The idea of this article is to restore a real Confucius and reveal another unknown identity of the Sage of Wen - a generation of martial arts masters. The Analects of Confucius has always been secretive about Confucius's martial arts and refuses to speak explicitly. But there are still some clues left for future generations to remember and remember.

1. Confucius shows martial arts to retreat from the enemy:

Seen in Township Party 3:

The king summons the envoys, the color is like that, and the feet are like that. Stand with your left and right hands. Before and after the clothes, the scarlet is also like. Forward, wings are the same. When the guest retreats, he will return to his life and say: "The bin does not care." ”

It means that one day, a foreign envoy came to provoke (at that time, the society was chaotic, the public order was also poor, and things like this happened from time to time), Lu Jun sent Confucius from the town to deal with it. (We can see that in the whole process of entertaining the envoys, we see that Confucius, who is invincible in the world of eloquence, actually did not say a word, but was all actions.) I saw him: his face was grim, his steps moved quickly (obviously to avoid the enemy's attack or to look for the enemy's flaws), and he moved to the sides, left and right (such a move should be some kind of martial arts, but unfortunately it is no longer transmitted.) The clothes are windless and automatic, and they move very neatly (Confucius is lucky, the true qi unconsciously overflows from the body, and the clothes are controlled by the qi, which is why they move so regularly. For those of you who don't know martial arts, you might as well move and watch. ）。 Then, Confucius attacked quickly, and as if he had given wings, he flew in the air. (Confucius's light skills and ability to stay in the air) the envoys knew that they could not be defeated, and hurriedly retreated. Confucius turned around and reported, "That guy doesn't dare to look back!" ”

2, Confucius shows murderous aura:

Seen in the Township Party 27:

Seth lifted, soared and then set. He said: "Mountain beam pheasant, the time! What a time! "The sub-road is a total of three smells.

Meaning: Confucius's face moved, and the pheasant (because he felt a murderous aura) flew up in fright, circled in the air a few times, and then stopped in another place. Confucius said proudly: "These pheasants are quite knowledgeable about current affairs." In comparison, his student Zilu's martial arts are much worse. Zilu gave up his hand to the pheasants, and the movement was quite loud, and the pheasants crowed a few times disdainfully, and flew away indifferently.

3. Confucius's weapons

Confucius's weapon was the rod (probably one of the large types of weapons in the group of sticks, shorter than sticks but longer than sticks. ）。 The evidence includes:

Township Party 13:

The villagers drink, and the rod comes out.

Meaning: a group of people gather together to drink. (Confucius's enemies were guarding the door and preparing to block Confucius, but for some reason, he didn't know Confucius, so he pulled someone over and asked.) The man replied, "If you see a man with a rod come out, then Confucius has come out."

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Zi Wei Yan Yuan said: "If you use it, you will do it, and if you give it up, you will hide it, only I have a husband!" ”

This passage is even more obvious. Use it to do it, and give it up to hide it, which is just right for the characteristics of the staff. Moreover, according to this, among the 3,000 disciples of Confucius, 72 sages, only Yan Yuan used a staff as a weapon like Confucius, which is probably one of the reasons why Confucius liked him very much.

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The original soil is degraded. Zi said: "Young but not grandchildren, long and unspoken, old and not dead, is a thief!" "Knock him on the shin with his rod.

Notice the last phrase, "Knock him on the shin with a rod." , After Confucius scolded Yuan Yang, a guy who didn't give him face, he was still not happy, so he beat him with a rod. As for the action of percussion, it is more confusing, and the book does not mention whether to use the middle end of the rod or the tip of the rod to percussion, so the "percussion" may have both the meaning of striking and poking. From this point of view, Confucius's staff can not only hit people, but also have the function of pointing points. After Yuan Yang was beaten by Confucius's rod, he died or not, and the book did not say it.

Later, with the improvement of Confucius's martial arts, he reached the realm where nothing is better than nothing.

Zi said: "A gentleman is not a weapon. (12)

4. Confucius's internal strength:

Mencius, who inherited the mantle of Confucius, once said: Cultivate the spirit of Haoran between heaven and earth. From one side, it also confirms that Confucius must have practiced internal strength.

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When the son weeps on the day, he does not sing.

Why did Confucius stop singing after crying that day? I think this has a lot to do with the fact that Confucius practiced internal strength and was at a very high level. Crying is great sorrow, singing is great joy, and the emotional experience in a short period of time has changed from great sorrow to great joy, which has always been a taboo for those who practice internal skills. If you don't do it well, you're going to die.

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Thunder and wind are fierce and will change.

Every time there is thunder and wind, the face changes greatly. The average person may not be able to understand it. But those who have practiced internal skills to a certain height (at least open up the second pulse of Ren Du and Zhou Tian) should feel the same way. Violent celestial phases such as thunder and wind will cause the true qi in the body to stir, and it will be difficult to control it. A drastic change in face is really an inevitable phenomenon.

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Zi said: "I don't eat all day long, I don't sleep all night, thinking about it, it's useless, it's better to learn." ”

Not eating all day long, not sleeping all night, what a good physical fitness. Ordinary people categorically can't do it. There is a type of qigong called "Bigu", which is said to turn air into food. Confucius's internal strength and mental method may have something in common with Bigu in some respects, so that he can not eat, not go hungry, not sleep, and not sleepy.

