1. Translation

Yiqiu is the best chess player in the country. Let Yi Qiu teach two people to play chess. One of them concentrated on learning and only listened to Yi Qiu's teaching. Although the other person was also listening to Yi Qiu's teaching, he was thinking about the wild geese that were about to fly over and wanted to get the bow and arrow. It shoots down.

Although the two of them learned to play chess together, the latter's chess skills were not as good as the former. Is it because his intelligence is not as good as the previous one? The answer is: not so.

2. Original text

Yi Qiu is one of the best players in the country. He asked Yi Qiu to teach two people to play chess. One of them concentrated on the game, but Yi Qiu listened. Although the other listened, he thought that a swan was coming, and he wanted to help him and shot it with his bow. Even though I have learned from him, I am not as good as him. Why is he so wise? Said: Not so.

Extended information:

1. Appreciation

"Xue Yi" is selected from "Mencius·Gaozi 1". "Mencius" was co-authored by Mencius and his disciples. The content includes Mencius' political activities, political theories, philosophical thoughts and personality cultivation. The whole book is divided into seven chapters: "The King of Liang", "Gongsun Chou", "Teng Wengong", "Li Lou", "Wan Zhang", "Gao Zi" and "Jin Xin". There are five sentences in this ancient text, which have two meanings.

The first sentence has a meaning, pointing out that Yi Qiu is the best person in the country at playing chess. This sentence pave the way for the following, because "a famous teacher makes a good disciple", his students must be masters, and they must be like clouds of masters.

On the second level (the second and third sentences), a very disharmonious phenomenon occurred: one of the two students taught by Yi Qiu was attentive and completely remembered what Yi Qiu taught. Although the other one was listening, he was thinking that maybe a swan was coming, and wanted to pick up a bow and an arrow with a silk rope to shoot it down. As a result, although they studied together, the latter one was far inferior to the former one.

2. Introduction to the source

The book "Mencius" is a compilation of Mencius' remarks. It was compiled by Mencius' disciples observing Mencius' words and deeds. It records Mencius' language and political views (benevolent government, benevolent government, The distinction between kings and hegemons, the foundation of the people, the rule of law against the king (the people value the king more than the king), and political action are classic works of Confucianism. The starting point of his theory is the theory of good nature, proposing "benevolent government" and "kingly way", and advocating the rule of virtue.

"Mencius" has seven chapters and fourteen volumes handed down to the world: "King Hui of Liang" (Part 1 and Part 2); "Gongsun Chou" (Part 1 and Part 2); "Teng Wengong" (Part 1 and Part 2); "Li Lou" (Part 1 and Part 2) ; "Wan Zhang" (top and bottom); "Gao Zi" (top and bottom); "Jin Xin" (top and bottom).

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