From: Wei Linggong's Analects of Confucius: "Confucius said:' Different people have different opinions, and the wise have different opinions.' Zhu pointed out: "Be kind and take benevolence as your own responsibility; Although the teacher is not inferior. When you are brave, you must do it. "According to this, many people today understand this sentence as: Even teachers should not be humble.
It is important to maintain a harmonious relationship between teachers and students, but in Confucius' view, it is obviously more important to maintain benevolence and righteousness. No matter between teachers and students, between superiors and subordinates, or between relatives and friends, all these human relationships can not be an obstacle to carrying forward benevolence and morality and safeguarding truth and justice.
Mencius said: "The son of heaven is heartless and does not protect the four seas; The princes are heartless and do not protect the country; Doctor Qing is ruthless and does not protect the ancestral temple; Shu Ren is heartless and doesn't protect his four bodies. "Righteousness is related to the survival and development of human beings, and it should be the bottom line that is higher than human feelings and people always abide by.
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During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius advocated benevolent politics and benevolence. Confucius replied to the student Zhang that there are five points to achieve benevolence: courtesy, tolerance, faith, sensitivity and benefit. No unbridled heart is called politeness, no narrow heart is called forgiveness, no cheating heart is called faith, no lazy heart is called sensitivity, and no harsh heart is called benefit. People should do their part.
Confucius said: Do your duty faithfully and submit to the teacher. This sentence has several meanings. Explain the text first: where is benevolence and righteousness? Everyone can oppose the teacher. Whether the teacher is wrong or not does not necessarily mean that the teacher is right. It is wrong for a teacher to be unfriendly. From another angle, we can also see that Confucius' education is not autocratic education. This sentence is to tell students, as long as they are serious and recognize justice.
If truth is right and justice is right, don't think about how I became a teacher. It is also equal to what the western philosopher Aristotle said: "I love my teacher, and I love the truth more." This is the difference between him and Plato, the teacher. This disagreement is not disrespect for the teacher. The truth is that I can't agree with the teacher's point of view. This is the spirit of learning, bringing back all the opinions of the emperor. Whether teachers or emperors, justice must be fought for, which is the creed that China intellectuals must abide by. But one thing:
Confucius said: A gentleman's virtue is unforgivable. This "no forgiveness" is not forgiveness, but that a gentleman should be sincere, not careless and not violate justice casually. Next:
Confucius said: A gentleman respects what he does and then eats it. As a cadre, being a servant should be respectful, that is, you can really take responsibility first and then consider your own treatment and life. Taking this position in order to treat life is another concept.
An intellectual does something not necessarily for the sake of eating. There are many ways for a person to eat and live. It is necessary to know clearly that doing things is for responsibility.
Confucius said: There are no classes in teaching. This sentence is well known and needs no explanation. This is the educational spirit of Confucius. He has no distinction between class, region, wisdom and stupidity. As long as he is willing to receive education, he will instill them on the basis of humanities and culture.
Confucius said: Different Tao, no common goal. But one thing, the ideological purpose is different, and there is no way to collude with each other. But it doesn't say it must be rejected. There is no way to discuss and plan one thing with each other, so we have to go our separate ways.