The story of Wei Zijian of Confucius

The second series of Confucius stories

A gentleman defends himself with a sword.

Original text:

Lu Zirong's uniform can be found in Confucius, who said, "Did the ancient gentleman defend himself with his sword?" Confucius said, "The ancient gentleman was loyal to quality, and was kind to keeping it. He never left the room and knew thousands of miles away. Bad is loyalty, and violence is benevolence. Why are you holding a sword? Lutz said, "Since you have heard this, please film it for teaching. 」

-"Confucius Family Language, Good Life, Tenth"

This vernacular is easy to understand:

One day, Luz went to visit Confucius in military uniform and armed to the teeth. When he saw Confucius, he drew his sword and began to dance. He asked, "Master, an ancient gentleman used his sword to defend himself, didn't he?" ? Confucius replied: "The ancient gentleman took loyalty and righteousness as his life goal and benevolence and righteousness as his guardian. Although they don't go out of the narrow room, they know great things thousands of miles away. If there is a bad guy, use loyalty to influence him; People disturbed by riots are stabilized by benevolence and righteousness. In that case, why use a sword to use force? Lutz listened with admiration and said with emotion, "Ah! I just heard this today, and I sincerely and respectfully ask you from now on! 」

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Reflections on "a gentleman talks but doesn't do it";

Let's take a look at this dialogue between teachers and students. As the son of a student, the sincere admiration for the teacher is rare today.

Lutz followed this teacher all his life. He died a year before his teacher. Even in his fifties, when people asked him how his teacher was, he didn't know where to start. Because teachers' morality is everywhere, I have heard about it for many years, and it is difficult to make it clear in a few words. Later, the master told Luz that when someone asked him again, he said, "Be angry and forget your food, and enjoy forgetting your troubles. I didn't know that old age was coming. 」

Confucius was regarded as the "Great Sage" by later generations. In fact, he was not born, but learned. At the age of fifteen, I was determined to study and be diligent. He advocated benevolence all his life. The master forgot to eat and sleep, was worried and didn't know that his old age was coming, all of which were the results of Tao in his heart. "People have the heart to seek Tao, diligence can make up for it, and there will be fruit, so why not? So Confucius has always been in the Tao. Educating students should seize the opportunity to educate, take pains to teach others, learn from each other's strengths, and the wisdom of the master is becoming more and more profound in the lectures with students.

This story happened shortly after Luz entered Confucius' door. The teacher planted the seeds of "benevolence" at the beginning of Lutz's study. It can be said that a good beginning is half the battle.

Controlling chaos is not the power of one person. We must first spread our theory to students, make it spread all over the world, and pass it on endlessly, in order to achieve the effect of virtue in the world.

In the process of his constant teaching, there is no end to learning from each other's strengths-standing at thirty, not confused at forty, knowing the destiny at fifty, listening at sixty, and not exceeding the moment at seventy.

What's the taste of this story? We modern people believe in fighting violence with violence, and all kinds of media (film and television, internet, etc. ) and even the cartoons that children watch are performed like this. Only after learning traditional culture can I understand that the power of education itself lies in the example. The teacher's example lies in his words and deeds, but also in his heart. Because sincerity is in the middle and the shape is outside. How many teachers, parents and even leaders we have are severely punished and strictly controlled for students, children and subordinates. Even in some families, couples use violence. Friends go to court because of a little economic problem, and there is still chaos like killing their father and mother in today's society. In fact, these are all violence against violence, or an extension of violence against violence.

I saw a news yesterday that my brother was killed by my brother because of thousands of dollars. My 80-year-old mother witnessed the tragedy with her own eyes, and the reason for this tragedy was that her two daughters-in-law were unwilling to support her mother. The eldest son's child has gone to college. He thinks it's the fault of his uncle and aunt. He didn't support his grandmother but monopolized her money, so he asked his classmates to break his uncle's window. Because of this unfairness, my aunt encouraged my uncle to take a knife to my brother's house and hurt my grandson. His classmate was stabbed several times and spent tens of thousands of yuan on medical expenses. Finally, the younger brother killed the younger brother. This is the tragic ending of fighting violence with violence.

The wind of right and wrong comes from an unbalanced mentality. Heart is the foundation. Love is born from the heart, so is hostility and resentment. All external environment is a reflection of our heart. Even if I don't move my sword, my heart is uneven. Every day, I calculate that the waves are rolling inside and even the smoke is piled up. How can we live in harmony? When our hearts are full of good ideas, our facial expressions and language will appear; And when our hearts are antagonistic, uneven, and even evil thoughts, of course, they will be truthfully reflected in our treatment of people. Therefore, we realize the importance of being a teacher and setting an example to practice kindness.

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2 "The Story Series of Confucius" Part II Does a gentleman defend himself with a sword?

