Why is Confucius said to be the "sage teacher"?

The name "Dacheng, the Most Holy Master" is not a compliment to Confucius, but worthy of the name.

The so-called "Dacheng" refers to the collection of "Three Emperors, Five Emperors, and Three Kings" , "Five Bos" and the "Dacheng". Confucius's teachings are in the "Six Classics": "The Book of Songs", "The Book of Books", "The Book of Rites", "The Book of Music", "The Book of Changes", and "The Spring and Autumn Classic"; Some of Confucius' words and deeds are included in the "Four Books" and other works. The "Six Classics" are listed separately as "Six Arts" in "Hanshu Yiwenzhi", while in "Zhuzilue" it is said that "Confucianism" is "Zhongni". , that is to say, "Confucianism" only regards Confucius as a teacher, and Confucianism does not belong to "Confucianism" among "philosophers". Shao Yong of the Northern Song Dynasty said: "The Book of Changes begins with the Three Emperors, and the Book of Books begins with the Three Emperors. The two emperors, "Poetry" begins with the three kings, and "Spring and Autumn" begins with the five hegemons. The so-called emperors and tyrants are not just three emperors and five emperors, or three kings and five tyrants, but using inaction can lead to an emperor, using kindness and trust can lead to an emperor, using justice can lead to a king, and using intelligence can lead to hegemony. " ("Huangji Jingshishu, Volume 13, Chapter 1 of Guanwuwai") also said: "Confucius praised "Yi" from Xixuan; prefaced "Book" from Yao and Shun; deleted "Shi" from Wen and Wu came down; the revision of "Spring and Autumn" came down from Huan Wen. Descending from Xixuan, he is the descendant of the Three Emperors; descending from Yao and Shun, he is the descendant of the Five Emperors; descending from the civil and military descendants, he is the descendant of the Three Kings; descending from Huanwen, he is the descendant of the Fifth Uncle. The three emperors of our ancestors respected the virtuous; the five emperors of our ancestors also valued the virtuous; the three emperors promoted the virtuous with Tao, and the five emperors respected the virtuous with virtue. The sons of the three kings are close relatives; the fifth uncle of the grandson is also close relatives; the three kings are close relatives for merit, and the fifth uncle is close relatives for their strength. "(ibid., Volume 11, Chapter 56 of Observation of Things)) Liu Yizheng said: "Confucius is the center of Chinese culture. Without Confucius, there would be no Chinese culture. The culture of thousands of years before Confucius was passed down by Confucius, and the culture of thousands of years after Confucius was developed by Confucius. "("Chinese Cultural History", China Encyclopedia Publishing House, 1988 edition, page 231) Mr. Xiong Shili said: "Mencius said that Confucius was the master of all things, and he was a man who knew the origins of scholarship. That is to say, according to "Zuo Zhuan", all the ministers and officials in the Spring and Autumn Period were more profound than Confucian scholars, but the ancient books were scattered and few could be examined. " (Page 52 of "Instructions for Reading the Bible").

The so-called "sage teacher" is because Confucius "believes in the past and loves the past, and talks about it without writing." The words and deeds of the saints before Confucius are from Confucius described it and put it into practice by "being tireless in learning and tireless in teaching." "The Doctrine of the Mean" said: "Zhongni ancestors described Yao and Shun, the constitution of civil and military affairs, the laws of heaven and earth, the laws of water and earth, and the creation of heaven and earth. Wei, it is like the wrong behavior of the four seasons, like the sun and the moon replacing the bright. All things grow together without harming each other, Tao runs parallel without contradicting each other, small virtues flow, and great virtues are unified. This is why this world is great. "The Analects of Confucius" said: "Looking up makes you taller, digging into it makes you stronger, looking ahead, but suddenly you are behind!" "The master's walls are many, but no one can enter through the door. He cannot see the beauty of the ancestral temple and the wealth of hundreds of officials." There may be only a few people who can get it! "Zhongni cannot be destroyed." The sages of other people can still surpass hills and mountains; Zhongni can surpass them even if they are sun and moon. Although people want to die, why should they harm the sun and the moon? It’s so common to see it that you don’t know how to measure it! "The master is as inaccessible as the sky is inaccessible." Master, when it comes to winning a state, it is said that the establishment is established, the Tao is conducted, the Sui comes, and the movement is harmonious. His life is glorious, his death is sad. How can it be achieved? "Therefore, the words and deeds of the saints before Confucius were summarized by Confucius. There is no saint after Confucius who can surpass Confucius. The "Four Books" and "Six Classics" were the main body of the Chinese nation's culture in the past, and they are also the mainstay of the Chinese nation now and in the future. It will be the main body of culture. Why can Confucius' teachings transcend the limitations of time and region? Because a person's thoughts and the thoughts of an era are bound to be subject to various limitations and restrictions. However, Confucius combined the sages of thousands of years ago. Selection and selection of speeches, just like this, a collection of hundreds of thousands of words from thousands of years, how many limitations are there?

" The title of "Dacheng, the Most Holy Master" is not to "deify" Confucius, but to learn Confucius' theories and promote Chinese culture.

Christianity worships Jehovah and Jesus. Believers can be "saved" and "go to heaven." However, they can never become "God" or "Jesus." In Eastern Buddhism and Taoism, everyone can see that their nature has matured. Buddhism, everyone can practice Taoism, and Confucian teachings say "everyone can become Yao and Shun" and "people who follow the path can become Yu the Great". We can also say that everyone can become a gentleman and a sage. This is the great difference between Eastern and Western teaching. Confucius said: "A gentleman has three fears: fear of destiny, fear of great men, and fear of the words of sages. If a villain does not know the destiny and does not fear it, he will insult the words of a great man and insult the words of sages." Therefore, we respect Confucius in order to learn the way of a sage and gentleman. , improve our personal moral cultivation, so that the world can have "peace and peace for the country and the people." Treating Confucius as a god and worshiping him for fame and wealth is inconsistent with Confucian principles; worshiping Confucius as a god without learning is not in line with Confucian principles.