Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 10
The door of the house was suddenly opened, and Confucius and Zilu walked out of the house.

Confucius looked at Zigong and Zaiyu who were sitting upright, and asked, "Ah Ci, Ayu, do you two know that you are wrong?"

Zaiyu and Zigong Qiqi bowed down and admitted their mistake: "The student knows his mistake."

"Yeah." Confucius nodded with a smile, "It's a good thing if you know your mistakes and can correct them."

Zaiyu and Zigong fell on the ground, they secretly glanced at each other, and they both saw the joy in each other's eyes.

Master doesn't seem angry, is he planning to forgive us directly?

But they were not happy for a long time, and Confucius changed the subject.

"Knowing mistakes and being able to correct them is a good character, so it is commendable. However, if you do something wrong, you should also be punished. In class today, you have to keep sitting upright and don't waver in the slightest. Punish it."

Stay upright until get out of class is over?
When Zaiyu and Zigong heard this, their faces turned green.

Upright sitting is also called cross-crane sitting or kneeling sitting.

The specific sitting posture is that the feet are close to the floor, the buttocks are placed on the ankles, and the hands are naturally stretched on the knees. At the same time, the waist should be kept straight, and the demeanor should be dignified without squinting.

If you are an ordinary person who has never tried to sit upright, you will feel sore legs and body discomfort if you sit upright for a few minutes at most.

But Zigong and Zaiyu have practiced rituals for many years, so they are naturally different from ordinary people. They can maintain a standard upright position for several quarters of an hour.

But the time unit of Master's lectures is not based on quarters, but on hours.

Sometimes when the master is happy, he will involuntarily procrastinate.

Keep sitting upright for hours, even until dark...

Zai Yu swallowed, looked up at his master's kindly smiling face, and almost blurted out the words in his stomach.

Master, are you a devil?

Fortunately, Zai Yu held back.

He turned his head to look at Zi Gong, who was suffering from the same disease, and saw that Zi Gong's facial expression was a little bit unbearable at this time, and he was on the verge of collapse.

He had a bad heart, and hurriedly pressed Zigong's head to accept the order.

"Students understand. Zigong and I must follow your teachings, keep sitting upright and dare not waver in the slightest."

Confucius nodded in relief, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that Zaiyu was worthy of respect.

"Okay! I heard that a gentleman can be comfortable and not arrogant, but a villain can be arrogant and rude and can't be comfortable. Yu! You can be considered comfortable now, but you must remember that you can't How arrogant!"

Zai Yu obediently nodded his thanks and said, "The student has written down your words."

Confucius nodded slightly, then rolled up the hem of his robe, and slowly sat down on the stage in a sitting posture.

Zaiyu and Zigong didn't dare to be negligent, they sat beside the master one after another.

In this way, Zigong and Zaiyu were sitting on the left side of Confucius, and the other was sitting on the right side of Confucius.

From a distance, it looks like Confucius' left and right protectors, and it looks quite interesting.

As time went by, disciples of Confucianism came to the academy one after another, and saw this wonderful scene as soon as they entered.

Someone couldn't help laughing out, "What's going on today? What are Zi Gong and Zi I doing?"

"Do you need to ask? You must have done something wrong, so you were punished by the master."

"Oh, Zigong and I, usually the two of them dance happily. This time it's okay, let the master catch it, and finally stop dancing."

The disciples' comments reached Confucius' ears, and the old man frowned and coughed violently.

"Are you all doing well? Why do you laugh at others? I don't have enough time to study, but I don't have time to laugh at others!"

Hearing the master's reprimand, those disciples who laughed at Zaiyu and Zigong blushed and bowed down to apologize to Zaiyu and Zigong.

As for their apologies, Zaiyu and Zigong just smiled and nodded in return.

Seeing the reaction of the two students, Confucius praised them with satisfaction and said: "If you can maintain this kind of performance every day, then you will not be far from being a gentleman."

Zaiyu and Zigong cupped their hands in unison: "The students are taught."

After Confucius turned around, Zaiyu immediately raised his elbow and stabbed Zigong.

Zigong understood, his lips moved slightly, and his voice was like a mosquito: "Don't worry, we are all buddies. I will definitely record this matter in "The Analects of Confucius."

Confucian disciples arrived one after another, and it didn't take long for the academy, which was empty just now, to be full.

Confucius counted the number of people, and after making sure that all the students had arrived, he finally began to give lectures.

"Yesterday we talked about the official system of the Xia and Shang Dynasties. Today, let's talk about the system of our Zhou Dynasty? Zhou established the country with rituals. When talking about Zhou rituals, we must first talk about the Duke of Zhou.

Who is Duke Zhou?Zhou Gong is the clan of the Zhou Dynasty, the fourth son of King Wen, and the younger brother of King Wu.The Duke of Zhou is Ji's surname, and his first name is Dan, because the fief is in Zhou, so he is called Duke of Zhou..."

When Zai Yu heard this, his sunny mood just now turned from cloudy to cloudy.

Finished!

Master actually wants to talk about Duke Zhou today!

Who among the disciples of Confucius didn't know that the Master was a fanatical fan of Duke Zhou?

The master knows everything about Duke Zhou, from his birthday, to major events in his life, to rumors in the market.

The master was born thousands of years earlier. If the master was born thousands of years later, he would definitely be able to dig out Duke Zhou's zodiac sign, favorite color, and hobbies.

But Zaiyu turned his head and thought, it seems that it is not a bad thing for the master to talk about Duke Zhou today.

When it comes to the Duke of Zhou, Zhou Li must not be bypassed.And when it comes to Zhou Li, then he can...

Just as Zaiyu expected, Confucius talked about Duke Zhou really eloquently. Just introducing the life story of Duke Zhou, he talked for more than an hour, enough to be worth two big lectures in the universities of later generations.

After that, Confucius briefly talked about the background and norms formulated by Zhou Li, and then began to praise the idol Zhou Gong.

And for such a long time, Confucius didn't even drink a sip of water.

But this is not what Jai Yu admired the most. What he admired the most was that the master kept sitting upright from the beginning of the lecture, with his back straight and his body completely motionless.

Before Zaiyu sat under the stage and listened to his master's lecture, he didn't notice this. It was not until today that he realized how difficult it was.

Zaiyu's feet were already sore and swollen when Confucius told the story of Duke Zhou's childhood.

When Duke Zhou reached the crown, he felt that his legs were covered with ants, and it was not only sore, but even itchy.

By the time Duke Zhou began to assist King Cheng, the symptoms had spread throughout his body.

But after Zhougong made rituals and music, and after the crusade against Uncle Guan Cai, Zaiyu could no longer feel the existence of his legs.

He felt that his soul was out of his body, as if he was about to go to another world.

In the midst of torment, Jae Yu finally heard a voice like the sounds of heaven.

"Okay, that's all about Duke Zhou. If you don't understand anything, you can ask questions now."

　All of this is what I committed, called the crime of seeking to read.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)