Talk about the boasts of ancient literati

Confucius actually had multiple personalities. He said, "A gentleman is peaceful but not arrogant." But he couldn't help but brag:

"If King Wen doesn't exist, why doesn't Wen care about him?" If Siwen is about to be lost, the deceased will not be able to live in Siwen. What will happen to the people of Kuang before King Wen of Zhou Dynasty is killed?

The sage Confucius boasted, and the inferior sage Mencius was naturally not to be left behind. He said:

"God did not want to rule the world peacefully. If he wanted to rule the world peacefully, in today's world, who else would it be?" ? "

It means that in today's world, who else can govern the country and bring peace to the world besides him, Lao Meng? Is this simply treasonous? Mencius was really willful.

Let’s take a look at how later generations of writers brag.

Xie Lingyun of the Southern Dynasty, Li Bai’s most admired genius poet, said:

“There is only one stone in the world, Cao Zijian only has eight buckets, and I have one bucket, since ancient times and today** * Use one dou. "

It means that if all the scholars in the world have one dou, Cao Zhi will have eight dou, I, Xie Lingyun, will have one dou, and all the other ancient and modern people will have one dou. He simply despised the world and only respected Cao Zhi and himself.

Li Bai has always been wild, and his bragging is indispensable:

"Since the Liang and Chen Dynasties, beauty has been extremely rare, but Shen Xiuwen still adheres to the rhythm of music, and it is not me who will restore the Taoism." Who?"

To the effect, since Liang Chen, Li Bai is the only one with talent.

Du Fu: "You are strong when you think about it at the age of seven, and you chant the phoenix with your mouth." Du Fu said that he was able to chant the poem about the phoenix at the age of seven, and he was a young genius.

Ouyang Xiu said: "My poem "Lushan High" is beyond compare. Only Li Taibai can do it. The second chapter of "Ming Fei Song" cannot be done by Taibai, only Du Zimei can do it. As for the previous part, "Zimei can't do it, only I can do it."

You see, going around and around is saying that if Li Bai can't write well, Du Fu can write well; if Du Fu can't write well, then Du Fu can write well. He Ouyang Xiu can write well. He simply didn’t take Xiao Li and Xiao Du seriously.

The Neo-Confucians are even more arrogant.

Lu Jiuyuan said: "The affairs of the universe are his own affairs, and the affairs of his own are the affairs of the universe."

The affairs of the universe are his own business, and the universe seems to be Opened by his family.

Wang Yangming said: "Human beings are as big as heaven and earth, but they are just small ears!"

Human beings are as big as heaven and earth.

Zhang Zai said: "Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the living and the people, carry forward the unique learning of the past saints, and create peace for all generations."

To establish a heart for heaven and earth, we must also create new things. Peace for all eternity, just think of yourself as God!

Sima Qian’s preface to the historical records is very modest. He wrote this:

"The ancestors said: Confucius was born when the Duke of Zhou died at the age of 500. After Confucius died at the age of 500 today, Is it possible to show off the Ming Dynasty, the "Book of Changes", the "Chun Qiu", the "Poetry", "Book", "Ritual" and "Music"? This is the intention! This is the intention! How dare you give in? "

He knew that he was a great talent. It almost meant that after Duke Zhou, it took five hundred years for Confucius to appear. After Confucius, it was him, Sima Qian, and he had to shoulder this honor.

However, you will find that these guys who are bragging are all excellent writers. Although they are a little crazy, they are not unfounded. They are so crazy that they are cute and respectable.