The era in which Confucius lived was different from the later ones.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the environment of that era was very relaxed.
?For example, the king wants his ministers to die, but his ministers will not die. There is no such thing as the situation that if you lose a battle, you have to go to a military court and so on.
In the Spring and Autumn Period when Confucius lived, there were only two mortal enemies at that time, one was the Taoist struggle, and the other was the internal and external war.
In the eyes of people in the Spring and Autumn Period, the relationship between countries like Lu and Qi is more like a fight between brothers, not life and death.
It didn't rise to that level in the beginning.
? Goujian, the king of Yue, was able to taste his courage, and three thousand Yuejia could swallow Wu, provided that the king of Wu did not kill him.
You change to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, Li Shimin and Wang Shichong, Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang.
See how they treat their opponents.
That is not life and death.
Confucius was unable to be an official in the state of Lu, so he took his disciples to other countries to become officials. This was very common in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Everyone is still employed.
The boss with the seal of the six countries is either in this situation, or a super wage earner in ancient times. Today he works in this country, and tomorrow he is bored and he is in another country.
Received courtesy in any country.
At the time, it was quite a relaxed environment.
If you change to the Three Kingdoms era, you see that Zhuge Liang dared to tell Liu Bei, I am tired from work today, and you are not treating me well. I want to go to Wei to be the prime minister.
Will Wei Guo tell us, do you think Liu Bei will release him?
Some would say that environment is a sign of infidelity.
However, if it can appear frequently, it can be replaced by another understanding, that is, in everyone's opinion, all countries in the Spring and Autumn Period are brothers fighting for hegemony, and brothers fighting for hegemony, there are many things that can be tolerated.
Anyway, we are all Chinese. Changing a country is like changing a company. It¡¯s nothing. As long as you don¡¯t take refuge in a foreign race, then everything is not a betrayal.
Naturally, in this environment, everyone resists the use of crazy skills. In everyone's eyes, isn't it good to live under the rules?
? To put it another way, the environment of scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty is a bit like the ideological environment of the Spring and Autumn Period, but the people of the Spring and Autumn Period came out of the wilderness and were very capable of fighting. .
Unlike the Song Dynasty, they did not experience the kind of travel that might meet tigers and bears, discuss theories and be violently killed by the other party, and then take observing the life of grassland people as a research topic.
The above three situations, combined together, have made Chunqiu people capable of playing.
In the eyes of Chunqiu people, when I travel, I may meet tigers, leopards and bears, and I may get beaten when discussing knowledge points. In order to study the changes and differences in people's thinking, I have to observe the habits of grassland people.
Yes, don't think it's impossible, it's all possible.
The story of Confucius and Zhongzi is a naked reality.
When Confucius was giving a lecture, he met Zilu (Zhongzi), who was still a knight-errant. When Zilu heard Confucius, he disdainfully said that he would beat him up when he met this old liar.
Then Confucius went to the local area to give lectures, Zilu blocked the way to question, the two argued, Zilu wanted to start, and then he was thrown over the shoulder by Confucius and beaten with old punches, and then Confucius had the most loyal disciple.
It's okay to beat me up if I have something to do.
In the Analects of Confucius, Zhongzi is the one whom Confucius taught the most, and the definition of Zhongzi is also stubborn.
Another meaning of being naughty is being naughty and disobedient. This kind of child will be taught a lesson if he has nothing to do, and he will be with him during the rebellious period, and he will be beaten if he has nothing to do.
When you are better at speaking and typing than him, he will be obedient.
This is the environment of the Spring and Autumn debate
People in the Spring and Autumn Period can fight, and what they love more is the entire Chinese nation. Their view of the country is more like the relationship between migrant workers and enterprises.
In their eyes, being an official is very simple. If you have enough background, show your ability, and if the country's leaders like it, you will naturally have a good position.
Being an official is just a way to realize one's own ideological ambitions.
Confucius traveled around the world for thirteen years. During these thirteen years, he traveled all over the country in the Spring and Autumn Period. Although he did not become an official a few times, he also achieved the achievement of traveling thousands of miles after reading thousands of books.
In this case, his definition of country and nation is clearer.
He began to concentrate on teaching, disseminating knowledge, and truly embarked on the path of sages.
In the eyes of Confucius, the struggle for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period, the chaotic wars of the Warring States Period, and the future generations.The struggle for hegemony in the last dynasty of the dynasty can be called the struggle for hegemony among the Xias, that is, the struggle for hegemony between brothers.
Of course, this is also the thinking of most of the various scholars after traveling all over the world in the Spring and Autumn Period.
In everyone's eyes, the country at that time could not represent the nation, but the nation could contain the country.
This is scary.
In their eyes, Qin people, Zhao people, Qi people, etc. are all Chinese.
The state of Qin belonged to the people of Qin, the state of Zhao belonged to the people of Zhao, and the state of Qi belonged to the people of Qi.
Although they are all very strong, even though they are very powerful, when they cannot represent the Chinese nation, they can only be said to be part of the Chinese nation.
Just like there are many branches under a head office, although the internal competition is inseparable, it is not time to use indiscriminate means.
The ideological realm has reached a certain level.
Therefore, Confucius is quite dissatisfied with many phenomena in later generations, and he is even more dissatisfied with the things that some people blamed on him. You have done things that Laozi Chunqiu did not do.
You guys still have the nerve to throw the blame on me
All the people in the group combined the words of Confucius, carefully counted the environment of the Spring and Autumn Period, and then thought about the environment of later generations, and finally understood the reason for Confucius's words.
People who say that people in the Spring and Autumn Period are a complete gentleman do not believe it themselves. They just say that they have changed themselves to be more in line with the image of a gentleman due to various circumstances and reasons.
Scholars in the Spring and Autumn Period generally represent nobles. As long as you can read and read and reach the image of a scholar generally recognized by everyone, then you are a noble, wherever you go.
These scholars have no respect wherever they go.
And one of the common characteristics of people is that when they are respected and things are rare, they will take the initiative to take responsibility.
?For example, some scholars will squat between the fields to help the common people study farming, the earliest research on water conservancy and other facilities, the suffering of the common people to redress the grievances of the common people, and so on.
In their view, if they are respected, it is equivalent to receiving money from the people and the rights in the hands of the people, and they have to pay back.
The planting of farmhouses, the Mohism's transformation of organ techniques, the teaching of Confucianism, and so on.
These are examples, stark examples.
One of the meanings of plucking a hair to benefit the world is that it must be plucked when it is time to pluck it.
The root of governance by doing nothing is to give the bottom layer enough room to play if the morality is sufficient.