Chapter 17 Fourteen, three falsehoods and three realities

Like the apricot tree on the podium, Confucius' school has experienced the test of three falsehoods and three falsehoods, wind, frost, snow and cold. Confucius established a school, which broke the shackles of the past that only the nobles could receive education, and was warmly welcomed by the common people, but was hated and criticized by the nobles. At the mansion of Dr. Mao, Shaozheng, a civil servant of the State of Lu, several nobles came to the mansion that day, and one of them said aggressively: "Since ancient times, only the nobles have been able to receive education. Confucius is simply fooling around. He accepted the common people into the school. Isn't this contemptuous of the nobles?"

Another said: "Yes! Let them go on like this, isn't it all messed up!" The dignified and well-dressed Shaozhengmao had a helpless expression on his face: "The king ordered them to run the school, and Meng Xizi, a senior minister of Shangqing, helped us, so we can't control it... But everyone, don't worry, I have already asked Ji Xiangguo for instructions on this matter." , we have our own way to suppress Kong Qiu's arrogance, everyone can rest assured to go back!" So Ji Xiangguo funded, Yang Hu sponsored the official school, and Shao Zhengmao lectured at the official school. A luxurious and exquisite school was built diagonally opposite Confucius' altar.The school hangs the signboard of Chinese studies, which is in stark contrast to Confucius' open-air school.

Shaozhengmao said: "We also imitate Confucius and hold a grand apprenticeship ceremony." Yang Hu said: "Yes, I want to confront him tit for tat. When the time comes, I will invite all the dignitaries here, and I must suppress Confucius' arrogance." On the opening day of the Jimao Official School, in order to crack down on Confucius’s behavior of disregarding the level of education and disregarding the rich and the poor, the nobles all rode in luxury cars to cheer, and the high-end cars were parked in front of the official school.The defiant Yang Huchi clasped his hands outside the gate to welcome the distinguished guests, and noble dudes in luxurious clothes entered the school arrogantly one by one.

Following a burst of noise, the retainers helped a tall man with arrogant eyes from a high-end luxury car. Yang Hu, who was standing at the door, saw him and hurriedly called out: "Ji Xiangguo is here." The people stepped aside quickly and stood bowed.Ji Xiangguo entered the school surrounded by many retainers.Shao Zhengmao had already stood up with all the noble guests to greet him. The school consisted of three spacious rooms, the tall and bright room in the middle was the classroom, Ji Pingzi was allowed to sit in the middle of the lecture hall, Shao Zhengmao and dignitaries sat on both sides, and the students stood under the lecture hall.

The auspicious time has come, and Yang Hu shouted: "The opening ceremony of the Lu State Jimao Official School and the apprenticeship ceremony are now beginning, and the drums are playing loudly." "The headmaster please speak." Shaozhengmao stood up, bowed to Ji Pingzi, and then saluted the dignitaries on both sides, then turned around, cupped his hands facing the students and the people who squeezed in to watch the fun, cleared his throat again, and finally Said: "My Meng Jixiang and the love of the nobles, I am deeply honored to be the principal and undertake the education of the nobles. It is only right and proper for the nobles to receive education in history..."

The nobles and students applauded. "In the future, with everyone's support, I will run our noble school well, and work hard for our noble children to be able to be successful in the future..." There was another burst of applause from the audience. "I believe that with Ji Xiangguo's support, the school will be able to run well..." Shaozhengmao turned around to salute Ji Xiangguo, and asked Ji Xiangguo to speak. Ji Xiangguo waved his hand to indicate no need, so the representative of the nobles spoke. He said: "Shaozheng Mao Xiaoyou is right. Only the nobles can receive education since ancient times. This is the rule left by the ancestors. Confucius taught all kinds of education without discrimination. It is a mockery of the nobles to let the poor go to school. We cannot Tolerate, children of nobles can only go to noble schools..."

After the representative of the nobles finished speaking, Yang Hu announced the beginning of the apprenticeship ceremony, so amidst the sound of drums, Yang Hu swaggered into the lecture hall alone, bowed to Shaozheng, saluted Ji Xiangguo and the dignitaries, and then He swaggered off the stage again, and the rest of the noble students arrogantly came up one by one to bow down... At this time, Shaozhengmao saw that the students of Confucius Xingtan were crowding in the back to watch. After worshiping the teacher, he said loudly: "The students at the Xingtan opposite are nobles. Our school welcomes you..."

So some students joined their official schools, and Confucius' apricot altar lost some students. It was midsummer, and the weather was muggy.Confucius changed his lecture time to morning and evening. Because it is an open-air forum, it is often exposed to wind, rain and sun; while Shaozhengmao's school is indoors, which is not affected by wind and sun.That evening, Confucius was giving a lecture on the apricot altar, and the students sat in rows under the apricot altar to listen to the lecture.Confucius explaining the "Xiaoya" poem. Confucius opened the bamboo slips and said: "What I want to talk about today is "Four Mu", which is a poem in "Xiaoya", which tells the feeling of a small official who is away on duty and laments that he cannot go home to take care of his parents. "

Confucius took a sip from his teacup and continued: "'Simao 騑騑', 騑, describes the meaning of non-stop, 'Simao 騑騑' means four horses running non-stop. The second sentence 'Zhou Dao Wo Chi' means that the road is curved and long. The third sentence, "I don't want to go home" means that I don't want to go home? The fourth sentence, "Wang Shi Mi Yu", means that the government's errands are not over yet, and "My heart is sad" means that my heart is really sad... " The students fanned their fans and listened intently. Suddenly, there was a thunderstorm, dark clouds came, and it rained heavily...

