Which disciple should Confucius thank most? Is it the sub-road of martial arts high and powerful, or the sub-road of the rich and the enemy?

Confucius is the founder of the Confucian school. The Confucian thought he founded became the mainstream thought of Chinese society after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, became the common value of the Chinese nation, and became the main component of Chinese culture. It can be said that no Confucianism is not China.

In fact, Confucius has made great contributions to Chinese culture. He conformed to the downward trend of knowledge and culture in the late Spring and Autumn Period, founded private school, and created a precedent for Chinese private school, which has extremely far-reaching significance for the development of Chinese culture.

Confucius is the greatest educator. He has many disciples throughout his life. There are 72 sages who have left glorious names in Chinese history. The total number of disciples is more than 3,000. These disciples are the seeds of Chinese culture. The fire of Confucianism has a profound impact on Chinese culture.

In a sense, Confucius made his disciples, and his disciples in turn made Confucius.

Many people have different opinions about who is the disciple who has helped Confucius the most. Some people said it was Yan Hui, some said it was Zilu, some said it was Zi Gong, and some said it was Zeng Zi. Fun Guoxue believes that the disciple who helped Confucius the most was Zigong.

Let's talk about Yan Hui first. Among the many disciples, Confucius had a preference for Yan Hui, but Yan Hui was willing to be indifferent. In theory, he had no new ideas and passed away too early, so the help to Confucius was not great.

Zilu is also a favorite disciple of Confucius, although he has to scold Zilu every other time. But Zilu's help to Confucius is only in life, such as being a driver when traveling around the world; asking for directions if you can't find the way; if you don't have food, Zilu will find food; if Confucius is unhappy, Zilu will do thinking Work etc. In theory, there is also no better inheritance and development. Z1z

Zengzi is considered to have made a great contribution to Confucius. He taught Zisi, and his disciples taught Mencius. In terms of Confucianism, he has inherited and promoted Confucius, but the fun Guoxue believes that it is still a son Gong made a relatively large contribution to Confucius.

First, Zigong is agile, can do business, and later became the richest man. Confucius took his disciples to travel around the countries for 14 years. The cost of the journey was huge. Indispensable was the help from Zigong. He allowed Confucius to complete the historical feat of traveling around the countries and also the cultural feat of spreading Confucian culture.

Second, Zigong once helped Confucius’s homeland, and it was preserved in the turbulent competition between great powers. "Historical Records. "The Biographies of Zhongni’s Disciples" said, "The old Zi Gong came out, saved Lu, chaos, broke Wu, Xinjiang and Jin and dominated Yue." When Qi was about to attack Lu, Confucius sent a well-known and eloquent diplomacy. Jiazi Gong, an envoy to various countries, brought Qi, Chu, Wu, Yue and Jin into a melee, and saved Lu. This is definitely the greatest help to Confucius.

Third, Zigong helped Confucius to be called a "sage" in later generations, which was a great help. In other words, Confucius' status was promoted by his clever and eloquent disciples such as Zi Gong and Zai Yu. Confucius was an amateur at that time. Although he traveled around the world, he had no status. Confucius wanted to be a saint like Yao, Shunyu, but Confucius was very self-aware, and he felt that he was completely unqualified. Because according to Confucius' own standards, sages must first have great deeds, and second, they must have wisdom and wisdom. So he felt that he was far from the saint.

Dan Zigong has been working hard for Confucius. He spoke for Confucius on different occasions, did public relations and publicity for him, and worked hard for Confucius to portray the image of a saint.

In Lu, Zigong's influence is so great that some people say that Zigong is better than teacher Confucius. Zi Gong quickly said that he was far behind, and the teacher was the kind of character like the wall of the Wanren palace.

Uncle Sun Wu Shuyu Doctor Yu Chao said: "Zi Gongxian Yu Zhongni." Zifu Jingbo told Zi Gong. Zi Gong said: "For example, the wall of the palace, the wall of the gift is also shoulder-length, and you can see the good of the house. The master's wall is too many to enter. You can't see the beauty of the ancestral temple and the wealth of a hundred officials. That’s right! Master’s cloud, shouldn’t it be appropriate?”

Zigong said: “Take the wall as an analogy. The wall of my house is only shoulder-high, but the wall of the teacher’s house is several thousand high. If you can’t find a door to enter, you You can’t see the magnificence of the ancestral temple and the colorful houses. There are not many people who can find the door to enter. Isn’t it natural for Uncle Wu Sun to say that?” Z1z

Zigong also redefines the standards of saints, and this The standard of the saint is ZigongTailored specifically for Confucius.

The former Zigong asked Confucius: "Master is holy?" Confucius said: "Holy, I can't. I'm not tired of learning but I'm not tired of teaching." Ren Ye. Ren and wisdom, the Master is a saint.” In order to promote Confucius as a saint, Zi Gong specifically found a topic about saints and asked Confucius. Zi Gong asked if Confucius was a saint. Of course, Confucius could not say that he was a saint. He said that I would definitely not be able to do a saint. I am a teacher. I never feel satisfied in my studies, and I never feel tired in educating students. Z1z

Zigong said that perseverance in learning is wisdom, and perseverance in teaching is benevolence. Of course, a person with a benevolent heart and great wisdom is a saint. The standard of the saint

was specially formulated for Confucius. Later, the Confucian sub-sage Mencius also accepted the standard of Zigong, not only classified Confucius as a saint, but also believed that Confucius was a master of saints. Therefore, later generations of Confucius can become a saint, with the great contribution of Zigong.

Fourth, if Confucius knows about it, he should be grateful to Zi Gong, who has accompanied him in front of his tomb for six years. Not only after the death of Confucius, but also in his twilight years, Zi Gong was also with him until he reached the end of his life. After the death of Confucius, Zi Gong not only did business better and better, but also became a doctor in the State of Lu. When Sanhuan insulted Confucius more than ten years after his death, he was still defending Confucius.

Zigong provided financial support for Confucius’ political and academic activities, psychological counseling for Confucius, hospice care for Confucius in his twilight years, spared no effort to promote Confucius’ position as a saint, and even guarded Confucius’ tomb after his death. In years, he washed the dirty water splashed on him.

Zigong is the person who loves Confucius the most and helps Confucius the most. When Confucius' deadly enemy, the traitorous minister, Yang Huo, said he was rich and unkind, but Zi Gong used his life to prove that being rich can also be a benevolent person!