As a country of adherents of Shang Dynasty, which country can compare with saints and Lu?

As the enfeoffment of the eldest son, Birqin, Lu inherited the system of rites and music well, which made Lu culture bloom in the Central Plains. From beginning to end, Lu was a staunch supporter of the Zhou Dynasty. When the Zhou royal family was so poor that there was no funeral expenses, only Lu was still paying tribute.

Therefore, in the eyes of many governors, Lu was a state of etiquette, and Lu culture also gave birth to many sages, such as Confucius, Mencius and Ceng Zi.

What about the businessmen who were wiped out by the Zhou people? Did they disappear?

No, the descendants of the merchant royal family were arranged by Zhou people in the Song Dynasty, and their younger brother Wei Jianli established the Song State. It was (and Wei) that established the Song State, and later produced many sages, who were as famous as Lu State. For example:

Mozi, whose real name was Mozi and Ming Zhai, was the founder of Mohism, a famous thinker, educator, scientist and strategist in the Warring States period. His Mohism kept pace with Confucianism, and at that time there was a saying of "non-Confucian Jimo". Mozi's ancestor was Mu Yi, the eldest son of Duke Huan of Song Dynasty.

Keiko, namely Hui Shi, was a native of Shangqiu in the Song Dynasty and a famous politician and philosopher in the Warring States Period. He is the founder and main representative of this famous school, and also a close friend of Zhuangzi, a master Shirley.

Zhuangzi, surnamed Zhuang, was a famous thinker, philosopher and writer in the Warring States Period. He founded Zhuangzi, an important school of philosophy in China, and is one of the important representatives of Taoist school after Laozi. Its ancestors were the monarchs of the Song Dynasty.

Song Shuo, Song Zi, was born in Song Cheng (now Shangqiu Ancient City). Famous philosopher in the Warring States period, founder and representative of Song and Yin School. Mencius and Zhuangzi respected him and called him "Mr".

Song Guokui was born in Qiupu (now Minquan County, Shangqiu, Henan Province). Famous counsellors and economists in the Spring and Autumn Period were knowledgeable and omniscient, especially good at calculation, and wrote Wen Zi and Xuan Tong Zhen Jing. Fan Lishi, a doctor of the State of Yue, from Ji Ran, gave him seven plans to assist Gou Jian, the king of Yue, and it took only five plans to destroy the State of Wu.

Jia, son surname, first name Jia, word. During the Spring and Autumn Period, a native of Song State (now Shangqiu, Henan Province) was the eighth grandson of Song Weizi's younger brother Song Weizhong and the sixth ancestor of Confucius. Confucius later became the founder of the Confucian school, and his ancestors were the common people of Song State.

Sima Geng, also known as Sima Niu, was born in Song State (now Suiyang District, Shangqiu) in the Spring and Autumn Period, the younger brother of Huan Xuan, a disciple of Confucius, and one of the "seventy-two sages" of Confucius.

Yuan Xian, Zi Zisi, was born in Song State (now Shangqiu City, Henan Province) in the Spring and Autumn Period. A famous thinker in the Spring and Autumn Period, a disciple of Confucius and one of the "seventy-two sages" of Confucius.

From this point of view, the cultural heritage of Song State is not lost to Lu State at all, perhaps because the two countries are close and influence each other.