KONFUTSY. THE CHILDHOOD. THE YOUTH. SERVICE

About the childhood of Tsju of documentary certificates has not remained almost. Because of a distress of a family it ' had to be engaged in many despised affairs ', and it satisfied requirement for study mainly by self-education. So the boy has independently seized the letter, and then began to study the literature and philosophy.

Konfutsy of dews the worthy successor of the well-known father, knew history some kind of, totaling not one century. Having learnt about experience of the ancestors among which there were many the talented people who have proved in many areas of human activity, it has drawn a conclusion that for achievement wished in a life of one military valour insufficiently, other advantages are necessary also. When the young man was 17 years old, his mother who during that time was not also forty years has died.

After two years after death of mother Konfutsy married the girl from a family of Tsi, and a year later at young spouses the son, Whether received a name was born. And still at all home life was centre of interests and cares of the future philosopher. He devoted the most part of time to books and pupils, preferring to be in loneliness or with the followers. However it did not evade and from public duties. Konfutsy served as the keeper of barns, managed fields and farms, carried out supervision of food deliveries. The official it was fair, diligent, but thus service did not consider as the main business of the life. Having studied to subtleties the arch of the Chinese ceremonial ceremonies, rules and instructions, Kun Tsju by 30 years already had a wide range of pupils. A payment from them took it moderated though subsequently lived on, given by well-founded admirers of its philosophical school.

Konfutsy taught ceremonies, music, a calligraphy, arithmetics and art of shooting from onions. The rumour about the young scientist - the expert on ancient Chinese traditions - extended all more widely. There is a legend that in drawing up ' Books of songs ' into which verses, songs and folklore X-V centuries BC have entered, it met Lao-tszy, the senior contemporary. During this significant meeting the aged philosopher has ostensibly expressed doubt concerning expediency of employment of Konfutsija, having counted as their empty dreams., Nevertheless, such estimation has not confused Kun Tsju, as before has not so disturbed also the critic of the ascetics-preachers considering its popularity insolvent.