A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 63 Bai Ting makes rituals and travels around the world

The seventh year of Lu Dinggong, the two hundred and sixty-seventh year of Bai Kingdom
The Qi army attacked the state of Lu, captured Yunyi, and made it a fiefdom for Yanghu of the state of Lu. They sent a letter to the state of Lu to allow Yanghu to participate in the political affairs of the state of Lu.

The eighth year of Duke Dinggong of Lu and the two hundred and sixty-eighth year of Bai Kingdom
Yang Hu wanted to kill all the direct heirs of Sanhuan and replace the direct heirs with concubines who were close to him.

One day, Yang Hu drove Ji Huanzi in a car and took the opportunity to kill him. Seeing that something was wrong, Huanzi lied to Yang Hu and said that he could give up his position as head of the family to Yang Hu and promised to unconditionally support any order of Yang Hu. Yang Hu agreed. .

After Ji Huanzi escaped, he immediately summoned the other two Huans and told them Yang Hu's plot. Finally, the three Huans united to attack Yang Hu, but Yang Hu was defeated and retreated to Yangguan.

The ninth year of Duke Dinggong of Lu and the two hundred and sixty-ninth year of Bai Kingdom
Sanhuan raised troops to attack Yang Hu again, hoping to avoid further trouble forever, but Yang Hu had no choice but to flee from Qi. Soon he went to join the Zhao family of Jin.

Lu Dinggong's tenth year, Bai Guo's two hundred and seventy years

The State of Lu summarized the cause of Yanghu's rebellion and concluded that it was the lack of etiquette and law. Therefore, with the strong support of Lu Dinggong and Meng Sun He Ji, Confucius was appointed as the official of the State of Lu and the chief minister, replacing Ji Sun's minister.

On the seventh day of his reign, Confucius, as the chief minister, killed the famous scholar Shaozheng Mao in Dongguan of Lu on the charge of five evils, and his body was exposed for three days.

The people of the country were puzzled and came to ask questions one after another, but Confucius said calmly: "Everyone, please sit down, and I will tell you why I want to kill him.

There are five kinds of sins in people, which cannot be compared with stealing.

The first is that the reason is clear but the intention is sinister;
The second behaves strangely, is anti-traditional and determined;
The third is that his remarks are absurd but he is eloquent;

The fourth is a strong memory and profound knowledge of heresies;
The fifth is to conform to unorthodox fallacies and heresies, like a river overflowing, spreading unethical thoughts to all directions.

If we don’t kill such a person, will we still wait for him to harm the future of Lu State? "

After hearing this, the Chinese people all understood Confucius's political requirements, so they no longer dared to do anything that violated morality. Soon, the atmosphere of the Lu country changed, as if everyone was a polite person.

This year, because Bai Ting has reached the age of forty-three, according to the tradition of Bai Kingdom, he must return to the country to inherit the position of young master. So he bid farewell to Confucius and returned to the Bai Kingdom, and sent his son Bai Shi over so that he could also worship Confucius as his teacher.

Quan Ding was also transferred back to Taiyuan by Bai Ting from the Qufu Yi Guard Chief, and was appointed as the Assistant Guard Chief under the Shadow Guard. This auxiliary guard is in charge of the shadow guard's finances and files, and the most important thing is to manage logistics.

Bai Ting, who has passed middle age, returned to the Bai Kingdom after 20 years of absence. The boy who looked like a devil in the world at the beginning has become a gentle and gentle middle-aged man with a kind face but still resolute.

Bai Ting looked at Bai Yu, who was already full of silver hair, and bowed deeply. Bai Yu looked at Bai Ting and said, "Just come back!"

Bai Yu looked at Bai Ting and said, "Since you are back, you can take over the political affairs! It's time for me to retreat and study."

