(18) "Neutrino"

There are 11 chapters in the "Chapters of Microns", among which the famous sentence is: "I have been working with my hands and feet, and I have not had time to sow the grains"; "The past is irretrievable, and the future has time to be corrected." The main contents of this article are: Confucius's political thoughts, Confucius's disciples and old peasants talking about Confucius, Confucius's thoughts on shaping an independent personality, etc.

Weizi left the king, and Miko became a slave of the king, and Bigan was killed by the king; In the eyes of Confucius, these three were all benevolent people of the Yin Dynasty; Because the king has no way, he ended up like this. When Megumi Yanagishita was a prison officer, he was dismissed three times; Someone asked him: The king of Lu treated you like this, can't you leave Lu country? Megumi Yanashita replied: Serve the monarch according to the right path, and you will be dismissed many times wherever you go; If you don't want to serve the monarch in the right way, you don't need to leave your country. When Qi Jinggong talked about what kind of etiquette should be used to treat Confucius, he said: If you treat Confucius like the king of Lu treated Ji Sun, I can't do it; I can treat Confucius with a treatment that is lower than that of Jisun, but higher than that of Mengsun; Later, under the pressure of his subordinates, Qi Jinggong said again: I am old and can no longer appoint him; Confucius then left the state of Qi.

Qi Guo gave some singers to Lu Guo, Ji Huanzi accepted them all, and the monarch and ministers were intoxicated with singing and dancing, and they did not go to court for three days; Seeing this, Confucius left the state of Lu. There was a madman named Jieyu in the state of Chu, and once he walked by Confucius's car singing a song, and he sang: O phoenix, O phoenix, why is your virtue so weak? The past is irretrievable, and the future has time to be corrected; Forget it, forget it! Today's rulers are in danger! When Confucius heard this, he immediately got out of the carriage and wanted to talk to him, but he quickly avoided him, and Confucius finally failed to talk to him.

When the hermits were ploughing in the fields, Confucius and his party happened to pass by, and Confucius asked Zilu to ask them about the location of the ferry. Zilu walked up to them and asked. Chang Fu glanced at Zilu and asked, "Who is the old man with the reins?" After hearing this, Zilu replied: It's Kongqiu. Chang Fu asked again: Is it Kong Qiu of Lu State? Zilu replied: Yes. After hearing this, Chang Fu said disdainfully: If he was Kongqiu, then he should have known where the ferry was, and he still had to ask me? Zilu was helpless, so he had to ask Ji Ji again. The drowning also asked: Who are you? Zilu replied: I am Zilu. He then asked, "Then you are a disciple of Kongqiu?" Zilu nodded yes.

He then said, "Bad things are like floods, they are everywhere, how do you want to change them?" Instead of you following the people who hide from the villains, why don't you follow those of us who hide from society? After he finished speaking, he still kept doing farm work in the field, and finally did not tell Zilu where the ferry was. After Zilu returned, he reported the situation to Confucius, and Confucius said in disappointment: "People cannot coexist with birds and animals, and if they do not deal with people in the world, who can they deal with?" If the world were peaceful, we wouldn't have come together to carry out reforms.

Zilu once followed Confucius and fell behind. On the way to chase Confucius, he met an old man who was carrying a weeding tool with a cane. Zilu hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Have you seen my teacher?" The old man replied: I work with my hands and feet every day, and I haven't had time to sow the grains, so where can I care who your teacher is? After the old man finished speaking, he leaned on his crutches to remove the grass. Zilu felt that the old man's knowledge was deeply hidden, so he arched his hands and stood aside respectfully. After the old man finished his work, he saw that Zilu was still standing there respectfully, and it was getting late at this time, so he finally left Zilu to spend the night at his house. The old man killed the chicken, made small rice for Zilu to eat, and asked his two sons to come out to meet Zilu.

The next day, Zilu caught up with Confucius and told him about it. After hearing this, Confucius couldn't help but sigh: This is a hermit! Confucius hurriedly told Zilu to go back and visit the old man again to express his admiration. When Zilu returned there, the old man had already left the place and was no longer to be found. After Zilu came back, he said: It is wrong for a gentleman not to be an official, the relationship between the elder and the young cannot be abandoned, and the relationship between the monarch and the minister cannot be abandoned! If you want to be innocent and live in seclusion between mountains and rivers, you will destroy the fundamental ethical relationship between monarchs and ministers. A gentleman comes to be an official in order to practice the righteousness of a monarch and a minister. As for whether the Tao will work, we should have been mentally prepared early in the morning.

The people who have been left behind by history are Boyi, Shuqi, Yu Zhong, Yiyi, Zhu Zhang, Liu Xia Hui, and Shaolian. Confucius commented on them like this: Do not lower your will, do not humiliate your identity, Bo Yi Shuqi did it with his life. Megumi Yanagishita and Shaoren can be described as such: they were forced to lower their will and humiliate their identity, but they always spoke ethically and acted in accordance with the hearts of the people. Yu Zhong and Yi Yi have lived a reclusive life all their lives, they speak casually, they can clean themselves and love themselves, but they can comply with their rights and interests when they leave their official positions, and they can retreat with their whole bodies, which is very rare. Confucius said, "I am different from these people, and I can live with any way of life in them."

The musicians of the Lu State ran to the Qi State, the musicians who played the music during the second meal of the monarch fled to the Chu State, the musicians who played the music during the third meal left the Lu State and went to the Cai State, the musicians who played the music during the fourth meal ran to the Qin State, the drumming Uncle Fang fled to the Yellow River, the Wu who played the small drum was hidden by the Han River, and the young master Yang and the Xiang who were in charge of the chime among the musicians fled to the seashore; They all left Lu Jun one after another. King Wu of Zhou's younger brother Duke Zhou had a son named Bo Yu, who was the first monarch of the Lu State, and the Duke of Zhou once taught Bo Yu that a gentleman would not alienate his relatives, and a gentleman would not make his ministers complain about why they were not used; If you don't have too much fault with your old friends and ministers, don't abandon them, and don't blame others.

In the Zhou Dynasty, there were eight talented and virtuous people, they were: Boda, Boshi, Zhongtu, Zhonghu, Shuye, Shuxia, Ji Sui, and Ji Ji (guā); Among them, Bo Da is well-versed in righteousness, Bo Shi is generous and tolerant, Zhong Tu has the talent to resist difficulties, Zhong Su has the talent to study, Shu Ye is supple and unhurried, Shu Xia is just bright and unyielding, Ji Sui has the talent to be obedient, and Ji Xiangde is the same good horse.

(19) "Zizhang Chapter"

There are 25 chapters in the "Zizhang Chapter", among which the famous sentences are: "When you encounter danger, you can give your life, and when you see profits, you can consider whether it meets the standard of righteousness"; "Those who still have the strength to be an official can study, and those who still have the strength to study can become officials"; "A gentleman's fault is like a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse"; "It is very glorious for the Master to live, but it is a great pity for the Master to die." The main contents included in this article are: what a gentleman should do, some remarks of Confucius's disciples in learning, and the relationship between the importance of a gentleman in major and minor sections.

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(The Analects may seem a bit boring now, but this is probably the best way to preserve the spirit of the Analects.) Friends, let's work together, there are only 20 chapters in the Analects, and it will be over soon! ）