the chinese states were doing the state of lu during the time confucius lived.
the chinese states were doing the state of lu during the time confucius lived.
what were the chinese states doing during the time confucius lived?
the state of lu
min sun (閔損) was one of confucius's students from the state of lu. his courtesy name was ziqian (子騫). according to sima qian he was 15 years younger than confucius, but other sources state that he was 50 years younger. when he first came to confucius he had a starved look, but after studying with confucius he gained a look of fullness and satisfaction. when zigong once asked min sun how this change had come about, he replied, "i came from the midst of my reeds and sedges into the school of the master. he trained my mind to filial piety, and set before me the examples of the ancient kings. i felt a pleasure in his instructions; but when i went abroad, and saw the people in authority, with their umbrellas and banners, and all the pomp and circumstance of their trains, i also felt pleasure in that show. these two things assaulted each other in my breast. i could not determine which to prefer, and so i wore that look of distress. but now the lessons of our master have penetrated deeply into my mind. my progress also has been helped by the example of you my fellow disciples. i now know what i should follow and what i should avoid, and all the pomp of power is no more to me than the dust of the ground. it is on this account that i have that look of fullness and satisfaction." min sun was one of confucius's most favourite students. he was distinguished for his moral purity and his love for his parents. his place in the temple of confucius is on the first place on the east, among "the wise ones", immediately following the four assessors. he was first sacrificed to, along with confucius, in 720 ad, by the sixth emperor of the tang dynasty. his title, the same as that of all but the four assessors, is "the ancient worthy, the philosopher min." the eleventh chapter of the "analects" was traditionally attributed to his disciples.
disciples of confucius
confucius lived during a time of war between chinese states. he regarded people who did not respect the confucian value of "li" () as "barbarians", as he believed the workings of a civilized state should be founded on ethical conduct, which he said must stem from . confucius argued that a state founded on the relatively cruel social codes of conquest and warlordism was barbaric in contrast to one founded on the principles of stately righteousness. in the ames and rosemont translation of analect 3.5, confucius said, "the yí () and dī () barbarian tribes with rulers are not as viable as the various chinese states without them."
hua–yi distinction