In order not to cause ambiguity and disputes, this sentence has been specially adjusted and deleted.

The author's original text is - "What the sage said is not wrong - the sub-lineage of the mountain wolf is rampant!" ”

A little bit of clarification

1, the sub-lineage of Zhongshan Wolf Dezhi is rampant, from Cao Xueqin's "Dream of Red Mansions" in the Qing Dynasty, so it makes sense to say that Wen Tianxiang can't say this. Because this sentence is so powerful, other words or allusions are not so catchy, so they are used here.

2. The fable of the Zhongshan wolf, from Ma Zhongxi's "Dongtian Collection" in the Ming Dynasty, is a fable developed according to ancient legends. Through this parable, the author completely reveals the nature of the wolf: when it is in danger, it will also pretend to be weak and pitiful, in order to confuse those who are confused, seek his refuge, and protect itself. As soon as the danger passed, he immediately revealed his cannibalistic nature, and even the life-saving benefactor refused to let go. The only way to deal with the man-eating wolf is to resolutely and completely eliminate it. But Mr. Dong Guo happened to not understand this, and he also "loved" the wolf and showed pity, and these weaknesses were being exploited by the wolf, and as a result, the wolf almost ate it. However, a person like Mr. Dongguo who has illusions about the enemy often does not have a single lesson that can make him truly recognize right from wrong. When the old man finally asked Mr. Dongguo to kill the Zhongshan wolf, he launched the mercy of "not harming the wolf", so he was recognized by the old man as "benevolence and foolishness".

3, the legend of the wolf in Zhongshan, the fable of Tobi hunting with Zhao Jianzi of the Jin Kingdom and Mr. Dongguo and the wolf of Zhongshan, the age of this story is much earlier than that of the Song Dynasty.

4. Regarding the word "sage" in the original text, can it only refer to Confucius?

(1) During the period when Zhu Cheng's science began to flourish in the Song Dynasty, "science" was also known as the study of righteousness or Taoism in ancient China, and its founders were Zhou Dunyi, Shao Yong and Zhang Zai of the Northern Song Dynasty. Later, Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi and others continued to develop, and finally Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty collected their culmination, so this kind of science is often called "Cheng Zhu Lixue", which was the official ideology of the state in the Yuan Dynasty and subsequent dynasties. Scholars who study science are called "physicists".

(2) Metaphysics prevailed in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and Taoism and Buddhism prevailed in the Tang Dynasty, and Confucianism was no longer exclusive to one family. However, Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty completed the reform of Neo-Confucianism. Zhu Xi's profundity lies in the fact that he placed Confucius and Mencius in the authentic sect, and at the same time sorted out the five elements of Yin and Yang of Dong Zhongshu, the views of Zhang Zai, Zhou Dunyi, and Ercheng, as well as the Buddhist concept of extinguishing desires and the philosophical and speculative spirit of Taoism, and carefully and meticulously constructed a profound Neo-Confucian system. The shortcomings of Confucianism in terms of world view and methodology were overcome. This makes it so that the teachings of the Buddha, the Tao, etc., will never shake it again. In the 700 years after the Song Dynasty, the "Records of Recent Thoughts", "Four Books or Questions", and "Annotations on the Collection of Chapters and Sentences of the Four Books" have always been regarded as orthodox and very suitable for the patriarchal system.

(3) That is to say, in the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu Cheng Lixue was not yet called a dominant doctrine, and some people say that due to the constraints of Cheng and Zhu Lixue, China began to move towards inward-looking, conservative, and stagnation from the Song Dynasty. Some scholars who study the history of clothing even claim that because of the influence of Cheng Zhu Lixue, women's clothing in the Song Dynasty tended to be restrained, rigid, and tightly wrapped. But in fact, if you look at the Song Dynasty women in Song paintings, you will find that they are dressed very sexily, usually wearing underwear and slightly revealing breasts. The Song Dynasty could also be said to have a hundred schools of thought, and Lixue was just one of them, and for a long time, Zhu Xi's doctrine was rejected by the imperial court.

(4) To what extent did Zhu Xi's science influence on the social legal system and customs? - The laws of the Song Dynasty did not contain any provisions that suppressed women's right to remarry, but only prohibited remarriage in mourning, forced remarriage, and remarriage behind their husbands—these behaviors should be restricted in any era. Even Zhu Xi himself did not object to the woman's remarriage. He said: "It is a loss of discipline for a husband to marry after death, but there are also those who have no choice, and the saint cannot forbid it." ”

(5) Before and after this, Zhu Xi wrote many letters to persuade Chen Shizhong to persuade Ling Mei not to remarry and stay in the Zheng family to "care for the elderly". This is also the only place in Zhu Xi's entire article that quotes Cheng Yi's "starvation to death is a small matter, and a loss of festival is a big matter", and Zhu Lao Fuzi admits that "from a secular point of view, sincerity is broad". It can be seen that there was no general concept in society at that time that women did not remarry. It's just that the Chen family is the prime minister's house, the "famous sect", and Zhu Xicai "arrogantly" suggested, but the Chen family still remarried. According to Zhu Xi's own "Chen Junqing's Behavior", Chen Junqing "The second daughter is suitable for the work of Zuo Lang Zheng Jian, and then suitable for too often Shaoqing Luo Dian".

