meng Pi. Meng Pi had a foot disease, and his uncle Liang He was very dissatisfied, so he asked to take Yan's daughter as his concubine. The Yan family has three daughters, and only the youngest, Yan Zhengzai, is willing to marry her uncle Liang He.
Yan Zheng was less than twenty years old at that time, while Shu Lianghe was already sixty-six years old. There was a huge age difference between them. The two were not in harmony with the etiquette of their marriage. The couple lived in Nishan and were pregnant, so they were called " Yehe".
According to "Historical Records: The Confucius Family", Confucius was born in Changping Township, Zouyi, in Shenshi, October 22, the 22nd year of Lu Xianggong (September 28, 551 BC).
Confucius constructed a complete ideological system of "morality": advocating the virtues and virtues of "benevolence and propriety" at the individual level. The moral and moral ideological system is based on the theory of human nature and goodness ("one yin and one yang are called Tao, followed by goodness, and completed by nature"), with the purpose of establishing human poles ("the way of three poles"), and based on The way of humanity intersects with the way of heaven and earth, and the moderation of humanity turns into a complete ideological system of methodology in due course.
Confucius’ theory of benevolence embodies the spirit of humanity, while Confucius’ theory of etiquette embodies the spirit of etiquette, that is, order and system in the modern sense. Humanism is an eternal theme of mankind and is applicable to any society, any era, and any government. An orderly and institutional society is the basic requirement for the establishment of a human civilized society. Confucius's spirit of humanism and order is the essence of ancient Chinese social and political thought.
The core content of Confucius' political thought is "propriety" and "benevolence". In terms of the strategy of governing the country, he advocated "governing with virtue" and governing the country with morality and etiquette is the most noble way of governing the country. road.
This kind of governance strategy is also called "Government by virtue" or "Government by etiquette". This strategy applied virtues and etiquette to the people, tightened the hierarchy, and clearly divided the nobility and the common people into the rulers and the ruled. It broke an important original boundary between nobles and common people.