Kong Zi: Superhero or Kind of a Jerk?

Pre-Blog Heads-Up: For any Chinese readers of the blog out there; while some of what I have to say about Kong Zi may be a bit slanderous, I actually like guy's theories, anecdotes, and such - that was the reason for me coming to Qufu in the first place. There are certainly worse people to base your civilization around, hell even the Founding Fathers owned slaves. But all that being said, I don't think he is the greatest thing since fried rice either; in fact, he may have been kind of a jerk. Let's begin.

Qufu Day 1: Town of Kong Zi

I woke up early this morning to get on the "slow train" out to Qufu by this afternoon. By "slow train" they mean it only goes 250 km/h (155 mph), so we were still flying pretty fast. I got there early this afternoon, where I found that there are no more train tickets to Qingdao, so I will be spending 6 hours on a bus tomorrow instead - a small sacrifice to get to the pinnacle of Asian beer festivals. After finding an honest taximan, I got to my hostel (the charming Qufu International Youth Hostel), dropped off my junk and set out to find food and stuff to do.