Original text:
It's never too late to see a rabbit love a dog; It is never too late to mend.
Vernacular translation:
It's not too late to look back at the dog when you see the rabbit; It's never too late to mend.
This article is from the Warring States Policy written by Liu Xiang in the Western Han Dynasty.
Extended data writing background:
The book also shows the historical characteristics and social features of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Warring States Period, and is an important classic for studying the history of the Warring States Period. The ideological tendency of the book Warring States Policy was denounced by scholars of past dynasties for violating Confucian orthodoxy.
The Warring States Policy was once denounced as "heresy" and "fantastic book". "The Warring States policy is basically self-contained. His moral philosophy mostly adopts Taoism, and his social and political views are close to Legalism, but he is incompatible with Confucianism alone, so he is criticized by later scholars. "
The author is not a person, and writing a book is not an instant. Most of the authors in the book don't know who they are. Liu Xiang compiled thirty-three articles in the Western Han Dynasty, and the titles were also drawn up by Liu Xiang. Ceng Gong made up for the deficiency in the Song Dynasty.
There was a high lure note in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is incomplete today. Song Baobiao changed the order of the original book and made new notes. Wu Shidao is the author of A Collation of the Warring States Policy, Jin has a supplementary explanation of the Warring States Policy in modern times, and Miao has a new collation of the Warring States Policy in modern times.
About the author:
Liu Xiang (77 years ago -6 years ago), whose real name was Gengsheng, lived in Chang 'an, and his ancestral home was Pei County (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu). Born in Yuanfeng, Emperor Zhao of Han Dynasty (77 years before), he died in Jianping, Emperor Ai of Han Dynasty (6 years before). Liu Bang's half-brother Liu Jiao is a descendant and Liu Xin's father.
At that time, Liu Xiang and Liu Xin's father and son strongly advocated the study of philosophers, which was of positive significance for weakening the rule of official academic thought and emancipating the mind.
In his early years, Secretary Hong Baoyuan in the Pillow, "It is said in the book that immortals turn ghosts into gold, and Zou Yan prolongs his life", which was deeply influenced by metaphysics. After that, he attended lectures on the Five Classics in Shiqu Pavilion, which was deeply influenced by the activities of modern literary classics. Later, when he discussed the gains and losses of political reforms and national politics in previous dynasties, he took out the style of today's writers and based his argument on Yin-Yang and Five Elements.