Confucius's surname is Zi, his name is Qiu, and his name is Zhongni, and he is a descendant of the holy king Shang Tang.

In that year, King Wu sealed the son of King Wu Geng Yu Shao after conquering Shang to continue the sacrifice to King Shang; He also sealed the elder brother of the king of Zhou, Weizi Yu Song. Later, Wu Geng was killed due to the rebellion of the three prisons, and the Shao State perished; The regent Zhou Gong changed his order to Weizi to take charge of the sacrifice to the ancestors of Yin Shang. Before his death, Miko passed the throne to his brother Wei Zhong.

Song Mingong, the fifth-generation monarch of the Song State (the former Song Mingong, not the one who was assassinated by Nangong Wan) had a son named Gongzi He. Gongzi He is a gentleman of the world, his son is called Zhengkao's father, and his son's son is called Kong Fujia. Zhengkao's father and Kong's father Jia inherited all the excellent qualities of Gongzi He.

During the reign of Duke Song Yan, Confucius served as the Grand Sima and the Governor of Hua served as the Dazai. At that time, the Song State experienced a ten-year war with the Zheng State, and the national strength was greatly damaged and the people were exhausted; But Song Yangong was still obsessed and insisted on fighting Zheng Guo to the end. Kong Fujia's foolish loyalty played a role in the decision-making of Song Yangong.

In order to save the Song Kingdom, Dazai Huatu also killed Song Yan and his father-in-law Kong Fujia in order to seize Kong Fatherjia's beautiful wife. Kong's family was forced into exile, and one of his sons came to the country of Lu and changed his name to "Kong" after his father's character.

A few generations later, Kong was reduced to a low-class nobleman. Confucius's father, Kong Su, was under the Mengsun clan and later served as the governor of Zouyi. Kong Su is one foot tall, powerful and brave; The "Zuo Biography" has two accounts of his heroic and good fighting.

The first time was in the tenth year of Lu Xianggong, when the princes' army attacked the city of Yanyang under the leadership of Jin Zhifu. At that time, a death squad of the Lu State was responsible for attacking the south gate; The people of the sun raised the floodgates and lured the death squads into the city. When the Lu army entered the middle of the city, the Yang people suddenly lowered the gate in an attempt to cut off the retreat of the Lu people who rushed into the city gate. At the moment of emergency, Kong Su propped up the floodgates, so that his comrades in the city could escape death. That year, Kong Su was fifty-five years old.

The second time in the seventeenth year of Lu Xianggong, Qi Linggong led an army to invade Lu and trapped Zang Sun Su in the northern town of Lu. One night, Kong Su and 300 warriors protected Zang Sun Su to break through the enemy line, sent him to the reinforcement camp, and then rushed through the encirclement again to return to the defense city. That year, Kong Su was sixty-two years old.

Through these two heroic deeds, Kong Su's prestige reached the princes of the world.

Kong Su has a son with an ominous name and a name called Meng Pi. Zipi was born with a leg problem and had to rely on crutches to walk; The son's flaws were a great misfortune for the warrior who often charged.

In the twenty-second year of Lu Xianggong, the sixty-seven-year-old Kong Su actually captured the heart of a fifty-two-year-old girl and Yan Zhengzai in the annual "suburban media" festival. After the two were combined, Yan Zheng gave birth to a baby boy, and Kong Su, who had come to have a son, happily hugged his newly born second son, and suddenly exclaimed: "Oops! How does his brain look like Mount Nichu? "Niqiu Mountain is located on the outskirts of present-day Qufu and is now called "Nishan"; The top of the mountain is in the shape of a "inverted roof" with two sides high and a low middle.

Therefore, the father named the child "Qiu", and after the crown ceremony, Kong Qiu received the word "Zhongni".

Kong Su was so happy that he went crazy because his first wife gave birth to him nine golden flowers. In that patriarchal historical period, Uncle Kong Su looked even more tragic than Xu Mao.

Now Kong Su finally got a normal son, which is also the greatest happiness in his life.

But the old and strong Kong Su died three years later, at the age of seventy; This age was already considered a high life expectancy in society at that time.

The best time of Confucius's mother was over, he buried her husband who had been with her for four years, and took the little Confucius who didn't know what "the pain of losing his father" was, and left Fangyi and came to Qufu to start a new life.

Unmarried, a young widow was left alone with her young children, living on her meager savings and odd jobs to keep herself from starving.

Confucius was quite precocious, and from the beginning he was sensible, he was able to help his mother share the fatigue and hardships of life. After a few years, the lives of the two improved significantly, and Confucius's mother began to pay attention to her son's education. But she soon found out that her son was not only intelligent and capable of learning, but also that his thirst for knowledge was not what he should have at that age.

The children in the neighborhood sometimes pretend to imitate adults and perform small ceremonies (many of the rituals in Lu are held in public), but they only learn etiquette, and they just bend down casually to complete the lesson. Confucius, on the other hand, had to figure out the origins behind the various rituals. Sometimes when he saw the adults saluting, he ran over and asked, but he often left the adults speechless.

Mother Confucius is especially proud of her son, and the toys she gives to her son are also related to etiquette. At that time, people often saw the young Confucius arrange the toys and beans (ritual utensils) according to a certain rule, and then play a multi-role ritual exercise like an adult nobleman.

When Confucius was fifteen years old, a neighbor asked him, "What is your ambition?" ”

Confucius replied, "Study learning." ”

When Confucius was seventeen years old, the greatest misfortune of his life finally came: his loving and strict mother, who was in the prime of life, suddenly fell seriously ill and died. Confucius suddenly felt that the heavens were falling apart, and even the sun would not rise again. After burying his mother's body, Confucius couldn't help but feel new worries. He wanted to bury his parents side by side, but his mother died so suddenly that he didn't have time to tell him exactly where his father would be buried.

It is normal for Confucius not to find the location: first, because the Zhou people buried the dead without trees or seals, and did not erect monuments and did not build graves; The second reason is that the Zhou people worship their ancestors in the temple, not in the cemetery.

Confucius had to bury his mother somewhere, and then began to explore his father's burial place in the Manchurian country. Confucius's actions touched an old woman, who turned out to be a professional funeral attendant who had carried the coffin for Confucius. The old woman later told Confucius the burial place, and Confucius fulfilled his wish to bury his parents together.

Ji Mourning also died during that time, and Ji Pingzi succeeded to the throne. Ji Pingzi was incompatible with the old forces of the family, so he began to establish his own circle of influence after his father's funeral.

Confucius returned to the city after burying his parents, and a few days later suddenly received good news: Ji Pingzi would hold a "Thousand Scholars Banquet" to entertain all the scholars in the city. - This is a great opportunity to meet the top and achieve great ambitions!

"Yangshi" was a popular trend in the circle of wealthy and powerful people at that time, and the powerful recruited celebrities by setting various favorable conditions, and the scholars hoped to join the powerful to seek wealth and fame. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, the most successful scholars are Zhao Yuan, Hu Yan, Xu Chen, Wei Li and others, so every scholar hopes to develop into a famous minister like them by entering a wealthy family.