Confucius summarized and carried forward the ideological connotation of Zhou Gong, forming a complete set of systematic theoretical systems and creating the Confucian school.
Confucius advocated treating others with respect and tolerance, which means treating others with the same attitude as oneself. Then deduce "benevolence" - love others with a heart that loves yourself, "benevolence"
"Righteousness" - treat the interests of others and the interests of the public with an attitude towards your own interests.
In this way, others will treat you with the same attitude, and sow good things and reap good results. It is human nature that how you treat others will be treated by others.
Confucius advocated doing things from near to far, starting from the small things around you.
"Benevolence" - to love others with a heart that loves yourself, first of all, love the people around you.
Loving one's parents is filial piety, loving one's elder brother is timid.
"Righteousness" - treat the interests of others and the interests of the public with the same attitude as one's own interests.
First of all, we must protect the interests of our friends, be loyal to friendship, and maintain good personal ethics. As a human being, we also need to cultivate ourselves, manage our families, govern the country, and bring peace to the world. From near to far, from small to large.
Confucius advocated the opposite of self-seeking and self-reflection.
When encountering problems, look for your own reasons and conduct self-reflection. Confucianism teaches that "the inner sage is the outer king." All our behaviors, words, and conduct are the expression of our thoughts and habits. When encountering unsatisfactory things, we must first find the reasons within ourselves.
Because even if others are wrong, we cannot control others. All we can control is ourselves. When unpleasant things happen, we must bear some responsibility. Only by finding out our own mistakes can we take precautions and learn the principles of life to avoid making them again next time.
Confucius advocated establishing virtue first and then establishing career.
If a gentleman has virtue, he will have people; if he has people, he will have soil; if he has soil, he will have wealth; if he has wealth, he will be useful.
Only people with high moral character will have people with lofty ideals to associate with you and become friends. Only with their help and support can you start a career. Only with a career can you get money. With money, you can meet your own needs.
Pursuing money and pleasure before establishing virtue is putting the cart before the horse. Virtue and wealth are the relationship between objects and shadows. If a person has virtue and cultivates it carefully, money will follow him like a shadow.
A gentleman speaks of justice, while a villain speaks of benefit.
Righteousness is justice. The meaning is to treat one's own and others' interests with a long-term perspective and pursue win-win and win-win situations. Talking about profit is a short-sighted pursuit of immediate petty gains that may harm the interests of others.
Saints are selfless so they can achieve their own goals. Only by conducting themselves according to the standards of selflessness and righteousness can they truly achieve the best interests of themselves and others.
The way of heaven has no relatives, but always associates with good people. God is no stranger to people. He spreads happiness to people who are dedicated to good deeds.
The Kong family has prospered for nearly a thousand years because of Confucius.
But after the Han Dynasty, apart from the so-called Yanshenggong title, there were not many people in the Kong family who could take action.
Regarding the contribution of Confucianism, Confucius also made very little contribution.
In fact, there are very few Confucius family members who can do the four points proposed by Confucius: literature, conduct, loyalty, and trustworthiness.
Therefore, the prosperity of the Confucius family depends on Confucius.
Since Dong Zhongshu proposed in the first year of Yuanguang (134 BC), he dismissed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism.
Confucius became the saint in the hearts of all literati. So that he could call himself a disciple of Confucius.
Although 89% of the literati here claim to be disciples of Confucius, they simply recognize Confucius's thoughts from the bottom of their hearts, just to make themselves look good.
But since the other party claims to be a disciple of Confucius, he must listen to Confucius's admonitions. Even if he doesn't agree with it in his heart, he still has to do it on the surface.
Now Zhu Youjian used the words of Confucius to remove the disobedient Kong Yinzhi, and by the way, the future appointment and dismissal of Yan Shenggong was in the hands of the royal family.
It is of great significance to the entire Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Youjian didn't want to deal with the dream incident.
But there is no way.
You must know that those with vested interests would rather be slaves to the subjugation of their country than lose a penny of their profits.
There are now many problems in the Ming Dynasty, and countless people whose interests have been harmed have opinions against the imperial court.
Now he is pressed by himself and an army of millions.
If the mess is not cut quickly, Ming Dynasty will be dragged into the abyss sooner or later.
Just like in later generations, often a very serious problem needs to be solved through legislation, but it is common for the legislation to be enacted and delayed for ten or eight years.
Why?
Interesting!
It's like a beautiful country, known as a free and beautiful country, fighting for every day.
Is it difficult to solve this problem? It’s hard to say it’s difficult, it’s easy to say it’s easy.
That's because before solving the problem, the vested interests must be served first.
If you want to legislate to ban guns, how can people in that interest chain agree?
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Although Zhu Youjian doesn't know whether there are ghosts and gods in the world, Zhu Youjian knows in his heart that if society wants to progress, it must develop science and technology.
Science is a systematic theory that explains the laws, nature, and properties of matter created by God through factual and accurate evidence through research.
Theology is a systematic theory about the nature, attributes, and characteristics of God himself that is summarized and collected from the so-called divine revelations.
Although the two seem to have no influence on each other, the development of theology will inevitably affect the development of science.
Just like in later generations, in China, as long as you are an individual, you will know that you have to go to the hospital when you are sick.
Cow shit, cow urine, that’s fertilizer, that’s garbage.
And what about Asan Kingdom? They believe in some kind of sacred cow and believe that cow urine and cow dung can cure diseases.
Even in recent years, when major infectious diseases occurred, some officials actually advocated drinking cow urine to treat diseases.
This seems like a joke to other countries, but the Three Kingdoms believe in it, and there are really many people who believe in it.
Theology comes from religion, and the essence of religion is a kind of spiritual sustenance and ultimate concern.
But people’s hearts are unpredictable, and no one can guarantee that those religions will not lead to traps.
In the religious wars that have lasted for hundreds of years in Western countries, many innocent people have lost their lives for a group of imaginary gods.
For thousands of years, Buddhism has relied on, put down the butcher's knife, and became a Buddha immediately. How much dirt has been hidden?
How many poor people are trapped by evil cult beasts?
Although Zhu Youjian did not like religion, the influence of the Confucius family in the Ming Dynasty was comparable to the influence of Christianity in the West.
If this trick is not used, Zhu Youjian really has no way to weaken the influence of the Kong family.
In the name of Confucius, the Confucius family was reshaped and became the moral model of the Ming Dynasty.
It can not help but weaken the Kong family and clear the way for the subsequent cleanup work.
After all, I have even gnawed the most difficult "bones" of Ming Dynasty, who dares to stop me.
Do you think your family is more awesome than the Kong family, or do you think the emperor's million-strong army can't lift the sword?
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'By God's blessing, the Emperor Zhao said that Kong Yinzhi was not virtuous enough to inherit the position of Duke Yansheng... '
At the moment when Kong Yinzhi collapsed on the ground, 3,000 imperial troops rushing from Yanzhou had completed the siege of Qufu.
