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Yesterday, Zhongni division from Xiang Tuo;
Ancient sages are still eager to learn.
Sima Qian's Historical Records says: "Confucius lived in Chen at the age of three, and Jin Chu fought for strength and even attacked Chen." In 489 BC, Chu and Wu made peace, and the two armies confronted each other. The situation was tense and explosive, and the breach of trust (now Xinyang, Henan) became the front line. Confucius, who lived in a negative letter, had to bid farewell to Ye Gong, a doctor of Chu who was polite and diligent in asking questions about politics, accepted the appointment of King Zhao of Chu and prepared to move the capital to Chu.
In autumn and October, sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant, the wheat waves are rolling and the rice is golden. Confucius took Luz, Zigong and Yan Hui along the Dabie Mountains and across the country, ready to go to Du Yun. They marched on the ancient plank road in a carriage. The scenery along the way is rich: farmers work with hoes in the fields, and shepherds graze cattle and sheep in the mountains. The river twists and turns, crystal clear; Rows of trees shade the sun and bamboo forests sway with the wind; The villages are closely connected, with traffic, the sound of chickens and dogs, and sometimes the melodious flute echoes in the air. When it gets dark, they will live in a nearby village, or ask the villagers to learn about the history, customs and human feelings at that time, collect folk songs and ballads, or hold a forum to discuss and preach the profound way of "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith". Sometimes I will stay in a village for two or three days to collect some information.
One day, accompanied by hoofbeats and endless dust, they came to the old street south of Daoguan River in Xinzhou. I saw Damushan lying like a beautiful woman under the blue sky and white clouds, with high winds and dense forests; Shahe is clear and flowing; Lion Rock is like a fierce lion, devouring the sun and the moon. Here, beautiful scenery, birds and flowers, is a fairyland on earth. Not far from the street south, the driver suddenly pulled the reins, Ma Si roared and the car stopped.
Confucius said, "Why stop?"
The coachman replied, "Master, there are a group of children in the way ahead."
"Let them make way."
"Kid, why don't you make way when you see the carriage coming?" Zi Gong jumped out of the car and said grumpily.
"Why should we make way? Can't you go the other way? " A child who seems to be a leader replied.
Zi Gong glared and roared, "Do you know whose car this is? Tell you, this is Confucius' car! "
I heard that Zi Gong had an argument with the child, so Confucius had no choice but to get off the bus and find out for himself. Seeing a handsome old man with elegant shirt and elegant manners, the children were fearless and disapproving, and continued to build their "city" with stones.
Confucius stroked the head of a handsome little boy and said kindly, "Little childe, would you please move the stone and let us pass?"
The child looked up at Confucius and said, "Mary, we are building a city."
"Well, I have a question. If you can't answer, you can make way for us. " Confucius believes that people should serve others with "courtesy" and children should be treated equally.
"Get out," the child thought. I am Gao Jiao, the guardian of the Tibetan history of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Can you still beat me?
Confucius asked, "Listen carefully, are parents and husband and wife close?"
"Husband and wife." The child replied.
"No, parents. Without parents, there will be no offspring! "
"Husband and wife, no husband and wife, no parents!" They have their own opinions, and no one can convince anyone. "Parents" and "husband and wife" are repeated twice.
Confucius said: Parents have food and clothing. Parents raise children, eat and drink Lazarus, educate adults, preach and teach students, so don't worry! Of course parents are close.
Xiang Tuo returns the favor: husband and wife love each other, men plow and women weave, sleep on pillows, take care of each other, love each other for a long time, grow old together and never part. One day, the husband and wife will still be grateful! Husband and wife, of course
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Confucius thinks that Kong Qiu is famous all over the world, and I am called the sacred China. Today, I still can't convince a child, "endure if you can, endure if you are cooked!" " On second thought, "gentlemen don't dispute", I am tolerant as the sea, and my knowledge is not as good as that of a child. He took away the value of a great scholar and bowed: "A child prodigy is on earth, and the old lady is polite. We have important things to do. We look forward to your help and lend us a way. "
The child said confidently, "Excuse me, sir, has the city given way to the car or the car given way to the city since ancient times?"
Lutz said, "Which city are you from? Just a child's game! "
"It's a city!"
Hold the reins for a while. Knowing that he was wrong, the child asked, "Do you have anything important?"
"Travel around the world, preach and teach." Confucius said.
"You must have a set of skills and talents to preach and teach. What do you know? "
Confucius said, "I don't boast. I know a thing or two from astronomy to geography. "
The child said, "Astronomy and geography know everything. Then I ask you, how many eyebrows do you have? "
Confucius said, "I can't see my eyebrows. How do I know how many? "
The child had a brainwave and then asked, "If you don't see Feng, can you see the stars in the sky? How many do you think? "
"There are too many stars in the sky, a dime a dozen. How can you count it? " Confucius said awkwardly.
The child smiled and said, "Oh, you have too many. There is only one sun, like an ice tray in the morning and a Yuhuan race at noon. When will it come near us? " When is it far from us? "
Confucius thought for a long time and murmured, "OK, OK ... I really don't know. You are a child prodigy, only Chu Youcai! I still hope that everyone will give me more advice. "
The child said, "I'm afraid to teach you. I have my hands full right now. See you later. "
At this time, all the disciples were shouting, "Master, let's go!" " Confucius had to bow to the child: "See you later! "I thought to myself, this knowledge really hasn't been studied well! Immediately, the driver turned around and made a detour.
I didn't expect to walk for about a kilometer, because the wheel of the car was broken because of a sharp turn just now. Confucius had no choice but to ask Luz to borrow an axe from the village in front to repair it.
