Confucius said that good words are harmful to integrity, and we must be cautious in speaking

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Qu Jie Xie XXXVII

【Original】

On the fifth day of Zigong's return (Note 30), the Yue envoy Wen Zhongdun first said to King Wu: "The more you know the three thousand men in the territory to serve Wu. King Wu told his son Gong Yue: "The king of Yue wants to be a widow, but can he?" Zi Gong Yue: "The multitude of the people (note 31), and from their kings, are not righteous." "King Wu was the pawn of the King of Yue, and Xie Liu was deceived. So he spontaneously raised his own domestic troops to fight and was defeated. ZiGong then went north to see the Jin Emperor and ordered him to accept his shortcomings. Wu and Jin then met Huang Chi. The Yue king attacked the kingdom of Wu, and the king of Wu returned to the Vietnam war and destroyed Yan.

Confucius said: "Fu Qi Qi Qi Cun Lu, my first wish." If you can strongly promote Wu and make Wu perish and become more hegemonic, give it the same thing. Good words hurt the faith, cautious words! (Note 32)"

【Notes】

(Note 30) Return: The same text is "anti".

(Note 31) Cong: The original work "Leading the Crowd", according to the Four Libraries and the same text, was changed.

(Note 32) Fu Qi Qi Qi Cun Lu ,...... Shen Yanya: Wang Su's note: "Confucius died in the sixteenth year of mourning, and Wu died in twenty-two years." When Wu Zhi was about to die, he was also concerned. To put it, the four libraries and the same text are "said".

【General Solution】

Five days after Zigong returned, Yue Guo sent the doctor Wen Zhi to prostrate himself and say to king Wu, "The kingdom of Yue is willing to send all the troops in the country of 3,000 people to serve the state of Wu." King Wu said to Zigong, "The King of Yue wants to follow me personally, is it okay?" Zigong said, "It is not moral to send out all its armies and then to let its monarch follow." King Wu accepted The Yue King's army, resigned his resignation, and let him stay. So he mobilized his own soldiers to attack the State of Qi and defeated them. Zigong went north and met with the king of the Jin dynasty, asking him to confront the tired Wu state. The armies of Wu and Jin met at Huangchi. The King of Yue took advantage of the situation to attack the mainland of wu, and the king of Wu returned to Fight the State of Yue and was destroyed.

Confucius said, "To make chaos in the state of Qi in order to preserve the state of Lu was my initial wish. If it is possible to make the Jin state strong and weaken the state of Wu, so that the state of Wu will perish and the state of Yue will achieve hegemony, this is the result of Zigong's lobbying. Nice words are harmful to integrity, so be cautious when speaking! ”

Source: "Confucius Language"

Author: Yang Chaoming Song Lilin

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Yang Chaoming

Famous contemporary scholars, Confucians, and historians.

He is a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the president, professor and doctoral supervisor of the Confucius Institute of China. He is currently an academic committee member of the Confucius Foundation of China, an editorial board member of Confucius Studies, and the deputy director of the Nishan World Confucianism Center.

Song Lilin

He studied Confucianism under Professor Yang Chaoming, director of the Confucius and Chinese Culture Research Office of the School of History (Confucius) Culture of Qufu Normal University, deputy director of the Center for Traditional Chinese Studies, and distinguished researcher of the Confucius Institute of China.

What is home style

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A reinforced concrete house is stationed in people, with the temperature called home, the family has a good, upward wish, remind each other, supervise each other, is the tutor; in order to be effective, to assist the tutor to advance smoothly and agree with each other, is the family rules; the good, upward wish is summarized into a refined word, is the family training. The core values of socialism are the Chinese's motto. Writing the names of more people in the family and the family in the book is the family tree.

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