“The evil life of Confucius”

His disciple was snubbed, and after he despondently headed back for the crossroads, he couldn’t find Confucius. He then asked an old ploughman, “Have you seen my teacher?” The old ploughman knew he was looking for Confucius and spat out, “What? You’ve never toiled with your limbs or know one grain from another. What kind of teacher could you ever have!” From the perspective of the laborers, Confucius was just a parasite of the most ignorant kind.