Idioms from "The Analects" (3) Never tire of eating fine food, never tire of eating fine food, do what you don't want, don't do it to others, life and death, wealth and honor are in heaven, man has no foresight, there will be immediate worries, full food all day long, no intention The four bodies are not diligent, the grains are not divided, gentleness, courtesy and frugality can be summed up in one sentence. Rotten wood cannot be carved. Think twice before acting in haste. A gentleman is said to be righteous. A villain is said to be interested in learning. If he is good, he will be an official and know it. If he is not aware, he will stand at thirty. The four When you are ten years old, you will not be confused; when you are fifty years old, you will know your destiny and your worthiness.
Mencius
(1) Fifty steps laugh at a hundred steps: "Maybe you stop after a hundred steps, or you stop after fifty steps. What if you laugh at a hundred steps at fifty steps?" "("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: (The fleeing soldiers) Some ran a hundred steps in one breath and stopped, and some ran fifty steps in one breath and stopped. Is it okay for those soldiers who ran fifty paces to laugh at the soldier who ran one hundred paces (saying he was too cowardly)?
(2) Lead and look forward: "If there is a person who is not fond of killing, then all the people in the world will lead and look forward to him." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: If there is a person who is not fond of killing, Sovereign, then the people of the world will crane their necks in anticipation of his rescue.
(3) A gentleman is far away from the kitchen: "A gentleman is far away from the kitchen." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: This is why the monarch places the kitchen far away from himself.
(4) Observe the autumn hair clearly: "If you are clear enough to see the end of the autumn hair, but do not see the hair, then the king will allow it?" ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: My eyesight can detect the fine feathers of autumn birds You can clearly see that a cart of firewood is in front of you but you can't see it.
(5) Holding Mount Tai to cross the North Sea: "Taking Mount Tai to cross the North Sea, people say, 'I can't.' It's true that you can't." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: Hold Mount Tai between them Jumping over the North Sea under your arms and telling people, "I can't do this." This is really impossible.
(6) Asking for fish by relying on a tree: "Doing what you want and asking for what you want is like asking for a fish by relying on a tree." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: Satisfy your desire with your actions , just like climbing up a tree to catch fish.
(7) Outnumbered: "A few cannot fight against a large number of people, and a weak and strong cannot fight against a strong one." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: A country with a sparse population cannot be an enemy of a country with a large population. , A weak country cannot be an enemy of a strong country.
(8) Rejoice with the people: "There is no other reason than to rejoice with the people." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: There is no other reason for this, just to have fun with the people.
(9) Rejoice in the world, worry about the world: "Rejoice in the world, worry about the world, but there is no king who is not a king." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: People who are in harmony with the world Sharing sorrows and joys cannot make the world surrender to him. This has never happened before. (Note: Fan Zhongyan's famous saying "Be anxious when the world is worried first, and be happy when the world is happy later" is embodied in this)
(10) Look around and talk about him: "The king looks around and talk about him." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: King Qi turned around, looked around, and took the topic elsewhere.
(11) The water is deep and the fire is hot: "Like water getting deeper, like fire getting hotter, it's just luck." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: If the people of Yan State are affected by water deeper, they will be heated by fire even more (Indicating that the disaster is getting deeper), it is just that the ruler has changed from Yan to Qi.
(12) Save the people from fire and water: "Now Yan is oppressing its people, and the king goes to conquer it. The people think that they will save themselves from fire and water, so they eat pots of slurry to welcome the king's master." ( "King Hui of Liang") Explanation: Now the monarch of Yan State is mistreating the people, and you go to conquer him. The people there think that you are going to save them from the misery of dire straits, so they all use baskets to hold dry rice and pots to hold it. Welcome your troops with wine.
(13) Tao eats the pulp from the pot: "Now Yan is oppressing its people, and the king goes to conquer it. The people think that they will save themselves from fire and water, so they eat the pulp from the pot to welcome the king." (" "King Hui of Liang") Explanation: Now the monarch of Yan State is mistreating the people, and you go to conquer him. The people there think that you are going to save them from the misery of dire straits, so they use baskets to hold dry rice and pots to hold wine. Come welcome your troops.
(14) Go back on your promise: "Be careful, be careful! Those who go against you are also against you." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: Be vigilant, be vigilant! How you treat others is how they will treat you in return.
(15) Jie Min Daixuan: "At this time, when a country of ten thousand chariots implements benevolent government, and the people are happy with it, it is still Jie Daixuan." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: At this time, there are ten thousand people. A big country with a military chariot implements benevolent government, and the people are as happy as if they were saved by being hung upside down.
(16) Get twice the result with half the effort: "People who tell stories from ancient times will get twice the result with half the effort, but this is the case at this time." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: Therefore, "get twice the result with half the effort" can only be done in this era. .
(17) Specific but subtle: "Ran Niu, Min Zi, and Yan Yuan are specific and subtle." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: Ran Niu, Min Zi, and Yan Yuan are generally close to Confucius, but not as broad and profound as him .
(18) Outstanding: "Out of his kind, outstanding. Since the birth of the people, no one has been more prosperous than Confucius." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: The sage is far beyond his level. One category, much higher than his group. There is no one greater than Confucius since the beginning of mankind.
(19) Heartfelt and sincere submission: "Those who persuade others with virtue are happy and sincerely convinced." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: Only those who rely on morality to make people obey will be willing to obey.
(20) Seek back to others: "If you shoot but miss, if you don't complain about defeating yourself, you are just asking for others." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: (Arrow) If you don't hit the target, , don’t blame those who are better than yourself, just ask yourself.
