先秦孔门的造圣运动

从春秋末期开始,孔子的弟子们便展开了一场"造圣运动",他们希望通过努力,将孔子从一个平民宣传成为一个"圣人".这个运动持续了很长的时间,直到战国中期,在孟子的手里基本上取得了成功.此后的战国后半期,孔子作为"圣人"乃至"圣人"之首的形象就再没有动摇过.

The "Sage-making Movement" of Confucians before Qin Dynasty

At the end of Spring and Autumn period,the Confucians started a "sage-making movement".They wanted try their best to change the common people Confucius into a sage.Their movement lasted a long time and succeeded at the time of Mencius,that was the middle of the War States period.From then on,at the second half of the War States period,the image of sage and even the first sage of Confucius was not shake.