(505 years ago-435 years ago), surnamed Zeng, Shen, Ming, Lu (now Pingyi, Jiaxiang, Shandong Province) was born in Nanwucheng, and was later called "Zongsheng" by the Buddha. Descendants of the Yellow Emperor, descendants of the King, sons of Confucius, thinkers at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, masters of Confucianism, and one of the representatives of Confucianism.
One of the seventy-two sages, one of the five sages of Confucianism, and one of the four combinations of Confucius and Temple. When Ceng Zi was young, he often studied poetry with his father, so he said "studying hard at his desk". In the fifth year of Lu Aigong (490 BC), he was ordered by his father to study Confucius in Chu. Later, he traveled around Chu and Wei with Confucius and entered Shandong. After Yan Hui's death, Ceng Zi was the main heir to Confucius' theory.
In the 16th year of Lu Aigong (479 BC), Confucius died, and Ceng Zi guarded the tomb of Confucius, if his father was bereaved and had no clothes. On his deathbed, Confucius entrusted his grandson Kong Li's Thoughts of Orphans to Ceng Zi. In the eleventh year (the first 456 years), Qi hired Xiang, Chu welcomed Lingyin, Jin welcomed Shangqing, and it was not allowed. Later, he and Xia Zi and Duanmu Hongliang established a base area in Xihe area. Lu Daogong thirty-two years (435 years ago).
Ceng Zi died at the age of 7 1 and was buried at the foot of Xuanwu Mountain in the south of Yu Jiaxiang County. Ceng Zi participated in the compilation of The Analects of Confucius, and created The University, The Book of Filial Piety and Ten Chapters of Ceng Zi. His political views of self-cultivation, harmony, governing the country and peace, as well as his self-examination, self-cultivation and filial piety-oriented views, constitute a complete feudal ethical and political philosophy system.
Had a far-reaching impact on future generations. Ceng Zi was filial and loyal, leaving behind such well-known stories as "Biting Fingers and Sorrow" (one of the "Twenty-four Filial Pieties") and "Ceng Zi Killing Pigs". The 25th son of the Yellow Emperor, named Changyi, was born in Zhuan Xu, while Zhuan Xu was born in Gun and Yu was born in Gun. The Xia Dynasty, the first hereditary dynasty in the history of China, was established.
The capital of the Xia Dynasty was established in Yangcheng, which is now the southeast of Dengfeng County, Henan Province. Shao Kang established his second son, Qu Lie, as Viscount Kun, and established a mountain state in Kun, from which the surname Zeng originated. After Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Yan was destroyed by Ju in the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, 567 years ago. The prince of Wu went out to Lu and settled in Nanwucheng. Later, the surname "Tan" was used instead of "Yi", meaning to leave the old city and not forget the ancestors.