Lutz hurried to the front village and saw a middle-aged woman weaving in the room. Lutz respectfully said, "Aunt, please borrow something." Before Lutz finished, the woman turned and took out a shiny axe from the back room. "Here you are!" "Lutz was surprised. How did she know it was an axe? The woman smiled and said, "Don't you want to borrow something? "? " "East" is the wood of the East, "West" is the gold of the West, the handle of the axe is wood, the axe is iron and the "gold" is iron. You want to borrow an axe! "Lutz ran back to the parking lot with an axe and told Confucius what had just happened.
Confucius sighed after listening. I met a clever child just now and now I meet a village woman. She is not only helpful, but also very clever. Can't help but admire: Chu is a land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers!
The child who stumped Confucius was Xiang Tuo. Warring States policy? Qin Ce said: "Gan Luo said: Xiang Tuo was the teacher of Confucius at the age of seven." Confucius and Xiang Tuo asked each other, a well-known literary work, not only spread throughout China, but also spread to Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Russia and other countries long ago. "Saint Amethyst" also contains: "In the past, Zhongni studied under Xiang Tuo; The ancient sages are still eager to learn. "
Therefore, the problem between Confucius and Xiang Tuo is an eternal beauty talk. Because eastern Hubei said that some people like to argue glibly and try to sharpen their mouths, he named the place where Confucius asked questions as Mozuiyan and the place where Confucius detoured to repair cars as the carriage return port to punish his affairs.
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For a moment, the wind bullied the bamboo,
The rain in the river brings autumn.
Fish are swimming, shadows are sinking,
Print books and leave things behind.
Although Chang Ju and Jie lived in seclusion in the mountains, they did not close their eyes. They know that they once asked Confucius: "The Lu rebellion originated from Ji's family, and everyone understands it. However, why is it more confusing to understand? " Ask Confucius to point out the maze. Confucius replied at that time: "Because you only know one country and one person, but you don't know the world." It can be seen that Confucius knows but is not fascinated. The implication of what is often said: Confucius knew both Lu's "maze" and Chu's "maze", so he didn't tell each other about the ferry. Confucius and his party had to ask others. When they came to the ferry, they saw an old man ferrying. Lutz said, "boatman, please take us across the river."
"Ok, please get on the carriage." The boatman struggles with bamboo poles, the horse crosses the river with a wooden boat in the water, and the horse can swim.
When the boat reached the middle of the river, the wind suddenly blew and the wooden boat shook in the waves. The ship went up and down, unstable like a drunk, and everyone on board lost their center of gravity. The whole boat and carriage couldn't stand the turbulence, and the wind was surging, so the boat tilted and fell into the river. Confucius, his disciples and others became a drowned rat and fell into the water, and their clothes were all wet. The problem of people falling into the water is not too serious, and it is not cold in the south at this time. Unfortunately for my books, Confucius shouted, "Help me with those books!" " "
There is a folk proverb: Confucius moved all the books. Confucius was eager to learn all his life, and he was happy to forget the best. He didn't know that his old age was coming. I carry a lot of books everywhere.
Ancient books are actually seal characters carved or written on bamboo slips. Papermaking was invented by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and movable type printing was invented by Bi Sheng in the Northern Song Dynasty many years later.
Under everyone's tossing, the carriage was pushed ashore and the book was fished up. However, those books are all soaked in water. Confucius was anxious and looked around, looking for a place to print books. Or Yan Hui young, eagle-eyed, "look! There is a hill on the other side. " The mountain is more than 300 meters high, standing alone on all sides. The top of the mountain is flat and clean, which is two acres square. Confucius' frowning brows spread out. At this time, it is crisp in autumn and the sun shines directly on the mountain, so it is easy to print books. The disciples quickly moved the wet books to the top of the mountain and spread them out to dry. There is no one around. Lutz, Zigong and Yan Hui took off their clothes and wrung them dry.
After some tossing just now, Confucius stood on the top of the mountain overlooking the gurgling water and could not help but sigh: "The water is so beautiful and magnificent! Unfortunately, there is no bridge here. If only there were a bridge here, passers-by wouldn't wade and suffer like us! "
Later, Confucius and his disciples sat on a piece of feldspar more than 20 feet long, took a rest and waited for the book to dry. Lutz recalled his recent trip, and all kinds of misfortunes made him full of complaints, chanting: when practicing etiquette under a big tree in Song Dynasty, Sima Huan wanted to kill his master; Ley was besieged by Dr. Cai Chen for three days, and many people were hungry and sick because they didn't have a grain of rice. In the morning, I was teased by Xiang Tuo's children in the old street, and even people and cars fell into the water in the afternoon, which was really unfortunate. It can be described as "the wind knife forces the tree."
Confucius generously explained: "Heaven is a great responsibility for us, and it is a long way to go to realize the rites of Zhou and return the world to benevolence. Hunger and suffering are inevitable. We must be indomitable and die. "
The mountain where Confucius and his disciples used to print books is behind Jinwen Academy. The mountains are flat, the trees are lush, the bamboo forests are lush, and the crops are shaded. It is called the mountain of drying books. The feldspar on which Confucius sat was called "Sitting Stone". Later, when he stopped to give a lecture, Mo Chi and inkstone were all around him to study ink. Mo Chi is a stream not far from the stone, and the stone beside the stream is as black as ink, hence the name Mo Chi. The word "Mo Chi" is engraved on the stone carvings in Linchi. Although it has a long history, it is still legible. A stone by the pool is shaped like an inkstone, like a pair made in heaven. Every encounter