Confucius was named Zhongni. From the word "Zhong" we can see that he was the second among his brothers. However, if the sisters are also sorted together, the order will be Meng, Zhong, Shu and Ji. Among the brothers and sisters, the eldest (

The eldest brother or sister) is "Meng".

Therefore, Confucius was the second eldest child in the family and his given name was Zhongni, but his elder brother's given name was "Mengpi" instead of "Bopi").

When Confucius was three years old, his uncle Liang He died of illness. After that, Confucius' family was very poor.

Because we were in troubled times, there was no room for the benevolent government advocated by Confucius to be implemented. However, during the three months of governing the state of Lu, the powerful state of Qi also feared Confucius' talents, which shows that Confucius is worthy of the title of an outstanding statesman.

Political dissatisfaction caused Confucius to spend a large part of his energy on education.

Confucius once served as a military commander in the State of Lu, and later traveled around the country with his disciples. Finally, he returned to the State of Lu and concentrated on teaching.

Confucius broke the educational monopoly and pioneered private education. He had as many as 3,000 disciples, including 72 sages, known as the famous Seventy-two Sages.

Many of the seventy-two people are high-ranking officials from various countries.

It also continued the glory of Confucianism.

Confucius had a profound influence on later generations. Although he "stated but did not compose", he was already known as the "Sage of Heaven", "Muduo of Heaven" and "Eternal Saint" during his lifetime. He was one of the most erudite scholars in society at that time.

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Later generations also respected him as the "Holy Saint" (the saint among saints) and "the teacher of all generations". They believed that he had revised "Poems" and "Books", set "Rites" and "Music", and prefaced the "Book of Changes" (called the "Book of Changes").

"Ten Wings, or Yi Zhuan"), wrote "Spring and Autumn".

The Analects of Confucius is one of the classic works of the Confucian school, compiled by Confucius's disciples and his disciples.

It is mainly composed of quotations and dialogues, recording the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, and embodies Confucius' political opinions, ethical thoughts, moral concepts and educational principles.

Together with "The Great Learning", "The Doctrine of the Mean" and "Mencius", it is also called the "Four Books".

The current edition of "The Analects" contains twenty chapters.

The language of "The Analects" is concise and concise, and its meaning is profound. Many of its remarks are still regarded as the truth by the world today.

American poet and philosopher Emerson believed that "Confucius is the glory of all nations in the world."

In 1988, 75 Nobel Prize winners gathered in Paris. After the meeting, they issued a joint declaration, calling on the world that "if humans want to survive in the 21st century, they must look back 2,500 years ago and learn wisdom from Confucius." Editor

During this period of political career, Confucius was extremely smart and eager to learn when he was young. By the time he was twenty, he was very knowledgeable and was praised by people at the time as "erudite and good at etiquette."

At the same time, little-known is that Confucius inherited the bravery of his father, uncle Liang He, and was nine feet six inches tall, which is 221.76 centimeters based on the Western Han Dynasty ruler 23.1 centimeters.

With extraordinary arm strength, he was far from the image of a frail scholar that some people in later generations thought he was.

Moreover, Confucius had an extraordinary capacity for drinking and was said to have never been drunk.

But Confucius never took pride in his martial prowess or his ability to drink.

Confucius wanted to pursue an official career since he was in his 20s, so he paid great attention to world affairs. He often thought about many issues in governing the country and often expressed some opinions. By the time he was 30, he was already somewhat famous.

In the 20th year of Duke Zhao of Lu, Duke Jin of Qi summoned Confucius when he visited Lu and discussed with him the issue of Duke Mu of Qin's dominance. Confucius got to know Duke Jin of Qi.

In the 25th year of Duke Zhao of Lu, civil strife broke out in the State of Lu. Duke Zhao of Lu was forced to flee to the State of Qi. Confucius also left the State of Lu. When he arrived in the State of Qi, he was appreciated and treated favorably by Duke Jin of Qi. He even prepared to grant Confucius the fields in the Nixi area, but

He was stopped by doctor Yan Ying.

In the 27th year of Lu Zhaogong's reign, the officials of Qi wanted to harm Confucius. Confucius heard about it and asked Qi Jinggong for help. Qi Jinggong said, "I am old and can't be used." Confucius had to flee back to Lu in panic.

In the State of Lu at that time, the political power was actually in the hands of the officials' retainers, who were called "accompanying ministers in charge of state affairs." Therefore, although Confucius had two opportunities to enter politics, he gave up until the 9th year of Lu Dinggong was appointed as the Prime Minister of the Central Capital.

, Confucius was 51 years old at this time.

Confucius governed Zhongdu for one year and made outstanding achievements. He was promoted to the rank of Little Sikong, and soon he was promoted to the rank of Great Sikou, taking charge of the affairs of the Prime Minister.

In the 12th year of Duke Dinggong of Lu, Confucius in order to weaken the Three Huan (the Jisun family, the Shusun family, and the Mengsun family) were called Sanhuan because they were descendants of the three sons of Duke Huan of Lu. At that time, the political power of the Lu state was actually controlled.

In their hands (and some of Sanhuan's retainers controlled Sanhuan to varying degrees), they took measures to destroy the three capitals (that is, demolishing the castles built by Sanhuan).

Later, the action of falling into Sandu was abandoned halfway, and the conflict between Confucius and Sanhuan was also exposed.

In the 13th year of Duke Dinggong of Lu, the State of Qi sent 80 beauties to the State of Lu. The Ji Sun family accepted the female musicians. The monarchs and ministers were obsessed with singing and dancing and ignored government affairs for many days. Confucius was very disappointed. Soon, the State of Lu held a suburban sacrifice. After the sacrifice, they were sent as usual.

The meat sacrifices were not given to Confucius when they were given to the officials, which showed that the Ji family did not want to use him anymore. Confucius left the state of Lu as a last resort, went to foreign countries to find a way out, and began a journey around the countries. In this year, Confucius

56 years old.

Confucius took his disciples to Wei State first. Wei Linggong began to respect Confucius very much. He gave Confucius a salary of 60,000 yuan according to the salary standard of Lu State, but did not give him any official position or let him participate in political affairs.

Confucius lived in Weiguo for about 10 months. Because someone slandered him in front of Wei Linggong, Weilinggong became suspicious of Confucius and sent people to openly monitor Confucius' actions. So Confucius took his disciples to leave Weiguo and planned to go to Chenguo.

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When passing through Kuangcheng, he was besieged for 5 days due to a misunderstanding. He fled Kuangcheng and arrived at Pudi, where he encountered a rebellion by the aristocrat Gongshu of the Wei Kingdom and was besieged again.

After escaping, Confucius returned to Wei State. Wei Linggong was very happy to hear that Confucius' master and apprentice had returned from Pudi, and went out of the city to greet him personally.