When reading "The Analects of Confucius", most of us read classic quotes, such as "Isn't it a pleasure to have friends come from afar?", such as "When three people are walking together, there must be my teacher", such as "People don't know but they are not surprised." , Aren’t you also a gentleman?”, such as “Be tireless in learning and never tired of teaching”, “Knowing is knowing, not knowing is knowing”, no one dislikes these famous sentences, because they are so classic. For thousands of years, people have been using it as aphorisms and mottos. Because it is easy to understand, it seems that people can recite this language two thousand years ago without having to read it. If there are many readable Confucius, you will know that in fact. , is not what Confucius is most focused on expressing, because Confucius's thoughts are centered on "benevolence" and "love." There is also a famous saying in his thoughts that has been influencing us Chinese for thousands of years, which is "Learn and learn." Confucius has always advocated becoming an official. Therefore, Confucius has always looked down on the working people. Let’s put this aside for the moment. In the Analects, what best embodies Confucius’ thoughts are not his classic sentences, but One of his dialogue-style texts with a plot is "Zi Lu Ran You Gong Xi Hua Sitting Down" "Chi is so small, who can make it big?" " Now let's flash back and look at the conversation process. Confucius seemed to be careless in asking questions, but in fact he had profound intentions. He wanted to test whether his students had understood the essence of his thoughts. To talk about a few students, although their personalities Everyone is different, but they all understand the teacher's teachings. For example, Zilu believed that he could govern a country of thousands of years of famine, internal and external troubles. Not only that, he also thought that he could make the people in the country happy within three years. Everyone has the courage to fight against foreign aggression, and everyone knows etiquette. It can be said that this is an ideal country. From the perspective of a strong country, making the country strong and letting the people be brave and knowledgeable is such a lofty ideal. Master Confucius just laughed. The reason was that Zilu was talking about governing the country with etiquette, but he didn't know how to be humble at all. He said it too much. It can be seen that since ancient times, China's tradition has been to be modest and prudent. Be careful of arrogance and impetuosity. Look, isn't Zilu being laughed at by the teacher? Only Zeng Xi leisurely painted a picture of spring outing for everyone: Spring is here, everyone puts on new clothes and goes swimming in the river. Blow the breeze on the stage, and then go home happily. But the strange thing is that Confucius actually expressed his position loudly: "I agree with Dian (Zeng Xi)'s view. "This requires an analysis of the roots of Confucius' thoughts. Those who read Confucius must have read his "Journey to the Great Road". Some people may be surprised that the Journey to the Great Road seems to have nothing to do with swimming in the spring. Then let's continue In connection with this, Dao Zhixing summarized for us the ideal picture of "a widower who is lonely and well-educated" and "who does not pick up things on the road and does not close his house at night". There is only one answer, which is the "Great Harmony Society" mentioned in Confucius' article. For "Great Harmony"? That is, what is mine is yours, and what is yours is mine. Your elders are my elders, and no one has a higher status than anyone else. No one has more money than anyone else. In such a society, people do not have to be displaced because of wars, and people do not have to freeze to death on the roadside because of exorbitant taxes. Only when the society becomes like this can it be possible to be as "yellow-haired" as described in Tao Weng's "Peach Blossom Spring". Let's hang our hair and enjoy ourselves." Turn around and look at the picture described by Zeng Dian: In March of spring, five or six adults led seven or eight children to swim freely in the river. After swimming, they stood on the dance platform and played Blowing the warm spring breeze, I was happy and sang "The spring breeze caressed my face", and then went home happily.

This kind of picture, at least, we cannot see in the war-torn Iraq, because no one dares to go swimming in the countryside privately, because they will be hit by stray bullets accidentally and become innocent souls; of course, such a scene, we are in Africa You can’t see it either, because the children are so hungry that they don’t even have clothes to cover their bodies, and they can’t solve their food and clothing problems. How can they still have the mood to go swimming and enjoying the scenery in the countryside? We can’t even see it in China today, because everyone They are all spinning like tops in the fast-paced city. The children are all attending various cram schools. Even if they swim, they are in the swimming pool. There is no time to go to the countryside. Not to mention those who have just entered adulthood and are busy looking for jobs. After buying a house and having a debit card, who has the mood and time to go swimming in the countryside? Not to mention blowing the wind on the stage. Because Zeng Dian seems to be very playful, but in fact he has completely understood the essence of Confucius' thought. It is no wonder that among Confucius's disciples, Zeng Dian's achievements are considered to be one of the highest. Even his descendants have always been celebrities. . Therefore, to understand Confucius, we cannot just understand it from the surface of what he said. This old master is actually very cunning and does not have the IQ of Zeng Dian. It is really not easy to win his praise.