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To the ritual of Confucius

What Confucius attached great importance to the content of the ritual, the moral movement of the soul with its performance, shows another story.
The disciples of Confucius knew well the importance attached Teacher last offices. However, when a student died Confucius Yan Yuan and the other students wanted to make a magnificent funeral, finding the truth in this ritual, Teacher objected, arguing that the ritual of the funeral is to be furnished modestly. He feared that the external solemnity hinder domestic, personal experience. But the students did on their own. When the ritual was carried out, Confucius only modestly lamented: «Yan Yuan saw me in the mother’s father. And now I can not see in him a son. And this is not my sin, children, and your ».
An integral part of the ritual music of Confucius thought – an expression of the highest order, which ennobles the soul and softens manners. His disciples, he said that listening to music, sees a great sages of antiquity.
Confucius well sung and well played on qi-not – a traditional Chinese strings. Being trained in music, a Shi Syana, Confucius hard razuchival even simple melodies, trying to penetrate the secret of their contents. Once Shi Xiang ugovarival his student embarking on a new melody, as Confucius is still the same. Finally, after deep reflection he would have woken up and said that the author tried to imagine the melody and this could only be a van-Wen, an ancient ruler of Zhou, a wise and virtuous. Guess Confucius was correct, and struck Shi Xiang respectfully bowed before him.
Confucius did not show interest in communicating with spirits, shamanizmu and divination, such as classes below the dignity of a noble man. Confucius himself served as the spiritual backbone of a deep belief in the Sky, which the sage was obliged to our mission and the support which teachers relied in difficult moments. Remained certificate that once, when a powerful official named Huang Tui voznamerilsya destroy Confucius, who is warned about the dangers of Teachers. Confucius then said: «The sky is generated because of that in me. Should I be afraid of someone like Huang Tui? »
Confucius believed in ghosts, but I believe that they are unable to help people in its domestic development. The teacher saw the wisdom in that honor the spirits and souls of the dead, but stick with them away. But perhaps this statement should not be taken literally.
Once Confucius seriously ill. His disciple Tzu Lu came to the mentors and besought him to contact the spirits with a prayer for healing. «But whether to do so?» – Asked Confucius. «Yes, – confidently replied Tzu Lu – is prescribed for people to pray the spirits of heaven and earth!» – «A long time ago, I pray – promolvil Teacher.
Despite the fact that Confucius is very reluctant to all the mystical, folk fame gave him a variety of supernatural abilities. Rassskazyvali, among other things, that teachers with the help of their wisdom to overcome evil and to make predictions about the distant future.
Once Confucius with students stopped at the inn. Twilight came. The teacher, immersed in sorrow, napeval something, accompanying himself on tsine. Suddenly, a man nevest where the huge growth in a black dress and high hat. Giant issued a loud cry, so that all the terms zadrozhalo. Tzu Gong, one of the disciples of Confucius, was made in advance and asked: «Who are you this?» But stranger grabbed him and zazhal under his arm.
Then came a fight another student – Tzu Lu. They have long struggled with Tzu Lu could not defeat the enemy. Confucius, to observe, noted that the giant kolchuge ziyayut loopholes the size of a palm. «Potyani and go up», – he said Tzu Lu. That was followed by Board of Teachers and easily threw man to the ground. It turned out that it is not even a person, a huge fish-werewolf.
«Why was this substance here? – Promolvil Confucius. – They say, obsessed with demons creatures come to where there is a misfortune. There is it connected with my sadness and disease my companions? However killed creature is not dangerous, and not because of that interrupt the music ».
Meanwhile, the Tzu Lu broth fish, which had a nice flavor and was incredibly delicious. Otvedav this dish experiencing distress satellites Confucius recovered, and the next day, all were able to continue the journey.
Changed many generations after the death of Confucius, before the governors of Lu, the home of a sage, was a man named Chzhunli And that is immediately on arrival at the duty station rushed vykazat homage to his memory. Chzhunli and allocated funds from its own substantial amount of repair vehicles Teachers, and entered the temple of Confucius, governor himself stere dust from the table and mats with a sword and shoes Teachers.

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Сентябрь 2010
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