According to your understanding of The Analects of Confucius, what do you think are the reasons why Confucius and The Analects of Confucius are highly praised by China people?

Confucius represents Confucianism, which has ruled the whole feudal society for two thousand years since it was established as orthodoxy in the Western Han Dynasty. As a spokesman, Confucius was naturally respected, which originated from the Western Han Dynasty. Many of his thoughts are helpful to people's lives and have great influence on people's all-round development, educational progress and social development. For example, his theory of "benevolence", "courtesy" and "rule by virtue", as well as various ideas in the Analects of Confucius, have an immeasurable impact on the progress and development of the times.

The Analects of Confucius actually contains profound truth, philosophy of managing the world, and reveals many laws of sociology, which has a great influence on later generations and is also the criterion for people to be human and do things.

Such as: Luo Song Dajing's Record of He Lin Yu Volume 7: Zhao Pu, Prime Minister of the early Song Dynasty, read only The Analects of Confucius. Zhao Guangyi, Emperor Taizong, therefore asked him, "I have known all my life, but I can't tell you this. I used to rule the world with my semi-assistant Taizu (Zhao Kuangyin), and now I want to bring peace to my semi-assistant. " This is the allusion of "Half Analects of Confucius governs the world".

In ancient times, people were allowed to learn Confucius and his Confucian classics, which was convenient for feudal rulers to rule. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "ousted a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone", rulers of all dynasties have praised Confucius and built Confucius temples everywhere (known as "Confucius Temple" before the Qing Dynasty).

In fact, respecting Confucius is mainly for the needs of the ruling class. In fact, the so-called respect for Confucius mainly attaches importance to Confucianism, and respect for Confucius and the Analects of Confucius is a form of expression. Starting from Dong Zhongshu in Han Dynasty, Confucianism was different from that in the pre-Qin period, and it was more integrated with the opinions of some legalists and other schools, so it could be accepted and utilized by the ruling class.

If Confucianism still preaches benevolent government and so on as it did in the pre-Qin period, it will certainly not be accepted by the ruling class. History books say that Qin Shihuang burned books to bury Confucianism. In fact, Qin Shihuang partially recognized Confucianism and Legalism. Although he paid more attention to legalists and some Confucian officials above the imperial court, some behaviors of Qin Shihuang were exaggerated and therefore misunderstood.

With the development of the times, Confucianism has been explained by different people, including Confucian classics, and people of different times will also add some of their own things. It keeps pace with the times. . .

Of course, Confucius' thoughts, The Analects of Confucius and Confucianism have played an indelible role in the inheritance of Chinese civilization. I can even say that without Confucius, Chinese civilization has been extinct at least three or four times in its 5,000-year history (including five times of wanton behavior, the destruction of the Song Dynasty in the Yuan Dynasty, the entry of the Qing Dynasty into the customs, etc.). In the long river of history, many ethnic minorities have been assimilated by our culture, and Confucianism is the most important.