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Confucius lived in a different era than later.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the environment of that era was very relaxed.

For example, the ruler wants his ministers to die, but his ministers are not allowed to die. There is no such thing as the situation that if you lose a battle, you have to go to a military court and so on.

In the Spring and Autumn Period when Confucius lived, there were only two mortal enemies, one was the Taoist struggle, and the other was the internal and external war.

In the eyes of the people of Spring and Autumn, the relationship between countries like Lu and Qi is more like a fight between brothers, not life and death.

It didn't rise to that level at first.

Goujian, the king of Yue, was able to taste his courage, and three thousand Yuejia could swallow Wu, provided that the king of Wu didn't kill him.

You change to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, Li Shimin and Wang Shichong, Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang.

See how they treat their opponents.

That's not life and death.

When Confucius was unable to become an official in Lu State, he took his disciples to other countries to become officials. This was very common in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Everyone is still employed.

The boss with the seal of the Six Kingdoms is either in this situation, or a super wage earner in ancient times. Today he works in this country, but tomorrow he is bored and he is in another country.

Received courtesy in any country.

At the time, it was a pretty relaxed environment.

If you switch to the Three Kingdoms era, you see that Zhuge Liang dared to tell Liu Bei, I am tired from work today, and the treatment you give me is not good. I want to go to Wei Guo to be the prime minister.

Will Wei Guo tell us, do you think Liu Bei will release him?
Some would say that environment is a sign of infidelity.

But if it can appear frequently, it can be replaced with another understanding, that is, in everyone's opinion, all countries in the Spring and Autumn Period are brothers fighting for hegemony, and brothers fighting for hegemony, there are many things that can be tolerated.

Anyway, we are all Chinese, changing the country is the same as changing the company, it’s nothing, as long as you don’t take refuge in a foreign race, then everything is not a betrayal.

Naturally, in this environment, everyone resists the use of crazy skills. In everyone's eyes, isn't it good to live under the rules?

To put it another way, the environment of scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty is a bit like the ideological environment of the Spring and Autumn Period, except that the people of the Spring and Autumn Period came out of the wilderness and were very capable of fighting. .

The Song Dynasty was different. They never experienced the kind of travel that might meet tigers and bears, discuss theories and be violently killed by the other party, and then take observing the life of grassland people as a research topic.

The combination of the above three situations has contributed to the ability of Chunqiu people to fight.

In the eyes of Spring and Autumn people, when I travel, I may meet tigers, leopards and bears, and I may get beaten when discussing knowledge points. In order to study the changes and differences in people's thinking, I have to observe the habits of grassland people.

Yes, don't think it's impossible, it's all possible.

The story of Confucius and Zhongzi is a naked reality.

When Confucius was giving a lecture, he met Zilu (Zhongzi), who was still a knight-errant. When Zilu heard Confucius, he disdainfully said that he would beat him up when he met this old liar.

Then Confucius went to the local area to give lectures, and Zilu blocked the way to question them. The two argued, and Zilu wanted to start, but was thrown over the shoulder by Confucius and punched. Afterwards, Confucius had a most loyal disciple.

It's okay to beat me up.

In the Analects, Confucius taught the most lessons to Zhongzi, and the definition of Zhongzi is also stubborn.

Another meaning of being naughty is being mischievous and disobedient. This kind of child will be taught a lesson if there is nothing to do, and he will be with him during the rebellious period, and will be beaten if there is nothing to do.

When you can speak better than him and fight better than him, he will be obedient.

This is the environment of the Spring and Autumn debate.

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Spring and Autumn people can fight, and what they love more is the entire Chinese nation. Their view of the country is more like the relationship between migrant workers and enterprises.

In their eyes, being an official is very simple. If you have enough background and show your ability, if the country's leaders like it, you will naturally have a good position.

Being an official is just a way to realize one's own ideological ambitions.

Confucius traveled around the world for 13 years. During these 13 years, he traveled all over the country in the Spring and Autumn Period. Although he did not become an official a few times, he also achieved the achievement of traveling thousands of miles after reading thousands of books.

In this case, his definition of country and nation is clearer.

He began to concentrate on teaching and disseminating knowledge, and he really embarked on the road of sages.

In the eyes of Confucius, the struggle for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period, the chaotic wars in the Warring States Period, and the struggle for hegemony in the last dynasty of later dynasties can all be called the struggle for hegemony among the Xias, that is, the struggle between brothers.

Of course, this is also the thinking of most of the various scholars after traveling all over the world in the Spring and Autumn Period.

In everyone's eyes, the country at that time could not represent the nation, but the nation could contain the country.

This is terrible.

In their eyes, Qin people, Zhao people, Qi people, etc. are all Chinese.

The Qin State of the Qin people, the Zhao State of the Zhao people, and the Qi State of the Qi people.

Although they are all very strong, even though they are very powerful, when they cannot represent the Chinese nation, they can only be said to be part of the Chinese nation.

Just like there are many branches under a head office, although the internal competition is inseparable, it is not time to use indiscriminate means.

The realm of thought has reached a certain level.

So Confucius was quite dissatisfied with many phenomena in later generations, and he was even more dissatisfied with the things that some people blamed on him. You have done things that Lao Tzu did not do in the Spring and Autumn Period.

You have the nerve to throw the blame on me.

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All the people in the group combined the words of Confucius, carefully counted the environment of the Spring and Autumn Period, and then thought about the environment of later generations, and finally understood the reason for Confucius's words.

Those who say that people in the Spring and Autumn Period are a complete gentleman do not believe it themselves. They just say that they have changed themselves to be more in line with the image of a gentleman due to various circumstances and reasons.

Scholars in the Spring and Autumn Period generally represent nobles. As long as you can read and read and reach the image of a scholar generally recognized by everyone, then you are a noble, wherever you go.

These scholars have no respect wherever they go.

And a common feature of people is that when they are respected and things are rare, they will take the initiative to take responsibility.

For example, some scholars would squat among the fields to help the common people research on farming, the earliest research on water conservancy and other facilities, the suffering of the common people to redress the grievances of the common people, and so on.

In their view, if they are respected, it is equivalent to receiving money from the people and the rights in the hands of the people, and they have to return something.

The planting of farmhouses, the Mohism's transformation of organ techniques, the teaching of Confucianism, and so on.

These are examples, stark examples.

One of the meanings of plucking a hair to benefit the world is that it must be plucked when it is time to pluck it.

The root of governance by doing nothing is to give the bottom layer enough room to play if the morality is sufficient.

These things are details.

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