Confucius Page #5

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So had the Ji family

Last night, Ji came to see me

His words impiled more than they said

It seems demolition campaign once reaches

the City of Chengyi

The Qi Army will seize the opportunity

to march in

With an army of 30,000

they will turn the world into chaos

Kong Qiu, Kong Qiu

You should follow my example sometimes

Play a little stupid

Didn't your teacher the revered Laozi say...

Accomplish all task

by not barged on anything?

Kong Qiu, today the laws are not in order

Everything is in chaos

Yet you still insist on praticing your ethics,

musics, humanity and harmony?

I feel ashamed

Not achieving anything

Then just let go!

Lao Zi, the founder of the gentle philosophy Taoism

Fame and Authority are properties that all people

try to obtain

One should not take profession of it for long

Then what should I, your pupil, do?

Afterall, one cannot hang uselessly on the door,

like a drink-up wine gourd

...not contributing to this world

How do you know the lack of contribution

is not the true contribution?

The weak one compatible, and the mild one linger on

Nothing is as soft as water

and yet the agressive and the forceful

one never triump over it

The protect one always resemble water

the master's words is profound, but

I am loyal to my choosen path

The Master's way is magnificent and shapeless

Which trancends the cosmos

And is not contrained to the material world

My way, however, is within a dream of mankind

Then you should not mind the lack of understanding

by others

Unlike those what are rich,

I have no gold to give

only this simple advice

The sacrifice for the "year end ceremony" is over

Has the sacrifice meat been distributed

to the nobles and everybody?

Yes, it has

And as you ordered

none went to Kong Qiu's household

Father

Have some of this

No point in waiting

I don't think we will be getting sacrificial meat

this year

My lord

What is it?

My teacher wishes to the the King

His Majesty has no time for him

Well, give this to Kong Qiu

Don't say I sent it.

tell him it comes from the Majesty himself

Kong Qiu is a clever man,

when he see this

he would understand

Yes, Master, I'll take it to him now

And this tool

Enough to buy yourself a piece of good land

go home now, understand?

Yes, sir!

Come

Stable the horse from Qi

It's going to rain soon

Yes, sir. Untie horse and bring them

into the stables

Father! Gong Boliao came back

The King told him to bring this to you

a parted jade ...

Father, why would the king send this?

Parted jade ... A parting gift

Someone wants me to leave

Did this come from the King himself?

That's what he said, Father

Gong Boliao handed this to me and then left

He said he wouldn't come back anymore

Find a chance to return this costume of ritual

with its crown to the King

Father

this crown symbolized ethics

It has always been something you treasure the most

But this is something no longer important

Father, please wait until the rain stops

Please at least wait for your disciples

Take care of your mother!

Teacher

Yan Hui... how did you get here?

The Teacher is the body, and I am your shadow

I will stay with my teacher until the end

To be honest, I have no idea where I am heading for

Teacher

Yan Hui, you are very talented

You will have no trouble in finding

a good position in court

If you come with me,

you will have to leave your home

and family behind

You will regret it

No! Never!

Yan Hui, look...

There is only brambly roads ahead

And no prospect for a life of fortune

Only a vast wilderness

Aren't you afraid?

Tell me, what have I done wrong?

May I speak?

Of course!

Teacher, you were wrong

to have put all your faith in the King

Teacher, you once told me that

if a man cannot change the world

then at least he should try to change himself from within

Good, well said.

The humanity I taught is right before me,

why should I still complaint.

Teacher, Ran Qiu and I had to finish some works

before we could come, hence we are delayed!

That's right, teacher! Look!

We've brought all your scrolls

Teacher, who will drive your cart

if I am not around?

Besides, nobody would dare to to be rude

to my teacher

with me alongside you

That's true

Teacher

Who would have thought the snore

louder than I do

Let's go

In 497 BC, Confucius left Lu with his pupil

and began the journey from country to other countries

the Kingdom of Wei is in front of us

I am instructed by His Majesty and his Lady

to greeat Scholar Kong

The Kingdom of Wei welcomes your delegation

Master Kong, what is your impression of Wei so far?

Compared to Lu, Wei has a larger population

Yes, a larger population

makes it more difficult to govern

and has more potential for chaos

Tell me, how shall I govern in order to prevent

the risk of being chaotic?

By making sure the people all have

a prosperous life

The vast majority of them are quite prosperous

And yet they are signs of social disorder everywhere

Then it be the lack of a good social moral surrounding

and the people need to be educated

Well said!

The master is truly a sage!

Then I hereby invite the scholar to teach

in our country

Also, land will be provided to build a school

for this purpose,

together with 60,000 stones of grains every year,

that should be enough, shouldn't it?

Thank you, Your Majesty!

There is yet a matter that I would like you

to advice on

As you can see,

Our kingdom Wei is vulnerable on all four sides

Every one of our neighbors

would want to conquer us

So, I'd like to invite you to train Wei's military

As a wandering exile, dare I even speak of

soldiering at all

But I have heard from somewhere

Master is knowledgeable in warfare

If Your Majesty speaks of sacrifical rituals

I do claim to have some knowledge of them

But on military matters,

I'm afraid they are not my speciality at all

So let it be then

But there's one thing you absolately must agree to

Your humble servant is a guest here,

your wish is my command

My royal consort Nanzi is eager to see you

You won't say no, will you?

Yes, ly lord.

Better not to see her

Does the teacher not know that Nanzi has ill

repulation?

This woman is great beauty

But she is a succubus

She had bad repulation in the Kingdom of Wei

Teacher

You do not know about her past story

This woman was raised in the house

of the Song's ruler

In Song, she had an affair with the prince,

there was a scandal...

This kind of gossip is trivial

Do you know who manages the Kingdom of Wei now?

The King? Who else?

I don't think so

Wei's internal politics are very chaotic,

there are many seats of power

But I can see that the real power behind the throne

is Nanzi

What kind of a man is this Kong Qiu

In my view,

he is just a poor and disheveled scholar

He is just a bookworm full of ethics and musics

Poor he may be, but we could build up friendship

This Kong Qiu is a worthy man

so you must treat him well

I still hope

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