Confucius' political ambition is to take the world as his own responsibility and to save the world and protect the country.
Confucius said, "Listen in the morning and die at night." He expressed his firm political belief in one sentence. In Confucius' view, the significance of learning Tao lies in practice rather than empty talk, so he put forward the policy proposition of "being safe in old age, trusting in friends, and caring for young people". In governing the capital, Confucius carried out the general policy of "eating differently when growing up, and being different in strength", so as to ensure that the old people have a sense of security, the children have a basis, and different workers participate in different social affairs.
Although Confucius' greatest ambition was politics, his greatest achievement was education, and he was a pioneer in several aspects in the history of education in China. These aspects, no matter which one is taken out, are enough to make him admired by future generations:
First, before Confucius, education was the patent of aristocrats, and scholars were parasites of aristocrats. Confucius first put forward the idea of "teaching without distinction", that is to say, whether rich or poor, whether teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. He himself said that no one used "binding" to ask for learning, but did not give it guidance. In our opinion, this is a common thing now, but it was indeed a pioneering work at that time and the beginning of academic popularization.
Second, relying on personal strength, Confucius trained and recruited a large group of talents, and his door became a talent pool at least in Shandong. After returning to Shandong from Weiguo, whenever Ji Kangzi needed talents, he should look for them from his disciples. This is a very terrible thing, even in later generations is extremely rare.
According to legend, there are more than 3,000 disciples, 77 of whom are famous and can be tested, and 25 of them are recorded in the century. These people's virtue, good governance, good writing or good words all played a great role in the society at that time.
Thirdly, Confucius integrated memory education with personality education for the first time, and educated students and disciples with systematic moral theory and meticulous life ideal for the first time. His words were recorded by his disciples and re-disciples, and were written as China's first quotation-The Analects of Confucius.
The skills taught by Confucius were nothing more than the rituals, music, poems and books learned by ordinary aristocratic children at that time. Among them, "rites" and "poems" are often taught by Confucius and required by disciples. But it's not just about describing the meaning of these books. He often reinterprets or hides the content.
After Confucius returned to Shandong from Weiguo, he devoted himself to writing books. At this time, Confucius has become a senior figure in the country. At that time, officials and scholars mourned from time to time, and Confucius was also qualified to ask questions. This is a significant improvement in his living conditions. His food is "no food at all times, no food at all times, no food in sauce". It can be seen that Confucius was still relatively happy in his later years.
However, he did not enjoy such a belated blessing. For sixteen years, Confucius died of illness for seven days at the age of seventy-four.