The book repairing that Bai Yu said was to copy the classics collected by Bai into Yu Gui. Starting from Bai Yu, since the age of the head of the Bai family is not as young as before, the power gradually shifted from the head of the family to the young master. The head of the family grasped the general direction and copied the current classics into Yu Gui in seclusion.

Bai Ting told Bai Yu about his idea of ​​practicing etiquette. Bai Yu said that you should go ahead and do it, but you should not be radical and implement it slowly. Let's formulate Bai's etiquette first!

Bai Ting agreed.

Afterwards, he visited his mother, Ban Mo, and was relieved to see that she was still healthy. Then he went to the White House's Government Hall to listen to the reports from the family chief and the family general.

After Bai Ting straightened out the political affairs of the Bai Kingdom, he first summoned more than twenty Bai family members with divine seals and told them his ideas and benefits of formulating rituals.

After a heated debate, everyone agreed. So Bai Ting formally established the etiquette and law in accordance with Zhou Rites, which stipulated the obligations of the elders and the obligations of the younger generations.

If you don't comply, what will be the punishment? If you stick to it, what will be the reward?

A year later, this set of etiquette was well adapted to the Bai family, so he set up a etiquette judge to advise. If you want to be a etiquette judge, you must set an example.

The original intention of this set of etiquette is to integrate the relationship between families, so it is not as impersonal as Zhou Rites. It is more about stipulating the behavior of non-close relatives so that they can do it and follow the etiquette in any situation. It can make everyone who communicates with Bai Shizi feel respected.

Bai Ting plans to extend it to the entire Bai family, including those who do not have the divine seal, even those who have changed their surname.

Under the example of Bai Shizi, who had the divine seal this year, many people understood and agreed with it, but many people did not agree with it, thinking that this set of etiquette was too strict and inhibited his nature.

As a result, the implementation in the Bai Mansion was very unsatisfactory. There were many Bai family members who were wild and unruly in nature and were unwilling to be restrained. Bai Ting was very distressed about this. At this time, Bai Yu proposed that the purpose of etiquette is to integrate the relationship between families, so if the etiquette causes families to be separated from each other, wouldn't it be putting the cart before the horse?

Therefore, this set of etiquette should be established so that everyone can follow the etiquette, so that everyone will not be at a loss when they don't know how to treat others.

Therefore, it should not be enforced. As long as it does not hinder the actions of others and makes others feel respected, it does not necessarily have to be followed to the letter.

As soon as this proposal came out, many people agreed, so many people no longer resisted learning etiquette, but took the initiative to understand etiquette in order to better communicate with others.

As a result, a trend of learning etiquette spread from the White House, and etiquette became a subtle thing. Although there will be no substantial punishment for rude behavior, as long as someone hears that you are rude, that person will also He became a street rat, despised by everyone.

By the way, the etiquette judge has also become an honor, becoming the etiquette master, and has become the title of the person with the best etiquette and law in the Bai Kingdom appointed by the Bai family. If someone wants to learn the most standard etiquette, it is right to look for the etiquette master. . The first person of etiquette appointed by Bai Ting was his master Confucius who was far away in the state of Lu.

The symbol of a ceremonial practitioner is a crown, named a ceremonial crown, with pearls and jade made by famous masters. The surface of the crown is made of fine silver wire, and ancient pictures and texts are embroidered with copper wire on the outside. There is a gold wire embroidery on the front. The word "Li" is embroidered, and the name of the crown is also embroidered with gold thread on the inner wall of the ceremonial crown, as well as Bai's special mark to prevent fraud.

This crown is worth a lot of money. Therefore, it is better to lack etiquette than to overdo it.

Here, Confucius, who was teaching, received the gift crown from Bai Ting. When he heard the meaning of the gift crown, Confucius gladly accepted it.

All the disciples thought that the Master was the person who knew the most etiquette and had the most standard etiquette in the world, so they were very happy. Many people even looked at such an exquisite and valuable crown, and coupled with its meaning, they all decided A lifelong goal, determined to earn one myself.

