The exceptional Confucius

I went to Shandong for holiday in November 2006. Our tour guide Xiao Lung told us the life story of Confucius Kongzi when he was introducing Confucius Temple, Kong Descendants' Mansion, Kong's Graveyard, 'Kongzi, surname was Kong, forename was Qiu, courtesy name was Zhong Ni, English name was Johnny (smile)…'

The witty Xiao Lung also mentioned that, 'Kongzi was indeed very ugly! He had Goggle-eyed which were full of blood vessels, snubby nose, projected upper teeth, monster ears, projected brow, sycee-shaped head which water could fill the hollow, plus his huge figure, he's really scary! His father was 72 when he married Kongzi's mother who was just a teenager. She had no status because she was a concubine, so she had to give birth to Kongzi at a massif, so he's called Kong Qiu, which meant massif. Kong's father detested his ugly face and abandoned him in a wilderness. However, when he saw a wolf fed his son and eagles sheltered him with their wings amazingly, he deemed his son should be an exceptional child and bought him home. Kongzi was a scorn in his childhood, his father died when he was three, but he was still diligent in his study… he led a wandering life then… We had a TV series about Kongzi some years ago, at the time people criticized the actor was ugly and that was disrespectful. On the contrary, we had beautified him totally.'

I have heard this story before. The Kong's file described him exaggeratedly as a freak of nature.

In my opinion, the sculpture of Kongzi has also beautified 'Johnny Kong'. Eh? He looks a bit like Zhong Kui, a deity who protects us from evil spirits.

Eh, I think it is no good to talk about Kongzi like that…

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius

Originally posted at http://gertie-yunis.blogspirit.com/ on 22nd Dec, 2006