We also realize how to make students listen to the teacher. Why can Kong Old Master Q be easily involved in Luz in a few words? And he said he would learn from the teacher honestly in the future? Thousands of years ago, sages had a high mentality. They accepted good advice. And we modern people, due to the weakening of moral education, lead to the decline of the world. Therefore, teachers should pay more attention to constantly improving their moral knowledge so that students can be respected and admired.

Through this story, we also realize that as a martial arts advocate, Luz's respect for his master is not a day's work, but the result of his long-term promotion with his master. Most importantly, the master teaches students in accordance with their aptitude and integrates the teaching of students into the dribs and drabs of life. Through the example of words and deeds, Lutz's realm was also promoted unconsciously and eventually became a saint.

Yan Hui commented on Confucius: "Strong but not fierce". We realize that "a gentleman is not arrogant if he is not heavy", and the arrogance of his master is a virtue. The "fierceness" we repeatedly say is what everyone calls "violence". At that time, Master was called a "long man", that is, a tall man, who could lift the turn of the city gate with one hand. His superb swordsmanship also lags far behind Luz, who is famous for his bravery. Waist sword, is such a person, but completely abandoned the military spirit. Where did his tenderness and kindness come from? Kindness When Confucius went to various countries to talk with monarchs about the way of governing the country, he was kind to them and advised them to govern the country by virtue. This is an invincible force.

In fact, how can we cultivate many virtuous disciples, such as Fu Banquet, Zong Zengsheng, Zi Gong, Luz and Zi Qian. If master is not omnipotent, don't take the sage's heart and actions? So where the teacher's realm is, it will bring the student's realm.

Now a teacher who teaches traditional ethics education and can really practice it, he laughs on the stage, and the students in the audience will laugh and applaud. What does he rely on? Show your heart sincerely, and you will have a bright smile on your face. That is true love, sincerity, compassion and a caring heart.

There was once a very stubborn student who made a serious mistake. The teacher asked him to come to the office the next day. Students want to break the jar and fall, and their hearts are full of resistance. As soon as the teacher saw the students, he asked, Have you had breakfast? The students burst into tears, and the depression in their hearts vanished. They will be honest with their teachers and gradually change their previous bad habits.

And a prison police officer called the prisoner to the front, sat him down and handed him a glass of water. The prisoner suddenly burst into tears. This is the role of soft people, that is, the power of education.

Education is mainly a process of awakening the mind with the mind. What kind of mentality do we use to educate people around us? Only when there is love in the heart can it be passed on to others; Only when you have compassion in your heart can you influence others.

Therefore, when we think of education and want to educate our children with loyalty and righteousness, we must first plant the seeds of benevolence and love for our children. We must first have filial piety, that is, as the saying goes, "Kiss the people, kiss the people, kiss the people." Love your parents first, your relatives first, the people around you, and then spread to all people and everything. We often say that loyal ministers come from dutiful sons since ancient times. "The Book of Filial Piety" also said: "When a gentleman does things with filial piety, loyalty can be transferred to you. Things are old, and the dragon can be moved. Home management, so governance can move officials. Based on behavior, the name stands behind. 」

Why did Confucius and Old Master Q put "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith" before "benevolence"? Kindness is the foundation of all virtues, and the foundation of kindness lies in filial piety. Our initial development should be based on kindness to our parents. "A gentleman's business is based on the foundation. Just like when we build a house, it is impossible to build three floors without a good foundation. The foundation of the tree is not firm, and it will be uprooted as soon as the typhoon arrives. Therefore, Confucius said, "filial piety, benevolence?" A truly virtuous person must be a filial person at home, not a person who is kind to others outside and looks ugly when he comes home. Because "it is immoral to love others but not your loved ones;" Those who respect others but not their loved ones are called disobedience. 」

Now many people of insight will think of the moral weakness of society and the country and hope to change this situation. But did you go back to the ancient sages and Confucius thousands of years ago to experience the wisdom given to us by our ancestors? Using the wisdom of our ancestors is the way to make our family and social country truly harmonious.

If we can really understand and benefit from the brief dialogue between Confucius and Lutz, we will not be responsible for the cultural inheritance of our ancestors for thousands of years. The real inheritance of our descendants is to use the culture of our ancestors to make ourselves, individuals, families, society and countries happy and stable, and the benefits will reach future generations.

So the dialogue between sages is also performing for us. Why is there a record of this passage? The heart of the ancestors is to let future generations learn from their kindness and learn from their sages. When we can truly feel their compassion, we will truly know how to be a lover, and we will take the initiative to make the world full of warmth and tenderness, so that everyone around us can feel an equal and universal love, just like the Great Harmony World. Can a harmonious society be far behind?

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