Confucius' famous sayings and short stories

-The story is based on a biography of Korean poetry.

One day, Confucius idled around and amused himself by playing the piano indoors. Disciples Zeng Shen and Zi Gong sat in the outer hall, listening attentively.

At the end of the song, Zeng Shen muttered to himself, "Hey! How is that possible? How can the teacher's piano sound reveal a greedy, vicious and evil mood? How can it be so serious in the sound of the piano? "

For what Zeng Shen said, Zi Gong was in his heart and agreed. However, he did not answer Zeng Shen's words, but stood up and walked to and from the room.

When Confucius saw Zi Gong coming in, he looked puzzled and persuaded him, so he put down his piano and waited for him to speak. Zi Gong told the truth that Zeng Shen said just now.

Confucius was surprised by Zeng Shen when he heard Zi Gong's words. He said: "Zeng Shen is really the greatest saint in the world! He is already familiar with the mystery of melody. "

Then, Confucius went on to explain the whole story to Zi Gong. He said, "Just now, I was playing the piano and played several boxes. A mouse was swimming indoors and was found by a cat. The cat followed the beam and crept up on the mouse. Then, choose the right position, squint, bend over, wait for the opportunity to save the mouse. Later, the cat's wishful thinking failed. Because the cat's mentality at that time was reflected in my heart, I naturally expressed it through the piano. Therefore, it is appropriate for Zeng Shen to say that there is a greedy and evil mood in my piano. "

The Confucian classic "Book of Rites and Music" said: "Happiness comes from people's hearts. People's emotions are indifferent, and their voices are reflected outside. The change of sound is artistic, and it becomes music. Therefore, during the reign of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, pop music was usually full of comfort and joy. It also reflects the national politics at this time and is in a clear and peaceful state. In turbulent times, pop music is often full of resentment and anger. It also reflects the national politics at this time, which is in a situation of poor government orders and deviation from top to bottom. And a world close to national subjugation, its pop music, will be full of sadness and anxiety. It shows that people at this time have been in trouble and can only comfort themselves by recalling the past. Therefore, the way of speaking and the way of politics are interlinked.

The famous story of Confucius II. Know the degree of good

-The story is based on Huai Nan Zi and Shuo Yuan.

At one time, the law of Lu stipulated that if someone redeemed a woman who was a slave in other vassal countries from Lu, that person could go to the government to receive remuneration.

On one occasion, Zigong redeemed a Lu native in a vassal state, but politely declined the reward from the imperial court. When Confucius heard this, he said to Zi Gong:

"Zi Gong! What you did was wrong. Saints can change customs, make people follow suit and influence future generations, not just for their own interests. At present, there are few rich people in Shandong and many poor people. If the redeemer goes back to collect the bounty, it is considered dishonest. Without the incentive of the bounty, fewer people will be willing to redeem. Therefore, your behavior of only considering your own moral cultivation will cause Lu people to be unwilling to go to other vassal countries to redeem people in the future. "

After listening to the teachings of Confucius, Lutz was deeply inspired. Later, when he saved a drowning man, others wanted to send him a cow to thank him, and Luz respectfully accepted it. After Confucius knew it, he said happily, "In the future, many Lu people will be willing to save people from danger."

Soon, Lutz was appointed Governor of Pucheng. In order to prevent floods, the government mobilized migrant workers to build ditches everywhere in spring. Lutz saw that everyone worked hard but didn't bring enough food, so he used part of his salary to help everyone, a meal and a bowl of soup. When Confucius heard about this, he quickly sent Zigong to carry grain and destroy cookers. Lutz was very angry when he found out. He ran to Confucius angrily and shouted:

"The teacher will be jealous of my righteousness? What Lutz learned from the teacher was only benevolence and righteousness. Righteousness, and this world * * * takes up all, * * * takes advantage of all. Now, Lutz is doing a righteous thing and sharing his leftover food with everyone. Why did the teacher forbid it? I can't figure it out! "

After hearing the story of Lutz, Confucius shook his head and said, "Lutz! You are still so rude and simple. If you think that migrant workers don't have enough to eat, why don't you tell Lu Jun? Let Lu Jun open the granary to help them? You use your private salary to do justice. This kind of behavior is obstructing lujun's kindness and showing your own morality. It may not be too late to stop now, otherwise, the day of punishing you will come soon. " Lutz was speechless when he heard this. Sure enough, the prime minister sent someone to find Confucius and said, "Mr. Wang sent his disciples to help migrant workers. Is it necessary to compete with Lu Jun for the people?"

Seeing this situation, Confucius knew that it was useless to explain. So he left Lu with his disciples.

A collection of famous sayings and short stories by Confucius. Very easy to fail.

-The story is based on Shuo Yuan.

In the state of Lu, there was a gentleman named Qi Diao Sagittarius. He has served three generations of Lu doctors: Zang Wenzhong, Wuzhong and Ru.

