Confucius always scolded Zilu. Did he dislike him?

Confucius taught more than 3,000 students in his life, among whom 72 could be called sages. Among the sages, Zilu had the most personality, the most color, and the most stories.

In Boda Academy's series of courses "The Analects of Confucius", there are many interesting stories about Zilu and Confucius.

Zilu, whose surname is Zhong and whose name is You, Zilu (or Jilu) is his given name. There are classic books that call Zilu "Bian Zhiyeren". Bian Di (today's Bianqiao Village, Quanlin Town, Sishui County, Shandong Province) was outside the capital and countryside of the State of Lu at that time, and belonged to the "wilderness" area. People who lived here called it As "savages", "savages" or "savages", most of them make a living by farming.

Zilu's family was very poor in his early years, and the family often relied on wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger. In order to allow his parents to eat rice, Zilu once carried rice hundreds of miles away for his parents. Later, Zilu became an official and engaged in politics, and lived a good life. He thought of his parents who were deceased and could not support them anymore, and he couldn't help but feel sad about it.

Perhaps because of his family relationship, Zilu often drifted to the capital Qufu, where he got to know Confucius.

Sima Qian's "Historical Records" records that Confucius and Zilu met for the first time. Zilu was crowned with a rooster and wore a wild boar. Confucius wore a rooster's feathers on his head and a wild boar's teeth on his body. , Zilu's outfit is quite powerful and strange.

For some unknown reason, he got into trouble by punching and kicking Confucius. As the saying goes, "No acquaintance without fighting", Zilu used fists and kicks as a "meeting gift" to get acquainted with his future teacher. At that time Confucius was twenty-eight years old and Zilu was nineteen years old.

For this wild little brother, Confucius had his own way to treat him, such as rituals and music. Zi Lu, who had lived in the countryside since childhood, might have just thought it was novel at first, but he couldn't stand Brother Kong's constant temptation. Later, he actually took off his fancy clothes and put on polite Confucian clothes.

However, Zilu's character remained consistent and remained unchanged until his death. Confucius also knew Zilu thoroughly. His basic evaluation of this great disciple was: brave (brave), decisive (decisive), 喭 (reckless), and wild (willful).

Because of his unique personality, Zilu had a special master-disciple relationship with Confucius.

Zilu never seemed to feel intimidated by his master, who looked down upon him. Sometimes he would even talk back and argue with his master; for example, Zilu planned to let Gao Chai become Fei Zai (chief administrator of Fei Yi). ), Confucius accused him of harming the young man. Zilu disagreed and said that there are people and the country there, why must reading be called knowledge? The master was very unhappy and called him a quibbler.

Another example, Zilu asked Confucius what he should do first if he were to govern for Lord Wei. Confucius said that the first step was to correct his name. Zilu blurted out that Confucius is pedantic. Confucius immediately responded. Reply to him: "Nozai Yuya" ("How outrageous Naka Yuya"). ?Other disciples would not dare to argue with the teacher like this.