(21) Do good to others: "Those who think others are good are those who do good to others." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: Absorbing the advantages of others to do good yourself is to do good together with others.
(22) More than enough: "I have no official position to guard, and I have no words to blame. So if I advance or retreat, wouldn't it be more than sufficient?" ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: I have neither a fixed position nor a fixed position. Since I have a position and no responsibility to speak out, don’t I have unlimited room for maneuver in my actions?
(23) Blaming Heaven and others: "A gentleman does not complain about Heaven, nor blame others." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: A gentleman does not complain about Heaven, nor blame others.
(24) This time, that time: "That time, this time." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: That was another time, and now is another time.
(25) Who else can you leave me with? "In today's world, who else can you leave me with?" ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: In today's society, who else can you leave me with?
(26) To be rich is not benevolent: "To be rich is not benevolent, and to be benevolent is not rich." ("Teng Wengong") Explanation: If you want to get rich, you cannot be benevolent, and if you want to be benevolent, you cannot get rich.
(27) Parents’ orders, matchmaker’s words: “If you don’t wait for your parents’ orders, but the matchmaker’s words, if you peek into each other through holes and follow each other across walls, then your parents will be despised by everyone in the country.” ("Teng") "Wen Gong") explains: If you don't wait for your parents to speak, and without being introduced by a matchmaker, you drill holes in doors to peek at each other, or climb over walls to have private meetings, then your parents and people in society will despise you.
(28) Rebellious ministers and traitors: "Confucius wrote the Spring and Autumn Annals, but the rebellious ministers and traitors were afraid." ("Teng Wengong") Explanation: Confucius wrote the "Spring and Autumn Annals", and only rebellious ministers and unfilial sons have certain consequences. Fear.
(29) Self-destruction and self-abandonment: "Those who devastate themselves cannot be talked to; those who abandon themselves cannot be talked to." ("Li Lou") Explanation: You cannot talk to those who harm yourself. If you don't speak valuable words, you can't do anything worthwhile with someone who abandons you.
(30) Reputation of being unsatisfied: "There is a reputation of being unsatisfied, and there is the destruction of seeking perfection." ("Li Lou") Explanation: There are unexpected praises, and there are also too demanding slanders.
(31) Love to be a teacher: "The trouble with people is that they like to be teachers of others." ("Li Lou") Explanation: The trouble with people is that they like to be teachers of others.
(32) Why did you say this: "Why did the teacher say this?" ("Li Lou") Explanation: Why did the teacher say such a thing?
(33) There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and the greatest is not having descendants: "There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and the greatest is not having descendants." ("Li Lou") Explanation: There are three kinds of unfilial piety to parents, among which the greatest is not having descendants. .
(34) Dancing: "When you are born, you can do bad things, and if you can do bad things, you will not be satisfied with dancing." ("Li Lou") Explanation: Happiness cannot stop once it occurs. , unable to stop, he would start dancing unconsciously.
(35) Don’t go too far: “Zhongni doesn’t go too far.” ("Li Lou") Explanation: Confucius is a person who never goes too far in anything.
(36) Eat from both sides: "If you have deep resources, you can draw from both sides." ("Li Lou") Explanation: If you have a deep accumulation, you can draw from both sides and use both sides.
(37) Day and night: "Look up and think about it day and night." ("Li Lou") Explanation: Think with your head up. If you don't think well during the day, you can continue to think about it at night.
(38) Self-pity and self-pity: "Three years later, Taijia regretted and regretted himself." ("Wan Zhang") Explanation: Three years later, Taijia regretted, resented and regretted himself. (Ai, sound yi)
(39) Prophecy and foreknowledge: "Heaven gave birth to this people, so that they can perceive first and then know, so that they can be aware first and wake up later." ("Wan Zhang") Interpretation: Heaven. To give birth to people means to make those who are aware beforehand come to the realization of those who are aware later.
(40) The one who gathers the whole thing: "The one who gathers the whole thing is the sound of gold and jade vibrates." ("Wan Zhang") Explanation: "The whole thing" means, for example, when playing music, first ring the alms bowl bell, and finally Use a special chime to wrap it up, as if it has a beginning and an end.
(41) Rejection is disrespectful: "Why is it disrespectful to reject others' gifts?" ("Wan Zhang") Explanation: (As the saying goes), "Repeatedly rejecting other people's gifts is not disrespectful." Respectfully. "Why?"
(42) Killing people to get goods: "Kill more people than goods, Min is not afraid of death, and ordinary people are ignorant." ("Wan Zhang") Explanation: ("Shang Shu Kang Gao") said, "Kill No one hates those who kill others, take property by force, and are arrogant."
(43) Thrive: "The cattle and sheep are just growing strong." ("Wan Zhang." ") Explanation: (Confucius once worked as a small official in charge of livestock), he said, "The cattle and sheep have grown up strong."
(44) Knowing people and commenting on the world: "In praise of his poems, read If you don't know the person in his book, can you use it to talk about his life?
" ("Wan Zhang") Explanation: Is it okay to recite their poems and study their works without understanding their personalities? Therefore, we must discuss their era.
(45) Yibao (pu ) Shihan: "Although there are things in the world that are easy to grow, if they are violent in one day or cold in ten days, nothing can survive. "("Gao Zi Zhang") Explanation: Even if there is a plant that is easiest to grow, if it is exposed to the sun for one day and cold for ten days, nothing will grow again.