Lu Zhaogong fled, and the power of Lu fell into the hands of Ji Pingzi and others, and he was not reused in Lu State. Confucius was disheartened, and his life once again entered a period of confusion.

In the country of Qi, although he was "reused" by Qi Jinggong, it was not his ideal "reuse". He came to Qi Country not only to rehearse ceremonial programs. But! He's here for something more important.

He wants to participate in politics! He wants to comprehensively promote his ideas in the Qi country, instead of just rehearsing etiquette programs for Qi Jinggong.

Although the rehearsal of the etiquette program is also the implementation of the weekly ceremony, the influence is too small, and only Qi Jinggong and others know. And! Qi Jinggong and the others did not let him rehearse the etiquette program for the purpose of promoting the weekly ceremony, but! People are pretending to be better.

Qi Jinggong asked Confucius to rehearse the ceremonial program, the purpose was to pomp and circumstance.

Confucius was clear about this.

As Lao Tzu said when he taught him: Zhou Li! In front of some people, it's a situation! It's someone else's pretend.

Lao Tzu said: What does it mean for you to promote the weekly ceremony? Did it work? Can Zhou Li save the world? Zhou Li is just one of the ways to govern society and regulate the actions of the world!

Managing society requires N methods to work together to accomplish it. Zhou Li is just a way to regulate the behavior of people in the world, and in addition to Zhou Li, there are criminal laws and various laws. If you are obsessed with etiquette, you will be pedantic.

Just like music, whether it is shao music or other music, singing and dancing, etc., it is just a way to cultivate the sentiments of the world. In addition to music such as Shao Le, there are also games. Through healthy games, it can also cultivate the sentiments of the world. There are also reading, enlightenment, poetry, traveling, etc., which are all ways to cultivate sentiment. If you must dwell on Shao Le, you will be pedantic.

No! If you blindly exaggerate your claims, your thinking is biased.

What if others are like others and exaggerate his claims? He doesn't advocate liturgy, he advocates law, everything is strictly regulated by law?

Don't? Isn't his claim correct?

For example, the Legalists of later generations and the Shang Yang of later generations, he is the representative of Legalism. Moreover! He carried forward the Legalism in the Qin State and made the Qin State strong.

Therefore, Lao Tzu said: These methods are only one of the methods of governing the world. But! None of them are the fundamental way to govern the world.

All these methods are just quack treatments: treating headaches and foot pains are not methods for fundamentally curing social problems.

Lao Tzu said: If you want to govern society thoroughly and fundamentally, you must cure it fundamentally! It is necessary to solve the problem of human beings and the origin of all things, starting from the fundamentals of human nature, not from the perspective of catering to social management.

Because! The State is only a temporary institution that has emerged in the course of human history. When humanity no longer needs the state as an institution, the state no longer exists.

For example, when a state is no longer able to protect its people, it does not exist.

The foundation of governing society is to let the people of the world understand life. Understand what people live for, and what people live for? If the outlook on life, the world, and the universe are not correct, there will be no time for peace for mankind.

Of course! This is from a long-term perspective and fundamentally speaking, and there will be no peace for mankind until the problem of the three views is resolved. Relatively speaking, it would be good for human beings to have a period of peace for several decades before they solve the three views. And! These decades of peace have been peace on a small scale. And the whole world is still not peaceful and peaceful.

After Confucius listened to Lao Tzu's Taoism, he did not follow Lao Tzu's method. But! Improvements have been made.

What he has in common with Lao Tzu's Taoism is that he cultivates himself!

But! The method of self-cultivation is different again. Lao Tzu's self-cultivation is from the perspective of human nature and survival. And his self-cultivation, although it is the same about survival. But his starting point: from the perspective of catering to social management.

So! The self-cultivation of Confucius was accepted by the ruler and the powerful. Because! It makes it easier for them to manage society.

And Lao Tzu's self-cultivation is from the perspective of human nature, so it is not accepted by rulers and intellectually powerful people. Because! Lao Tzu's self-cultivation is not conducive to their management of society and their subordinates. But! Lao Tzu's self-cultivation is accepted by everyone! Including the rulers and the powerful themselves.

Because! We are people! We all have common characteristics of humanity!

Just like Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Emperor's New Clothes", he knew that the emperor was not wearing clothes, but he didn't dare to say any of them.

Obviously, Lao Tzu's self-cultivation is correct from the perspective of human nature, but under the pressure of rulers and powerful people, he says it differently. Not daring to say it doesn't mean that you don't dare to do it. So! Society is just as chaotic.

The purpose of Confucius's implementation of the Zhou rites was not just to promote the Zhou rites. But! The world should know the role and significance of etiquette, rather than the superficial situation, superficial articles, pretentiousness, and noisy favor.

1 self-denial 1 plus 1 salute!

What is required is for the world to abide by the weekly rites from the heart, not the superficial situation and duplicity.

Confucius came to Qi to become an official, although he succeeded, he became the "ceremonial official" of Qi State. But he didn't want to be a "ceremonial officer", and he didn't want to be this coach. He needs more power than the ceremonial officials, not only to promote the Zhou rites from the superficial situation, but also to tell the world why they should follow the Zhou rites and the Zhou system!

That's what he's for!

The mere implementation of the weekly rites and the rehearsal of some ceremonial programs are only the weekly rites on the surface, not the soul of the weekly rites! If you don't really understand Zhou Li, Zhou Li will only be in the situation.

The implementation of Zhou Li is just one of his methods of governing society, and his methods of managing society are a whole set! So! He needs more power!

That's what he's for!

Judging from the current situation, Qi Jinggong only gave him the opportunity to be a coach, but did not give him the possibility of more power.

Therefrom! Confucius has a retreat! He didn't want to do it anymore, he wanted to change jobs and go to the Great Zhou World to find a new master and a new support.

Lu Zhaogong fled, and the power of Lu completely fell into the hands of Ji Pingzi and others, in Lu State! There is no possibility for him to become a leader. Even before, before Lu Zhaogong escaped, he had no possibility of becoming a leader! No! He will not have more power.

Because! Lu Zhaogong can't be much of a master. How much can a puppet king be?

So! Both before and now! It is impossible for him to promote his ideas in the country of Lu.

And the current Qi State, he has already seen that his official position will probably stop at the position of "ceremonial official" and will not change.

In fact! He is not even a "ceremonial official" in the Qi State. Qi Jinggong has not given him an official position for the time being, and his current status is not even a "guest secretary".

His current status can only be regarded as a temporary worker!

After the Spring Festival, in 516 BC, in the twenty-sixth year of Lu Zhaogong, Confucius saw that there was still no improvement, so he submitted his resignation to Qi Jinggong.

(End of chapter)