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It is a famous saying of Confucius that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind will not stop. The pinyin is sh ù y ù y ù j ē ng b ù zh ǐ, zùy mùng r qěn bùdàI, which means that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind will not stop; Children want to support their parents, but their parents have left, from Confucius' Family Language, Volume II, Thinking is Eight.
This is a helpless metaphor for the loss of parents, which embodies the concept that all virtues and filial piety come first. Later generations use the sadness of maple trees as a metaphor for the pain of bereavement. Extension means that objective things are not transferred by people's subjective consciousness, or the situation is contrary to people's wishes.
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This is what Qiu Wuzi said to Confucius, aiming at promoting Confucian filial piety. This is a warning to filial sons from the opposite side, explaining that filial piety should be timely, and when parents are alive, they can't wait until the day their parents die.
Later, it was more a metaphor for the objective law that was not transferred by people's subjective will. It is also used to indicate that one party wants to stop doing something, but the other party won't let it stop. Doing something here generally means injustice.
Original text and translation
1, original text
Confucius left, and it was sad to hear crying. Hey: Drive! Drive! "There are sages before the highest fish. Brown was crying on the roadside with a sickle. Confucius said to him, "why are you crying when you don't have a funeral?" "?
Gaoyu said: I lost three things: I learned less, I traveled to princes, and later my relatives lost one; Noble aspirations, I am a gentleman, I lost two; If you are young and thick with friends, you will lose three! The tree wants to remain quiet, but the wind won't stop; the son wants to serve his parents in their old age, but they are no more. Those who can't chase, the year is also; Those who go and don't see it are also near. Please resign from now on! Die immediately.
Confucius said: Disciples know enough. "So the master resigned and ten people raised three.
2. Translation
When Confucius was traveling, he heard someone crying very sadly. Confucius said: Quick, quick, there are sages ahead. A closer look shows that it is a sorghum fish. Wearing coarse cloth and holding a sickle, crying on the side of the road. Confucius got off the bus and said to gaoyu, Is there a funeral in your family? Why are you crying so sad?
Gaoyu replied: I have three shortcomings: when I was young, I went out to study and traveled around the vassal States, which was one of my shortcomings; Strong self-esteem, unwilling to serve the monarch, no achievement is the second fault; Friends have a deep friendship, but they broke off contact very early. This is the third mistake.
The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind keeps blowing it. When children are filial, the old man is gone! What is gone and irreparable is the years; What I want to see but can't see after my death is my relatives. Let me die from now on Then he died.
Confucius said to his disciples: everyone should take a warning, which is enough to make us understand the truth! As a result, many disciples said goodbye and went home to support their parents.