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话说大教育家孔子活到了20世纪90年代，仍干着“传道、授业、解惑”的工作。这一方面是为了发挥余热，另一方面也是为生计考虑。 It is said that Confucius, a great educator, lived to the 1990s and still worked on "preaching, imparting knowledge and solving puzzles". On the one hand, it is to make full use of residual heat, on the other hand, it is also for livelihood consideration. 晚年的孔子混得并不潇洒。尽管他曾出过国、讲过学、着过书而且知名度也颇高，但终因不懂英语、不懂俄语、不懂日语，外语职称考试总是过不得关，所以在大学里总是评不上教授、副教授，最后只好灰溜溜地退了休。 Confucius in his old age didn't mix well. Although he has ever been abroad, spoken, studied, and read books, and has a high reputation, but eventually because he does not know English, Russian, or Japanese, the foreign language title examination is always too late to pass, so in the University, he is always unable to evaluate the professor or Associate Professor, and finally has to retire in disgrace. 孔子退休以后，闭门思量多日，最后回到故乡，重操旧业办私学，既托亲朋好友，又到银行贷款，最后凑了数百万元，创办了孔氏中学。学校挂牌那天，当地政界要员和其他社会名流都纷纷登门祝贺，当地报纸还发了头版头条。由于孔子的号召力很大，生源不错，聘来的教师水平也高，再加上孔子的教育思想得到了很好的贯彻，孔氏中学的教育质量不错，升学率也一年高过一年。每到招生时节，更是门庭若市，热闹非凡。 | 
