Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 37 The crime is forgiven, but also unforgivable

The students had a heated discussion on 'Arito Inoka' and 'The Destruction of the Gokushi' in the academy.

Suddenly, Kong Li walked out of the room, everyone's discussion was stagnant, and everyone looked up at him.

Kong Li said, "My son, go, father is calling you."

"Master called me?"

Zaiyu's heart immediately became uneasy, and he felt a little nervous about being called by the teacher in charge to have a heart-to-heart talk.

He stood up under the eyes of everyone, ready to step into the room.

But before he could go in, Jae Yu paused, turned his head and asked Kong Li.

"Bo Yu, what's the situation now, Master? Are you going to scold me, or..."

Kong Li thought for a while: "It is possible to scold you, but it is also possible not to scold you, I don't know."

Zai Yu pursed his lips and muttered, "Yeah, it's a waste of time to ask."

He straightened his hat and checked his clothes again, until he confirmed that there was nothing wrong, then he opened the door and entered the room.

As soon as he entered the room, Zaiyu saw his master sitting on a burlap cushion with his eyes slightly closed, as if he was meditating or feeling tired.

Zai Yu didn't dare to be presumptuous, walked up to his master in a regular manner, bowed and bowed sternly.

"Master."

Confucius opened his eyes and smiled kindly.

"You came?"

"I... shouldn't I come?"

With an idea, Zaiyu turned around and wanted to go out, cursing as he walked.

"Bo Yu actually lied to me. I said Master, you must have called someone else, how could you call me?"

Confucius didn't get angry when he saw this, but shouted angrily and amusingly.

"Ayu, come back to me."

"Hey, Master."

Zai Yu hurriedly turned around and went back to sit down.

Confucius looked into his eyes and asked slowly, "Is there a gou or not, what about a gou? What about a gou?"

(If a gu doesn’t even look like a gou, can it be called a gou? Can it also be called a gou?)
Ok? !

Zai Yu frowned, and immediately mobilized his clever little brain to start reading comprehension.

First rule out one possibility, the master is definitely not talking about tongue twisters.

If it is not a tongue twister, then what is the master's intention in saying this passage?

Gu is a ritual vessel for drinking, with a round top and bottom, and ribs on both sides.

The last time the master said this, it was because he saw the new goblets produced in the state of Lu recently, and the shape was different from before.

That's why he sighed angrily: Gou is not gou, gou is it?Goblet?

Thinking about what happened today, Zaiyu immediately understood what Master meant.

Master is secretly blaming me!
Jae Yu asked: "Do you disagree with my statement?"

Confucius shook his head and said, "Ah Yu! Your doctrine of the mean is originally correct, but you have misunderstood it."

Zai Yu humbly asked: "May I ask where the students are wrong?"

Confucius said: "The way of the mean lies in loyalty and forgiveness. Loyalty is to be wholehearted and help others. Forgiveness is to extend oneself to others and understand others.

I can understand Meng Sun Heji's difficulties, but I will never forgive him for his actions.

That's my answer to your question today. "

When Jai Yu heard this, he lowered his head and remained silent.

Confucius pointed to the beams and pillars in the house and said, "Yu! Now the building is about to fall down. If it were you, what would you like to do?"

Zai Yu was afraid of saying the wrong thing, so he asked back: "What do you want me to do?"

Confucius said with a smile: "I, I hope you can become the pillar supporting the building, and don't be the woodworm that destroys the house!"

Zaiyu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought of a sentence: "Turn the tide and help the building to collapse?"

Confucius laughed a few times when he heard the words, he stood up and nodded to Jae Yu repeatedly.

"I didn't worry about you before, and I was worried that you would go on an evil path. Now that I hear you can say these two sentences, then I can rest assured.

Turn the tide and help the building to collapse.good!OK!
Come, Ayu, go out with me.Now there is no doubt in your heart or mine. "

Confucius walked out of the room first, and Jae Yu followed behind, feeling uneasy in his heart.

Master, what I said was plagiarized!
As soon as they walked out of the door, they saw the students outside shouting in unison: "Master, the envoy from Wu Kingdom has come to visit you again."

"Oh? The envoy is here?" Confucius said, "Please invite him in."

The students rushed to inform the gatekeeper. Not long after, the hearty laughter of the short-haired envoy from the Kingdom of Wu resounded in the academy again.

Before arriving in front of Confucius, the envoy bowed to him from a distance to salute, and then bowed to all the students: "I have seen Confucius, all the gentlemen of Lu."

Confucius and his students also hurriedly returned the gift.

Before Confucius could ask a question, the envoy opened his mouth and said, "I have gained a lot from this trip to Lu. Not only have I received your guidance, but I have also been influenced by the style of a gentleman in Lu.

I will soon leave the country of Lu and return home.So before leaving, I would like to leave a little gift for you and your students as a thank you. "

As soon as the envoy finished speaking, he said to the followers behind him: "Come! Bring up the gifts I prepared for gentlemen!"

Immediately afterwards, a group of servants carried several mahogany boxes into the academy. They opened the boxes and found that they were full of various books.

The messenger said with a smile: "My father once taught me that when dealing with villains, you must use your interests. When communicating with gentlemen, you must use knowledge. I respect that you are all gentlemen, but I am not knowledgeable enough, so I can only offer books to chat. Express your heart."

"This……"

The envoy of Wu State was so generous, the students couldn't help being shocked, and even Confucius, who was always calm and calm, was rarely moved.

"My lord, these gifts are too expensive, we cannot accept them!"

The messenger waved his hands and said with a smile: "To a gentleman, my gifts are of course precious. But to a villain, these are just firewood. The value of these things depends on who uses them.

Besides, these things are not just for you, but for you and your students, so don't refuse any more. "

The envoy talked all kinds of things, and finally made Confucius accept these gifts.

But when others give things, they naturally have to return gifts.

The so-called coming and not going is indecent.

These things are given to everyone in the academy, so naturally all students have to return gifts.

However, each student's family background is different, some are rich, some are poor, and it is difficult to set a standard for returning gifts.

Confucius thought about it, so he simply let the students watch it for themselves.

"The envoy's heart, we will naturally reciprocate with fists. Everyone can decide for themselves according to their own situation."

As a teacher, Confucius took the lead in returning the gift. He untied the jade pendant around his waist and gave it to the envoy: "There is a saying in Zhou Rites: A gentleman has no reason, and jade never leaves his body. There is a saying in "Poetry": Words that read a gentleman are as gentle as jade. This jade pendant represents Please accept my heart."

　The reader is just a feeling, but the writer is desperately gathering evidence of their existence.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)