论门人弟子对孔子的助益

On Followers and Disciplines' Help to Confucius

孔子有众多的门人弟子,他们各有各的特点、长处和优势。门人弟子在孔子生前和逝后对孔子多所助益,他们尊师重道,给孔子以精神鼓舞;他们照顾孔子日常起居生活,使孔子安心从事各种活动;他们维护孔子威信、宣传孔子,扩大孔门弟子集团,使孔门团结;他们提升孔子学问道德;他们慷慨资助、并跟随、保护孔子周游列国宣传思想学说;他们辅助孔子设坛教学、为政治国、整理典籍;他们践行孔子为政治国理念、传播孔子学说,发展儒家学派。门人弟子对孔子的助益是多方面的,是相当之大的,可以说没有这些助益孔子是不可能闻名当时,也难以蜚声后世的。一言以蔽之,孔子的炼成,儒家的形成,儒学的盛行,孔子门人弟子功莫大焉。

Confucius had many followers and disciplines with their different characteristics and merits.They had given many supports and help to him before and after his death,such as,respecting teacher and Confucianism to give him moral encouragement,taking after his daily life to make him engage in study wholeheartedly,protecting his prestige and popularizing his thoughts to extend his followers and consolidate them,and so on.We can say that without their help and support,Confucius could not have had such a great success and popularity.Confucius＇s success,forming and popularity of Confucianism are closely connected with his followers and disciplines.