Confucius hurriedly said: "Come to my house and take shelter..." So everyone crowded into the main room of Confucius' house, and a few students who were running slowly were drenched in water. When Mrs. Qi Guan saw it, she hurriedly found some Confucius clothes and brought them out for them to change. "Come on, take off your wet clothes quickly, and see that it's soaked like this." "Thank you, Ma'am." The rain stopped, but the ground was wet with water, and it began to rain lightly again, so Confucius had to announce: "Today's lecture will not be taught, and we will make up for it another day."

Seeing this, Shaozheng Mao, who was in the government school diagonally opposite, happily read aloud with the noble students on purpose. When some noble children of Confucius passed by Shaozhengmao's school, Shaozhengmao called some noble students to advise them: "Our principal Shao Zhengmao said, you are welcome to come to our school. Our classrooms can not only shelter from the wind and rain, but also protect from the sun. You are exposed to the wind and rain and the sun. What if you get sick?" So another group of noble students secretly left Xingtan and entered Shaozhengmao's official school. The next day, Confucius boarded the apricot altar and saw that there were many fewer students, and most of the remaining students were poor students. Confucius noticed that Yan Hui was the first to arrive at the school every day, and sat upright in the middle of the front row, never wavering... Today, there are many fewer students in the apricot altar, but Yan Hui still sits still, Confucius I was very moved to see his figure... Confucius still sat upright to give lectures, and his emotions were not affected by the small number of people.After school, the earliest disciples of Confucius gathered around. Zeng Xi said: "Teacher, our disciples had a discussion last night and decided to help the teacher build the school. Everyone said that those who have money will contribute money, and those who have no money will contribute. Everyone pooled some money." Yan Lu also said: "Teacher, although I don't have the money to contribute, I can contribute. I have built houses for others, and I can do it." Zigong and Meng Yizi also said: "Teacher, we are willing to pay." Some poor disciples said: "Teacher, we can go up the mountain to cut wood..." "Teacher, I can cut thatch..." "Teacher, I can also cut thatch..." Confucius was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes. Looking at these lovely students, he felt the sacredness of being a teacher. At this time, his wife, Qi Guan, came over, holding Peiyu wrapped in red silk with tears in his eyes, and said: "Husband, I know you don't have enough money, so I can exchange the jade you gave me when I got married to build a school!" "But... this is left by my mother..." "Because it was left by my mother, it is very precious. If it is used to build a school, my mother will be happy if she knows it in heaven." "...Okay, I thank you on behalf of all the disciples." "Master..." All the disciples knelt down to Mrs. Qi Guan. "Ah, hurry up, please get up quickly." Mrs. Qi Guan helped them up with both hands. After hard work, Confucius and all his disciples finally built three houses next to the apricot altar.Those aristocratic students who had quietly gone to Shaozheng Maoguan School returned to Confucius' apricot altar. Confucius' school is thriving again, and the students are full again. Shaozhengmao saw that his students were getting fewer and fewer, and was very anxious, so he asked his noble students to go to Xingtan to spread rumors, saying that Shaozhengmao's school was run by the government, supervised by Ji Pingzi, and graduated. , Can be recommended for official positions; Confucius' Xingtan, after graduation, is just a commoner with no future.Sure enough, some students who wanted to be officials in the future heard this, and couldn't resist the temptation, so they went to Shaozhengmao's school. The students of Confucius Xingtan have gone a lot. Confucius still gave lectures seriously. He wanted to overwhelm Shaozhengmao with the quality of teaching, so he lectured seriously every day and followed the guidance. Confucius said: "It's a good thing to want to be an official. It's good to be an official after learning. The purpose of our study is to raise talents and serve the country in the future. So I also hope that some of my students will be able to serve the country. Talent. But to be an official, you must first talk about official virtues, and to have official virtues, you must first have human virtues. Therefore, only moral character is the most fundamental." The quality of students' learning improved rapidly, but in Shaozhengmao's official school, Shaozhengmao seldom gave lectures because he was busy with his official duties, so he had to hire some people to substitute for the lectures.The students were dissatisfied with the poor level of teaching, and most of the students were the sons of aristocrats, who compared wealth and wealth, often bullied others, and had an extremely unhealthy style of study, so some students ran back to Confucius' apricot altar, and Confucius' classroom was full again. The students who ran past came back again. On this day, Confucius said solemnly on the apricot altar: "You are back, it is very good. I welcome you. Everyone has his own ambition. You can go again. When you come back, I still welcome you ..." Confucius turned his body around, and the students who came back were so ashamed when they heard this, they plopped down on their knees and cried: "Teacher, we were wrong, we will never leave, never leave you again." Confucius turned his body around again and said, "Get up, it's good to know your mistakes, and you just have to study hard in the future." "Thank you teacher." Confucius looked at the big tree next to the apricot altar, and said deeply: "Our apricot altar has experienced three ups and downs, just like this apricot tree, it has been tempered by the wind and the sun, and finally grows vigorously. There will be even greater storms waiting for us in the future, and we must be able to withstand it.” "We will always be with the teacher through wind and rain, through the cold winter." Because there were no high-level teachers in Shaozhengmao’s school, almost all the students came to Confucius’ side. That school finally collapsed, and Confucius’ apricot altar finally passed the severe winter and ushered in a warm spring. After class, Confucius and his disciples were walking together. Confucius said, "Do you know that Zisheng died..." "Teacher, who is Zichan?" "Zichan is the prime minister of the state of Zheng. He advocates strengthening the public office, suppressing the private room, and opposing arrogance. He is a very remarkable person." Confucius said, his voice choked up... "It's a pity, there is one less talent .” Yan Hui thought, the teacher shed tears for him, which shows that Zichan must be a very remarkable person.