The article begins with: "Confucius said that future generations are to be feared. If you carefully understand the word "terrible", it may contain two meanings: if the future generations can create a career that inherits the past and opens up the future, This "terrible" means that people are in awe; if the descendants do not think about progress and have no creativity, and even lead to the regression of the times and the corruption of society, this "terrible" means a death that makes people worry and fear.' Regarding the latter statement, many people have read it. Anyone who has read "The Analects of Confucius" will be surprised, and maybe even feel it is new.

Let's first take a look at what Confucius said. "The Analects of Confucius" contains a passage from Zihan: The descendants are to be feared. How can one know that those who come will not be what they are now ?Forty or fifty years old and unknown, this is not enough to be feared. The author has seven different versions (annotations and publishers) of "The Analects" at hand, and looked up the explanations about this paragraph. How can I know what the coming person will do? Today? How can we basically know that they will not be able to catch up with the current people (or 'us') in the future? For those who are in their forties or fifty, most of them have no reputation or are unknown. A few quoted Wang Yangming: Unheard means not hearing the Tao, and it is not without hearing. It is interpreted as not understanding the truth yet. The explanation of fear is to use awe to use fear. Obviously, the descendants here refer to young scholars or young disciples, etc., students have already stated In this regard, some of these people have become capable people or scholars and are worthy of awe, while others are mediocre people and are not worthy of awe. The latter may be numerous, but they are not among the people who have led to the regression of the times and the corruption of society. This is What is surprising is that the era Confucius lived in 2,500 years ago was very different from today. The main causes of social corruption now are corrupt officials and evil gentry. They hate these people. Perhaps many people hate them. We are deeply afraid of their evil power. We are also afraid that future generations may degenerate into such people, so we feel that this unique explanation is somewhat fresh. However, we believe that when quoting ancient people's famous sayings, we should carefully read and understand the original text and avoid casual interpretation.

Some versions of "The Analects" mention that Confucius said this because he did not pay attention to young people (young people) at that time. When the author read this paragraph in "The Analects" in his childhood, he felt deeply inspired and must study hard. Forge ahead in the direction of the formidable. Later, he also studied abroad and devoted his life to the cause of higher education in our country. Although he welcomed and sent away thousands of students and dozens of graduate students, he published millions of words of books and translations. There are some scientific research results, but in general they are insignificant, and they have now become ordinary retired professors in their octogenarian years. However, some students and graduate students have made greater contributions, such as Professor Wang Xiaolong, the creator of the widely used Microsoft Pinyin input method. He is the author's graduate student. The original result of this creation was proposed when he was a graduate student in our school. I have always believed that young people are not only formidable, but also cute. The cuteness of young people should be the main thing. The disciple surpasses the teacher, and the student surpasses the teacher. What's wrong with that? ?This is inevitable for social development. We should be happy about this! It is a pity that we often encounter Wu Dalang's store openings, causing many people to be unable to develop.