(6) The development of science in the Song Dynasty was officially established as the official ideology in the Yuan Dynasty, and the idea of "the righteousness of the monarch and the minister" vigorously promoted by the government has surpassed the "Huayi Debate" to become the universal value of the society at that time.

(7) Even Zhu Xi's science is the culmination of Confucianism, believing that reason is the origin of all things in the universe (from different perspectives, he has different names, such as heaven, Tao, etc.), and he is good, he gives goodness to man will become nature, and giving goodness to society will become "rite", and in the chaos and intermingling of all things in the world, it is easy to lose the nature of one's endowment from "reason", and the society will lose "etiquette", and it will deviate from the way of heaven, not only can not become a saint (the highest cultivator of Confucianism, everyone can reach it), It is also possible to lose the world, so we must cultivate, return, and stretch the nature given by God (Storing Heavenly Principles) in order to achieve the highest state of "benevolence", and at this time we have fully entered the Reason, that is, "the unity of Heaven and Man", and then we can "do what we want from the heart without exceeding the rules", and then we can "do what we want without exceeding the rules", and then we will not deviate from the Heavenly Way no matter what we do.

(8) To sum up, the Song Dynasty said that sage should never be a special term for Confucius! In the mouth of the scholars, it means more of a virtuous elder,

(9) Although the emperor of the Tang Dynasty could also be called a "saint" in addition to His Majesty, in the Song Dynasty, the emperor generally called himself I, ministers, queen mothers, empresses, concubines, eunuchs, palace maids and ordinary people, usually called the emperor "official family", and could also be called "everyone", "lord" and "saint", "official", and then the queen was called "saint".

5. For saints, there is a description of saints in the classic book "Zizhi Tongjian": "A saint who is full of talent and virtue." It can be seen from this that a person's virtues and talents are openly and universally recognized by the world, and he can be called a saint:

(1) The Great Sage (Lao Sheng) - Lao Tzu, a great thinker, philosopher, writer and historian in ancient China, the founder and main representative of the Taoist school.

(2) Wensheng (the most holy) - Confucius, a famous Chinese great thinker and great educator. Confucius pioneered the practice of private lectures and was the founder of Confucianism. Confucius was trained by Lao Tzu, and then traveled around the world for 14 years, revising the Six Classics in his later years, and it is said that he had 3,000 disciples, including 72 sages.

(3) Yuan Sheng, the Duke of Zhou, twice assisted King Wu of Zhou in the Eastern Expedition to the King of Zhou, and made ceremonial music. He was an outstanding politician, military strategist, thinker, and educator in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, and was respected as a "Yuan Sheng" and a pioneer of Confucianism.

(4) Medical saint - Zhang Zhongjing

(5) Seeking the Holy - Guiguzi, for more than 2,000 years, the art of war respected him as a saint, the vertical and horizontal family respected him as the ancestor, the fortune teller respected him as the ancestor, the strategist respected him as the saint, the famous respected him as the ancestor, and the Taoist respected him as the ancestor of Wang Chan. His disciples include Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Sun Bin, Pang Juan, Fan Li, Gan Mao, etc. more than 500, all of whom are in and out of the phase, and celebrities through the ages.

(6) Shi Sheng-Sima Qian

(7) The word saint (word making) - Cangjie

(8) Xinsheng (Xinxue) - Wang Yangming

6. In short, since some readers have raised the ambiguity of this sentence, and the novel is not a research paper after all, it is meaningless to over-subdivide. Therefore, if you delete it directly, it will not affect the overall story.

7, but it should still be a reminder, the saint has never been a term exclusive to Confucius, otherwise Lao Tzu, Cangjie, and Wang Yangming are not saints, and the Chinese saints are castrated by their descendants is a bit powerful, I personally don't think this is to respect Confucius, and Confucianism is the need of the ruler, and the scholars enthusiastically tout it because of the huge benefits brought by the imperial examination system - you can be an official, you can collect money, and you can also get the government's self-help at the minimum, exempt from money and food, and get sacrifices, and you don't kneel when you see officials, and you are protected by the law, etc. And it is the only way for non-royalty and nobility to get promoted.

8, Confucius's title is also a little rich - of course, it is the demand of the ruling class, Confucius has been in exile for many years during his lifetime, and his life is not very satisfactory:

(1) Lu Xiangguo: After the age of 51, Confucius Lu Guoda Sikong was transferred to the position of Grand Sikou and concurrently served as the acting Xiangguo.

