History live broadcast: My audience is the ancestors

Chapter 152 Zigong
My charming but short-lived ancestor: Ji'er is worthy of being the Great Demon King of the Warring States Period. Look at this fighting power!
Wuduyi: I totally agree! And it’s embarrassing that Ji’er is the villain most of the time!

Jiangnan is already experiencing mist and rain: Hahahahahaha! Ji'er cried and fainted in the toilet

I send my thoughts to the bright moon: Here comes the question, were there toilets during the Warring States Period?
Wan Ning can’t sleep. (Guan): There should be, right? Where else would they go to the toilet?
Fuling (Guan): Agreed! And this topic is somewhat flavorful, so let’s change the topic!

Pay attention, this woman’s name is Xiaomei: I totally agree! But to be honest, although Ji'er doesn't have a good reputation, his abilities are really impressive!
Galaxy: This is for sure! It's a pity that there are some illiterate people who are still speechless even though all the Qin kings in the world have defeated the government!
I can't sleep at night (Guan): There's no way, some people don't understand history at all, just like we don't understand some things either!
My dear, don’t leave: seconded! I can only say that everyone has his or her own strengths.
My charming but short-lived ancestor: Alas, now that education is gradually being promoted, things are already much better.

Yun Xi: Agreed! Take your time, it will get better and better.

Su Yue looked at their words and said, "Okay, anyway, our live broadcast room must have some historical culture. Don't talk about topics that make us unhappy!"

I can’t sleep at night (Guan): Agreed! Change the topic!

My charming and short-lived ancestor: How about continuing the conversation about diplomats? Anyway, there must be several more

Jiangnan has been in mist: Agreed! keep chatting

Pay attention, this woman’s name is Xiaomei: Yueyue, hurry up! Keep talking! We can't wait!
I send my love to the bright moon: plus one! Say it quickly!

Fuling (Guan): Plus one!

Su Yue saw their urging and said: "Okay, let's continue watching. This one is a real boss! He is Confucius's disciple-Zigong!"

Duanmu Ci (520 BC - 456 BC), whose surname was Duanmu and whose courtesy name was Zigong.

The originator of Confucian businessmen was born in Weiguoli (now Junxian County, HB City, HEN Province) in the late Spring and Autumn Period.

Confucius's favorite disciple, an outstanding representative of Confucianism, and one of the ten philosophers of Confucius. He was good at eloquence, talented, and knowledgeable. He once served as the prime minister of Lu and Wei.

He was also good at business and was the richest among Confucius' disciples.

"Duanmu Legacy" refers to the honest business culture left by Zigong, which has become the god of wealth believed by the people.

Zigong was good at cultivating goods and had the style of "a gentleman loves money and gets it in a wise way", which was highly praised by the business community in later generations.

There are many records of his words and deeds in "The Analects of Confucius", and he is highly praised in "Historical Records".

After Zigong's death, he was posthumously named "Li Hou" in the 27th year of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty, "Li Gong" in the 2nd year of Dazhong Xiangfu in the Song Dynasty, and was renamed "Sage Duanmuzi" in the 9th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty.

My charming and short-lived ancestor: Oh my God! This is a real boss!

Jiangnan is already experiencing mist and rain: who says it’s not? One of the ten philosophers of Confucius, he was also the first Confucian businessman and a high official. This guy is really awesome!

Wan Ning can’t sleep (Guan): That’s right! And some people say that the funds for Confucius's travels around the world were provided by Zigong!

My charming and short-lived ancestor: I’ve heard that too! Moreover, Zigong's appearance rate in "The Analects" is simply too high!

Pay attention, this woman’s name is Xiaomei: seconded! This one is really powerful, and can be said to be a hexagonal warrior!

I send my thoughts to the bright moon: I agree! But this seems to be Confucius’s favorite disciple!
My charming but short-lived ancestor: remove the "like", he is really Confucius's favorite disciple!

Don’t let the world grow old: That’s right! And how could the old man Confucius not like this guy when he is so awesome?

Su Yue looked at their comments and said, "Okay, now let's see how awesome this person is!" Lu Wei said.
"The Analects" only says that Zigong is excellent in "language", which to some extent ignores people's understanding of Zigong's talents in other aspects.

"Historical Records: Biography of Zhongni's Disciples" states that Zigong "often ministered to Lu and Wei".

His teacher Confucius also believed that Zigong had extraordinary political talents.

"The Analects of Confucius·Yong Ye" once recorded that Ji Kangzi asked Confucius whether Zilu, Zigong, and Ranqiu could enter politics. Confucius replied that all three of them could enter politics, but Confucius pointed out that the advantages of each of the three were different: "From (Zilu) "Yeguo", "Giving (Zigong) is also accomplished", "Qiu (Ranqiu) is also art".

Judging from the three advantages listed by Confucius, we feel that Zigong's advantage, "Da", seems to be indispensable for politicians.

The so-called "da" means to understand the affairs. Just imagine that if a person in politics can "understand the affairs", he will be able to grasp the overall situation and the overall situation of the problem from a macro perspective, and handle political affairs in an orderly manner. Zilu's "guo" (decisiveness) and Ran Qiu's "yi" (versatile talents) are just one aspect of politics.

It is precisely because Zigong is knowledgeable about affairs and has outstanding "language" skills that he was hired by Lu, Wei and other countries to assist them.

It is precisely because of his political talent that he was able to handle the diplomatic activities of Qi, Wu, Yue and Jin with ease and achieve complete success.

Master Zigong
Once, a senior official from the state of Lu belittled Confucius and exalted Zigong in front of others.

Zigong was very angry when he heard about it. He immediately compared it to a house, saying that the teacher's wall was several feet high and the house was so magnificent that ordinary people could not see it. But he was just a wall that was only shoulder-high and could be seen at a glance.

He also compared teachers to the sun and the moon, saying that teachers are so dazzling that ordinary people cannot surpass them.

After Confucius died, Zigong was deeply saddened. He lived next to Confucius's tomb and guarded the tomb for 6 years.

Zigong asked
Zigong asked Confucius: "Everyone in the village likes this person. How is this person like?"

Confucius said: "No."

Zigong asked again: "Everyone in the village hates him, so what about this man?"

Confucius said: "That won't work either. It would be better if all the good people in the village like him and all the bad people in the village hate him."

This is because the interests of the gentleman and the villain must be opposite. The villain hates the gentleman just as the gentleman hates the villain.

To find out the true situation depends on carefully listening to feedback.

Listening to the words of a gentleman will abolish the evil way of the villain; and listening to the words of a villain will destroy the right way of the gentleman.

Zigong redeems people
There is a law in the State of Lu that if people from the State of Lu become slaves abroad, if someone can redeem them, they can reimburse the ransom from the national treasury.

Once, Confucius' disciple Zigong (Duanmuci) ransomed a Lu man abroad, but refused to accept the state compensation after returning home.

Confucius said: "Ci, the method you adopted is not a good one.

From now on, the people of Lu will no longer redeem their compatriots who have become slaves.

If you take back the compensation from the state, it will not damage the value of your actions; but if you are unwilling to take back the money you paid, others will no longer be willing to redeem people. "

(End of this chapter)