When Confucius wore this ceremonial crown, he found that the behavior of his disciples was much more standardized than before. Many people who did not pay attention to etiquette before now also paid attention to it. He was very happy. The legend of the ceremonial crown gradually spread throughout the world, and everyone knew that people who wear ceremonial crowns are worthy of respect.

The twelfth year of Duke Dinggong of Lu and the two hundred and seventy-second year of Bai Kingdom

In order to weaken Sanhuan's strength, Confucius secretly wanted to implement Quan Sandu's measures and demolish the castle built by Sanhuan. But after two families were demolished, the last family noticed it, and the conflict between Confucius and Sanhuan was also exposed.

Lu Dinggong's thirteenth year, Bai Guo's two hundred and seventy-three years

In the spring, the state of Qi sent eighty female musicians to the state of Lu. Confucius refused to accept the proposal on the spot, but Ji Huanzi accepted it. Soon the kings and ministers all over the country were obsessed with singing and dancing, and ignored the government affairs for many days.

Confucius failed to remonstrate with him many times. In despair, the conflict with Ji further intensified.

Soon, the state of Lu held a suburban sacrifice. After the sacrifice, it was customary to send the sacrificial meat to the officials, but did not give it to Confucius. This showed that the Ji family did not want to use him anymore. For his own ideals, Confucius had to leave the state of Lu and go to foreign countries to find a way out, and thus began his journey to travel around the world.

The fourteenth year of Lu Dinggong, the two hundred and seventy-fourth year of Bai Kingdom

I heard that Duke Wei of Wei State was always thirsty for talents, so Confucius led his disciples to leave Lu State and come to Wei State. The state affairs of Wei State are in the hands of Nanzi, the wife of Duke Ling of Wei.
But if Confucius wanted to become an official, he had to go to see Nanzi. However, when meeting Mrs. Jun, the etiquette was inconsistent. Confucius struggled for many days. Finally, in order to realize his ideal, he went to see Mrs. Jun.

Zhong You, a disciple of Confucius, had strong objections to Confucius' meeting with Nanzi and criticized Confucius. Confucius finally sighed: I really can't figure out a woman's thoughts!

In the same year, Zichan of the state of Zheng passed away. Confucius was very sad when he heard the news and praised Zichan as a kind person passed down from ancient times.

At first, Duke Linggong of Wei respected Confucius very much and gave him a salary of 6 yuan according to Confucius's salary standard in Lu State, but he did not give him any official position or allow him to participate in political affairs.

Confucius lived in Wei for about 10 months. Because someone slandered him in front of Wei Linggong, Wei Linggong became suspicious of Confucius, so he sent someone to openly monitor Confucius' actions. Confucius could not bear the disturbance and said to his disciples: Women and villains are difficult to raise.

Therefore, Confucius prepared to take his disciples to leave the state of Wei and go to the state of Chen. On the way to Chen State, Confucius got lost and walked to Kuangcheng.

When passing by Kuangcheng, he was besieged for 5 days due to a misunderstanding. Afterwards, he fled Kuangcheng. When he arrived in Pudi, he encountered a rebellion by the aristocrat Gongshu of the Wei Kingdom and was besieged again. After escaping, Confucius returned to Weiguo.

Duke Linggong of Wei was very happy when he heard that Confucius' master and apprentice had returned from Pudi, and went out of the city to greet him personally. However, the treatment he received in Weiguo was no different from before. Confucius decided to leave Weiguo and was discussing his whereabouts. Master Bai spoke:

"Master, have you forgotten the Bai Kingdom? My father is still waiting for you in the Bai Kingdom! Why don't we go to the Bai Kingdom first so that we can have a look at the political affairs of the Bai Kingdom. I hope you can give me some opinions."

Confucius agreed. So the group went north to the Bai Kingdom, passing through the restored Baiyi, Huaiyi, Baiguan, etc. all the way to Taiyuan.

(End of this chapter)