5. Yan Yuan admired Confucius's martial arts

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Yan Yuan sighed: "The height of the Yang, the strength of the drill; Look ahead, ignore behind. The master is kind and seductive, and he writes about me and asks me to be polite. I can't stop, I have done my best, and I have stood out. Although I want to follow it, the end is also enough. ”

It is worth noting that "the height of the Yang, the strength of the drill; Looking ahead, ignoring behind". Yang Zhimigao said that Confucius's momentum was compelling, often making the opponent timid before the battle, squeezing out his hidden insignificance; Drill the strength of Confucius's external skills are also quite good, there are iron cloth shirts and even King Kong is not bad kung fu, invulnerable, the more drilled the harder; Looking ahead, ignoring the back, naturally means that Confucius's light work, look at the front, and suddenly go to the back. I think of a lyric from "Naked": "He seems to be as cold as ice, he leaves you unoriented." ”

6. Confucius transmits sound for thousands of miles

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He was sad and wanted to see Confucius, and Confucius resigned. The one who will be ordered to go out of the house and sing the song. Make it smell.

7. Confucius admonished martial arts practitioners

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Zi said: "When you are forty years old, you will see evil, and it will be the end." ”

Confucius said: If a person who practices martial arts is still bullied (seeing evil) at the age of forty, that life will be over.

8. Confucius was proud of his martial arts

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Zi said: "Who can go out of the house? Why not by the way? ”

Confucius said: Who can go out of the house without going through the door? Probably just me. (The exact method is not known today.) But as mentioned earlier, Confucius was a cool person, so it is speculated that he passed through the wall and smashed a big hole in the wall. Why doesn't anyone use me this way?

9. Confucius faced the challenger

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The son hits the chime in the guard. Those who passed through the gate of the Kong family with lotus roots, said: "There is a heart! Hit the chime! Then he said, "Despicable! It's a shame! I don't know it, I just have to do it. Deep is strong, shallow is exposed. Zi said, "Sure enough! The end is hard. ”

10, Yan Yuan's tragedy:

It should be said that Confucius was a good teacher when it came to teaching literature. But in terms of teaching martial arts, he was very incompetent, Yan Yuan was abolished by him, and Zeng Zi was a little worse.

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Zi said: "If you attack heresy, you will be harmed!" ”

Confucius said: If you attack the enemy, if you attack the wrong place, you will endanger yourself. It seems that Confucius's martial arts should be a bit similar to Gu Long, which is a one-hit lethal type.

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Zi said: "It's also very common, and it's empty." The gift is not ordered, and the goods are colonized, and hundreds of millions are repeatedly hit. ”

When Confucius commented on Yan Yuan and Duanmuci's martial arts, he said: "It stands to reason that Yan Hui has almost practiced martial arts, but his shots will always fail." And Duanmuci didn't listen to my guidance, and he went to do business, not concentrating on practicing martial arts. However, when he started to fight the enemy, he was able to hit the opponent every time he was blind. ”

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Zi said: "If you can't learn, I'm afraid of losing it." ”

Confucius said: "Although martial arts are practiced, if you can't beat your opponent, I'm afraid you will have to finish playing sooner or later." Combined with the previous analysis, Confucius already had a premonition that Yan Yuan might inevitably die early. Later, when Yan Yuan was really fighting, he was caught by others and stabbed, so he died early. Confucius fell into a deep self-reproach for not fulfilling his responsibilities as a teacher.

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Yan Yuan died. Zi said: "Wow! Heaven forbid! Heaven forbid! ”

After Yan Yuan's death, Confucius said: "This is miserable, God will blame me!" God will blame me! ”

11, Zengzi's enlightenment.

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Zeng Zi was ill, and he called his disciples and said: "Enlighten your feet!" Hands! Poetry and clouds' trembling, like facing the abyss, like walking on thin ice. 'Now and then, I know that I will be spared! Brat! ”

The boy is the child as the small and looks down on Confucius.

The meaning of the whole sentence is: Zengzi is sick (what about illness?) Gather your disciples and tell them, "Look at my hands, and then look at my feet." (What's so nice about the hands and feet?) And to work so hard? Why don't you watch it yourself? I think that at this time, Zengzi was unable to move his hands and feet because of his practice of internal strength, and it may be accompanied by complications that can be clearly distinguished from the surface of the body, such as pus, redness and swelling. Therefore, we invite everyone to visit and take it as a warning. Poetry and clouds 'tremble, like facing the abyss, like walking on thin ice. That's the right way to do it. From today onwards, I will not make such a mistake again. Confucius, I look down on you! ”。 Why did Zeng Zi say that he looked down on Confucius? I thought it was because he suspected that Confucius was hiding something when teaching him martial arts, so he was driven mad by the fallacy of the practice method. In fact, there has always been an air of suspicion among Confucius's disciples, suspecting that Confucius was hiding secrets. There were too many people who doubted it, which put a lot of pressure on Confucius, and Confucius had to publicly defend it. Zi said: "The second and third sons think I am hidden? I have nothing to hide. I have nothing to do without two or three sons, it is Qiu. (24)

12. Confucius's review of his martial arts career

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Zi said: "I have five out of ten and am determined to learn, thirty and stand, forty and not confused, fifty and know the destiny of heaven, sixty and obedient, seventy and do what I want, do not exceed the rules." ”

The meaning of this passage has been widely discussed by scholars throughout the ages. I thought this was a description of Confucius's own martial arts realm: he began to learn martial arts at the age of fifteen; When you are thirty years old, you can straighten your waist and stand on the rivers and lakes; At the age of forty, I will already know all the masters in the world, and there is no martial art that I can't deal with; Fifty years old, heaven and man are one; Sixty, everything in the world is the wind in my ears, and there is no obstacle to me, and seventy, then I move casually, all of which are new moves, and my thoughts are everywhere, and there is no disadvantage.

For thousands of years, there have been many people who have read the Analects, and I have discovered this secret out of boredom, and I dare not concentrate on myself, so I specially sent it here to share it with you.