The only hereditary family that can compete with the Confucius family has never stopped for more than 2,000 years. Which one is it?

Confucius was a great thinker, educator, politician and founder of Confucianism in ancient China. After the Han Dynasty ousted a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone, the status of Confucianism rose unprecedentedly, and so did the status of Confucius. It can be said that Confucius had a great influence on the formation of our national character. Confucius family, as the great sage in the eyes of later scholars, was respected by emperors of all ages.

I don't know how many dynasties China has changed since the Qin Dynasty in 2000, but almost every dynasty has the reward of Confucius. 10 generation Sun Kong fought side by side with Liu Bang, and made great contributions to Han Xin's defeat of Xiang Yu in the process of flying daggers. Since then, Confucius has become a big family in the Han Dynasty, which has attracted unprecedented attention.

Jin Kongtan, the 26th grandson of Confucius, was once a prince's literature. Later, he was added as a prince, moved to Shang Shulang, served as the prefect of Wu Jun, and later moved to Shangshu. Tang Kong Shurui was the grandson of Confucius for thirty-eight generations and served as the minister of the Ministry of Industry. After the Song Dynasty, Confucius' family was even named the Duke of Feast and later the Great Sage. By this time, the heads of the Confucius family were almost governors, and they were very imposing. The Confucius family continues to this day and is still an influential family.

But as the saying goes, Confucius has a nickname? Kong Laoer? At first, it was not a disrespectful name for Confucius, but a history, because? Lao Tzu is the best in the world? . Confucius himself felt that Laozi was better than himself. He described Lao Tzu as:

Birds, I know they can fly; Beast, I know it can walk; Pedestrians can be useless, swimmers can be nylon, and fliers can be arrows. As for the dragon, I didn't know it took the wind and cloud to heaven. I saw Lao Tzu today, and he is still evil! ?

Although the Kongs are powerful, there is a family that is even stronger than the Kongs. It is a Shi Tian Taoist family founded by the descendants of Sean, one of Laozi's Taoist descendants. ? Tao? It is a general term for various kinds of knowledge in ancient China. The Yellow Emperor once asked Hiro and Zeebe. The reason is that the ancient emperor had one? Shi Tian? Groups, who are often knowledgeable, omniscient and omnipotent, specialize in giving advice to the son of heaven.

The status of Shi Tian was specially established by the ancient emperors and recognized by the state. In the Zhou Dynasty, Shi Tian was passed on to Laozi. But at this time, there was a big problem in the Zhou Dynasty. Wang Zichao, the orthodox prince, was forced to flee to Chu, and Lao Tzu began to resist and refused to cooperate with the Zhou Dynasty. He began to look for folk descendants. Although he didn't find a suitable one, he directly or indirectly chose several descendants and later became an all-powerful figure.

Among them, Confucius is a well-known one. He learned from Laozi many times, and Laozi gave him knowledge related to etiquette. He turned this spirit into Confucian spirit. Guan Yinzi, Wen Zi, Guiguzi and Han Feizi all inherited a part of Laozi's Taoism ideologically, and some of them were passed on to Huang Shigong, who in turn passed on to Sean, thus achieving Sean's status as an imperial teacher (after Qin Shihuang changed to emperor, he was no longer a celestial teacher, but an imperial teacher).

Due to Huang Shigong's instructions? What if we don't pass it on? Therefore, Sean did not directly pass on the core Shi Tiandao to future generations. However, Sean collected a large number of ancient books, and his descendants are still very knowledgeable. Zhang Daoling, a descendant of Sean, founded it with these pedigrees? Justice Road? , later also known as? Tianshidao? His grandson Zhang Lu became the strongman behind the separatist regime.

Unlike children of Confucianism, children of Taoism in Shi Tian learn very complicated things. They are proficient in Chinese medicine, divination, arithmetic, and even machine, physics and military strategy? That's what Sean did. At the same time, they all dabbled in the knowledge of Laozi, Zhuangzi and other factions. Compared with pure Confucian scholars, the descendants of Taoism in Shi Tian have stronger survival ability, especially in troubled times, they often become the leaders of the times.

Let's cite a few famous figures in Taoism, Hua Tuo. Yes, he is a Taoist. Although he is an imperial doctor, medical skill is only one aspect of Taoist knowledge. Tao Hongjing, known as the Prime Minister in the Mountain in history, was not an official, but the emperor often came to him to study medicine, chemistry, smelting, literature, military affairs and fortune telling. Wei Zhi, a Taoist, specializes in saving the world and defending Emperor Taizong. Zu Chongzhi, who calculates pi, is also a Taoist. Liu Bowen? Three points of the world, Zhuge Liang, unified Jiangshan Liu Bowen? He is also a Taoist.

It can be seen that Tianshidao had a great influence on China, and his followers almost dominated the history of China, so Tianshidao family was respected by later generations. Although Cao Cao defeated Zhang Lu, he still gave him the rank. He didn't know whether there were any followers of Taoism in Shi Tian among his advisers or cronies, which really worried Zhang Lu. Maybe he will end up like Sun Ce.

The Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty were another unification of China after the Eastern Han Dynasty. The royal families of the two dynasties greatly respected the Taoist family in Shi Tian, on the one hand, because of their powerful influence, and on the other hand, because the descendants of Taoism in Shi Tian often? Versatile? , cure divination, omnipotent. Zhang Zhengsui, the 24th generation Shi Tian, was summoned by the emperor in Song Zhenzong and was given the title of the country? Sir? From then until the 35th generation of Shi Tian, the Song Dynasty gave it a very formal recognition and title.

The Yuan Dynasty wiped out the Song Dynasty in the Central Plains. On the one hand, it strongly supported Buddhism and suppressed Taoism, and even the Taoist classics and the China cultural encyclopedia "The Collection of Orthodox Taoism" were burned, but on the other hand, it had to win over Taoism in Shi Tian. Kublai Khan named the 39th Shi Tian on 1325? One Yuan Chongde Zhengyi is the leader? , in charge of national Taoist affairs. The emperors of the Ming Dynasty were very close to Taoism. Emperor Jiajing and other emperors personally studied Taoism and learned tactics from it in order to live forever.

Today, Zhang Jintao, the 65th Shi Tian, is still conveying the theory of "learning from heaven" and "saving the world and saving the people". There are also many Taoist Chinese medicine practitioners who help China people solve problems. Because of Taoism in Shi Tian? Shi Tian? Inheriting strict bloodline and pledge to prove this, so until now, Shi Tian is still a descendant of Zhang Daoling, from which we can know the great power of Shi Tian family.

In contrast, the Kong family, which can only read and write articles, may be slightly inferior to the Shi Tian family, which has everything in reading, writing, divination, medicine and military affairs.