Confucius' horse ate the crops of the people by mistake, and Zi Gong didn't come back. Confucius: Do you want the groom to try it?

Confucius is the founder of China's Confucianism. In the history of China, Confucius has a transcendental position. Scholars and officials in ancient times called Confucius "the most holy teacher", and there are many Confucius temples and Confucius temples all over the country to commemorate this philosopher. The author of this paper shares the story of Confucius' stopping hemp through Feng Menglong's Complete Works of Wisdom. Although it is a short story, it contains a great truth.

Confucius is a descendant of Lu Qufu, who lost his father at the age of three. Although he is poor, he always calls himself a nobleman. Confucius always wanted to make achievements in his career in the first half of his life. However, when he went to attend a gathering of Lu nobles, he was turned away. This dealt a great blow to Confucius and encouraged his determination to study.

Confucius opened a private school and recruited disciples. Later, he took his disciples all over Shandong, Qi and Jin to explain his Confucianism to the nobles of various countries. Many interesting things happened when Confucius traveled around the world.

One day, Confucius took his disciples for a day and was very tired, so he rested by the field. The horse pulling the cart ate the farmers' crops by mistake because of hunger. When the farmers saw the crops destroyed, they were furious and forcibly detained Confucius' horse.

Without horses, Confucius and others could not travel, so the most important thing now is to communicate with farmers and get the horses back.

The first person to appear was Zi Gong, also known as Duanmu Ci. He is one of Confucius' most proud students and ranks among the "Ten Philosophers of Confucius". At the same time, he is also a famous politician and diplomat with outstanding eloquence.

Among many disciples of Confucius, Zi Gong's eloquence is the best. He thought that as long as he talked to the farmers, they would definitely return the horses to himself, so he volunteered to negotiate with them.

As a result, Zi Gong put down his airs and talked with the peasants for a long time, relying entirely on words and telling the truth in the Book of Songs and history books, but the peasants were not moved at all. Zigong was hit hard. He thinks he is eloquent, but he can't even convince a farmer. When Confucius saw Zi Gong come back dejectedly, he shook his head and said, "You persuade him with words that others don't understand, just like offering sacrifices to a prison with wild animals and letting birds listen to music. He has no idea what you said. How can it be effective? "

Zi Gong looked at Confucius unconvinced. Confucius said to Zigong, why not let the groom try?

The groom was very excited when he heard that Confucius wanted to play by himself. He seldom has a chance to perform. So the groom found the farmer and only said three words to him: You have never been to the East China Sea to farm, and I have never been to the West Sea to catch a bus, but the crops in the East China Sea and the West Sea look the same. How does our horse know that it is eating your crops? Therefore, this can't be blamed on the horse, because the horse thinks it is eating its master's crops.

The farmer listened to the groom's words and felt very reasonable, so he asked the groom to bring the horse back. After hearing this, Zi Gong was deeply inspired, and Confucius smiled without a word.