Kong Old Master Q respects seven-year-old children. Under what circumstances did Confucius say that three people had to go?

During the Spring and Autumn Period, a prodigy of Lu was only seven years old and was asked by Confucius as a teacher. Later, Xiang Tuo was honored as a saint. With his extraordinary wisdom, Xiang Tuo stumped Confucius and was known as "Confucius' teacher". Unfortunately, he died at the age of ten. In the past, Zhong Ni studied under Xiang Tuo, Gu Shengxian and monk Qin Xue. "Warring States Policy, Qin Ce V": "Gan Luo said:' Fu was born at the age of seven and became a Confucius teacher. Now I was born twelve years old! How dare you try, Xi accused it of slander? "Later, Xiang Tuo was called a precocious child. According to textual research, this statement was first seen in the Warring States Policy. Liezitang asked: When Confucius traveled eastward, three children in Lu Yu chatted with one of them, Xiang Tuo, a seven-year-old child, so a unique "battle of wits and courage" triggered a news story that "Xiang Tuo used to be Confucius' teacher", and a series of books such as Questions from Confucius and New Son Difficult Confucius were published one after another. According to ancient records, Xiang Tuo, a charming man, is building a city wall with his friends. They piled up the dirt on the road and built a small square city. When Xiang Tuo sits in the car, he looks like a "city dweller", carefree. At this time, Confucius happened to pass by by by car, and the "city" built by Xiang Tuo blocked Confucius' way. Seeing this, Confucius asked Xiang Tuo, who was sitting in the city, "Son, why don't you avoid the car?" Xiang Tuo Jr. did not panic and calmly responded: "From the past to the present, I only heard that cars avoided cities. Where have I heard of city car avoidance? " Confucius was speechless and had to walk around the city. After the car bypassed the "city", Confucius got off and walked to the "city". Seeing this unusual child sitting in the "city", he felt very cute, so he asked Xiang Tuo a series of questions. Confucius asked, "Do you know that there are no stones in rivers and mountains? What water has no fish? Who has nothing to do with this? Why are there no wheels? Why don't cows have calves? What horse has no pony? What knife has no ring? What fire is smokeless? Who has no wife? What woman has no husband? Which day is not enough? What day is today? Brother He has no children? What tree has no branches? Which city has no ambassador? Who has nothing to say? " Xiang Tuo replied unhurriedly: "There are no stones in the earth and mountains, no fish in the well water, no doors in the empty door, no wheels in the car (sedan chair), no calves in the mud cow, no colt in the wooden horse, no rings in the knife, no smoke in the firefly, no wife in the fairy, no husband in the jade girl, insufficient winter, more than summer, lonely men and women, no branches in the dead tree, and no children in the empty city." Confucius clapped his hands while listening and said, "Good! Good! " After Xiang Tuo answered, Confucius said, "There is a secret office in my car. How about playing with you? " But Xiang Tuo said, "I don't play opera. The master is knowledgeable and the wind and rain are endless; The princes are rich, and the state is dead; Officials have money, and the copy is late; Farmers are knowledgeable and farming is out of date; Students are knowledgeable and forget to read poems; Children are very knowledgeable and should answer questions. This is useless, why learn it! " A philosophical answer made Kong both embarrassed and admired. Then, I asked Kong three questions. As a result, Kong didn't answer a word and made a big blush. Finally, he had to say "the afterlife is terrible" and strolled away.