Once, Confucius asked Ma, "Your husband works in Zang's house, and three of them are doctors. Can you tell me which is wiser? "

The centaur replied, "Zang's family has a very valuable turtle shell named Cai. If there is any big event that can't be decided, use Cai to predict doubts. During the period of Master Wen Zhong, Cai was used for divination once every three years. When Wu Zhong was in power, he used "talent" for divination twice in three years. Master Ru Zirong used "talent" for divination three times in three years. I saw what i saw. As for the three doctors who are the cleverest, I don't know Centaur. "

Confucius smiled and said, "Mr. Wang is really good at talking!" "

Confucius talked to his disciples about this matter after returning to China and praised: "Mr. Sagittarius is really a gentleman!" " He didn't want to talk about his master's virtue and stupidity in front of others, but he skillfully gave an example to illustrate the truth. What he means is that a person, because of his lack of insight and foresight, has to ask for divination again and again. And the ancients said: those who are good and easy do not anticipate. In other words, a truly knowledgeable and intelligent person can intuitively understand the changing laws of things without divination. "

Confucius' famous sayings and short stories. Beware of ghosts and gods

In the Analects of Confucius, there are two main points about ghosts and gods.

For example, Ode to Leaves: Fan Chi seeks knowledge. Confucius said, "I know the significance of serving the people and staying away from ghosts and gods."

Advanced chapter: Lu Ji asks ghosts and gods. Confucius said, "If you can't serve people, how can you serve ghosts?" "Dare to ask death." Yue: "If you don't know life, how can you know death?"

As can be seen from the above, Confucius believed in ghosts and gods. However, he believes that there are differences and distances between ghosts and gods and human nature. Let's go our separate ways. Don't get mixed up. Especially for politicians, the combination of politics and religion should not fail. Therefore, it is better to stay at a respectful distance from others. For the average person, if you don't even understand humanitarian things and settle them, but want to delve into the deep-seated problems of ghosts and gods, it will only make you more confused and get yourself into trouble.

Similarly, if you don't know the phenomenon of "living" at present, then you can't understand what "death" looks like in the future. If you can't face "life" soberly, calmly and happily, then you can't face "death" soberly, calmly and happily. Only those who can remain sober, calm and happy about life and death can transcend life and death.

In addition, Confucius did not talk about some weird, violent, chaotic and mysterious phenomena in society. Because they can easily confuse the minds of ordinary people. Therefore, in the Analects of Confucius, there is a saying that "children don't talk about strangeness, strength, chaos and divinity". Statement.

Confucius taught people to practice and took a very practical route. That is, pay attention to starting from the present and solving real life problems. He doesn't talk about kung fu with you. He talks about mysterious phenomena. In the words of Buddhism, he taught the mind and took the road of wisdom liberation. If you have a thorough understanding of the phenomenon of life, other things will naturally be clear.

Plain is true, normal mind is Tao, and Tao is in daily life. As long as our mentality can become more and more ordinary and plain, then no matter where we are, we have the opportunity to realize the Tao and gain real wisdom.

Confucius' famous story five, knowing the immortal is not for it.

-The story is based on Liezi: The Yellow Emperor.

On one occasion, Zhao Xiangzi, the monarch of Zhao, led more than 100,000 people to hunt in Zhongshan. Wherever he went, the vegetation trampled and the mountains burned; Fiona Fang is a hundred miles away, full of people and fireworks.

At this moment, I suddenly saw a man coming out of the stone wall and slowly going up and down with fireworks. When they saw it, they all thought they had met a ghost. The fire spread to other places, and he slowly walked out of the fire, and the place he passed seemed to have no obstacle to him.

Zhao Xiangzi was surprised to see him, so he sent someone to invite him to stay for a while. The man came to Xiangzi quietly, like nobody's business. Xiangzi observed him carefully and found that he looked like a man. Breathing sounds like people, too.

So Xiangzi respectfully asked, "Excuse me, sir, what magic did you use to make yourself live in a stone?" What magic did you use to throw yourself into the fire? "

I saw the man looking at the distance and replied indifferently, "What is a stone? What is fire? "

"hey!" Xiangzi was a little surprised. "Just now, the place where you came out was stone, and the place where you went in was fire!" "

Hearing this, the man lowered his head slightly and looked at the bag. Then he looked up and continued to ignore the distance. After a long time, he replied, "I don't know!" " Then, it floated away.

After hearing this, Wei Wenhou asked Xia Zi, a disciple of Confucius, "What kind of person is that?"

In the summer, Hui Wenhou said: "According to what I heard from the teacher and the analysis of teaching, that person is probably a fairy who has integrated mind and matter." Such a person can't hurt foreign objects, swim rocks, dance fire and water, and there is no obstacle. "

"oh! Then why don't you? " Hou Wenxiao asked.

Xia Zi shook his head: "This requires pure desire, and it is only possible to think intelligently. Where can I do that? Just tell the truth. "

"Then your teacher, why not?" Hou Wen then asked curiously.

"Our teacher, he is a person who can do it without doing it." Xia Zi replied happily.

"Why is this?" Hou Wen asked.

Looking at Hou Wen who was a little anxious, Xia Zi smiled and said, "The teacher is prepared for us. Think about it, if the teacher is as ignorant as a fairy, what should we do if we have any problems and dangers? "

Hou Wen heard, Da Yue.

Saints came to this world to help us directly and effectively, at the expense of their own physical pleasures, and to share joys and sorrows with us and go to danger together. Therefore, it is easy to say: the good and bad of saints are shared by the people. Bodhisattva said: Hell is not empty, and I will not become a Buddha.