(2) The title of the duke: In the first year of the Western Han Dynasty (the first year of the Common Era), Emperor Liu Jin of the Han Ping Dynasty posthumously awarded Confucius the title of "Baocheng Xuanni Gong", and the ancients believed that "Baocheng" was the name of the country, "Xuanni" was the nickname, and "Gong" was the title.

(3) Honorary title of nun father: In the sixteenth year of Taihe of the Northern Wei Dynasty (492 AD), Emperor Yuanhong of Xiaowen called Confucius "Wen Sheng's father". "Wensheng" is an honorific title, and "Nuns" is an honorific title.

(4) The title of Duke of the country: In the second year of the Elephant of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (580 AD), Emperor Jing Yu Wenyan posthumously named Confucius as "Duke of Zou", "Zou" is the name of the country, and "Duke" is the title.

(5) Honorary title of nun father: In the first year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui (581 AD), Emperor Wen Yang insisted that Confucius was "the first master and nun father";

(6) Honorary titles of sage and teacher: In the second year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty (628 AD), Taizong Li Shimin respected Confucius as the "first sage". "First Teacher" and "First Sage" are both honorific titles.

(7) Honorary title of Xuanfu: In the eleventh year of Zhenguan (637 AD), Confucius was renamed "Xuanfu", "Xuan" was the nickname, and "father" was a good name.

(8) Taishi's official position: In the first year of Qianfeng (666 AD), Gaozong Li Zhi gave Confucius the title of "Taishi", and "Taishi" as the official position.

(9) Duke title: In the first year of Wu Zhou Tianshou (690 AD), Wu Zetian named Confucius as "Duke of Longdao". "Longdao" is a title, and "Gong" is a title.

(10) The title of princes: In the twenty-seventh year of Tang Kaiyuan (739 AD), Xuanzong Li Longji named Confucius as "King Wenxuan". "Wenxuan" is the nickname, and "Wang" is the title. The "king" here is not the king of the princes below the emperor of later generations, but the king of Zhou Tianzi's "King Wu" and "King Cheng".

(11) Duke Yansheng: Song Renzong changed Wenxuan Gong to Yansheng Duke in the second year of Hehe (1055), and the descendants did not change.

(12) Emperor Wenxuan: In March of the third year of Xixia Renzong (1146 AD), Xixia Renzong issued an edict: "Respect Confucius as Emperor Wenxuan, and order the state and county to establish temples, and the palace is magnificent, and it is like the imperial system." (According to the records of "History of the Song Dynasty, Biography of the Xia Kingdom" and Wu Guangcheng's "Western Xia Books") this title is the highest level in all dynasties.

(13) Wenxuan King No.: In the eleventh year of Dade of the Yuan Dynasty (1307), Chengzong was crowned "Dacheng Most Holy Wenxuan King".

(14) Ancestor number: In the ninth year of Jiajing of King Sejong of the Ming Dynasty (1530), he honored the "Holy Teacher". In the second year of Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty (1645), the ancestor respected "Dacheng Most Holy Wenxuan Ancestor".

(15) Ancestor number: In the 24th year of the Republic of China (1935), the Nationalist Government honored the "Dacheng Holy Teacher".

(16) To sum up, Confucius was the acting regent of a vassal state of Lu during his lifetime, and later generally enjoyed the title of duke, and the Western Xia reached the highest title of Emperor Wenxuan, the Yuan Dynasty felt that it was too high, and it was reduced to the title of Wang, and the Ming Dynasty was reduced to the title of the first teacher, which had little to do with the prince, because at that time, the power of the scholars had greatly impacted the imperial power.

(17) After New China broke the four olds, overthrew the Confucian Temple, and criticized Confucius, Confucius and Confucian privileges were banned and attacked, although Confucius Institutes are the project brands of Chinese culture going out, but their significance may also be complicated, first of all, Confucius has no official name in New China, and there is no privilege. In addition, Confucianism succeeded in making the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties decay, and now the country spends its efforts to export, which is also conducive to spreading the disaster to the west.

9. Concluding remarks:

(1) In Chinese history, sage has never been a special and proper noun of Confucius, on the contrary, everyone can be holyized when used for complete personality traits and deeds, which is the extremely unique source of national self-confidence and ideology of the Chinese nation. In the final analysis, sanctification is made from within, and if they are admired by everyone, they can also become gods in the hearts of future generations!

(2) If someone openly proclaims that the rights and benefits that the Confucian sage should enjoy exceed those of the emperor, it is common for the family to be wiped out.

(3) It's a good thing to like reading and studying, and you can also have a family's words, which is also very good.

(4) It is better to study more thoroughly, which is more conducive to absorbing the true nutrients of wisdom.

(5) Of course, I am also a family's words, and I listen to them in vain.