Since the publication of Mr. Lu Xun's famous essay ""The Lost Family" and "The Lack of Lackeys of the Capitalists", the word "lost dog" has become a notorious derogatory term because of the sentence "Even if there is no one to raise, the hungry and lean, and become a wild dog, but still meet all the broad people who are tame and all the poor people bark, but then it does not understand who is the master".
Especially during the Cultural Revolution, adjectives such as "panic" were often used in front of it, making the word "lost dog" even more insignificant.
The earliest description of Confucius as a "lost dog" was found in "Confucius's Family Language", which was originally just a neutral word. Let's take a look at how "The Records of Confucius" is described. When Confucius arrived in Zhengguo, he was separated from the **, and Confucius stood alone at the east gate of the outer city. When Zheng Guoren saw it, he said to Zigong: "There is a person in the east gate, his forehead is like Tang Yao, his neck is like Gaotao, and his shoulders are like Zheng Zichan, but he is three inches shorter than Yu from the waist down, and he looks embarrassed and listless, really like a lost dog." Zigong met and told Confucius the truth. Confucius said happily: "He is not necessarily right to describe my appearance, but he is very right to say that I am like a lost dog!"That's right. ”
From each other, it can be seen that the "lost dog" is nothing more than a dog that has lost its home, that is, a dog without an owner, and there is no pejorative meaning.
Why did Confucius consider himself like a "lost dog"?also smiled happily and said: "Ran, then"?
Wang Su, a scholar at Han University, said, "Confucius was born in troubled times, and he couldn't do the way, so he was tired and couldn't look like he had ambitions." This explanation can be described as one-sentence and very pertinent. Confucius because of "March with Wen Guozheng", the country of Lu changed greatly, "Qi people are afraid of hearing this, and say" Confucius will be hegemonic for politics'", on the "Chen Nu Le Wen Ma" to bribe Ji Huanzi, Confucius then left the country of Lu, from 497 BC to Lu to 484 BC to return to the country, Confucius took his ** to run around for 13 years, cutting traces in Wei, fearing Kuang, cutting down trees in the Song Dynasty, danger in Pu, poverty in Chen Cai, perched in panic, the seat is not warm, seven days do not taste food, quinoa soup does not grit, "do more than 70 gentlemen, can not be used" For a time, Confucius also issued a lament of "the phoenix bird does not come, the river does not come out of the map, I am already a husband", "the road is not good, the known is the same", which is indeed very "lost".
Reading these words, we can't help but feel a burst of sadness from the bottom of our hearts. Confucius, who took the world as his own responsibility, wanted the people in the troubled times of the Spring and Autumn Period to have a peaceful and peaceful homeland, but he himself became a "lost dog" who was "tired and unwilling", I don't know if this is an irony of history.
However, it is commendable that Confucius did not give up his faith because of repeated hardships. He said, "For example, if the ground is flat, although it is covered with a net, I will go in." Confucius believed that as long as it was in line with the Tao and beneficial to society, even if it was just just pouring a basket of soil, but he needed to move forward, he would move forward without hesitation.
He also said, "The three armies can win the commandery, but the horseman cannot win the ambition." Yes, once a person has established a noble faith, there is no force in this world that can force him to change the belief in his heart.
That's what Confucius said, and that's what he did. Let's see how Confucius faced bad luck. "Kuang people are anxious to detain Confucius, ** afraid", what about Confucius?"Zilu plays the sword and sings, Confucius and it, and the song ends three times" ("Confucius's Family Language");Qin Cao" wrote: "Surrounding Confucius for several days, it is to sing with the qin." In the face of bad luck, Confucius did not have any fear, but calmly "sang with the piano", showing his saintly demeanor of "the benevolent are not worried" and "the brave are not afraid" for future generations.
Confucius said: "The year is cold, and then the pine and cypress are withered." Confucius said: "Only when it is bitterly cold do you know that the pines and cypresses are the last to wither." This is a metaphor for people, using metaphors to show that people must have a strong will and noble character in order to withstand severe tests in the wind and waves. Just like the pine and cypress trees, in the bitter cold of the ice and snow, everything withered, but they were lush and green, and did not lose their vitality at all. is the so-called cross-current, showing the true character of the hero. It is not in the most cruel circumstances that it is not easy to show a person's noble character.
Confucius praised the pine and cypress, and praised the personality of the pine and cypress. Confucius is a pine and cypress, although it has gone through more than 2,000 years and experienced how many "years of cold", but Confucius's thoughts, Confucius's personality, and Confucius's charm have increasingly shown its vitality.