When three people are walking together, there must be a teacher. This is the famous saying of the ancient educator Confucius.

Original text:

Confucius said: "When three people walk, they must have my teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones."

Confucius said: "There must be something worthy of learning from other people's words and deeds. Choose others to learn from, see other people's shortcomings, and reflect on whether you have the same shortcomings. If so, Correct it."

Explanation:

1. Three: Imaginary numbers, very many words. Three, six, nine, one hundred, ten, and one thousand are all the same. This sentence refers to multiple people. Yan: It also means "within", translated as "in it". Translation: "When several people with the same hobbies walk together, there must be someone among them who is worthy of my imitation." It means that you should not be ashamed to ask questions and learn from others humbly.

2. Teacher: a person worth emulating. (Noun) If it is translated as imitation, it will not make sense; if it is translated as teacher, the meaning will not match the actual situation. (Supplement) In real life, no one is perfect. Everyone has something worth emulating, so this should be translated as "people worth emulating."

Confucius, surnamed Zi, Kong family, given name Qiu, styled Zhongni, was a native of Zouyi (now Qufu City, Shandong Province) in the state of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period, and his ancestral home was Liyi (now Xiayi County, Henan Province) in the state of Song. , a great thinker and educator in ancient China, the founder of Confucianism, and the "Sage of Dacheng".

Confucius created the style of private lectures and advocated benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust. He had three thousand disciples, among whom were seventy-two sages. He once led some of his disciples to travel around the country for fourteen years, and revised the Six Classics (Poetry, Book, Rites, Music, Book of Changes, and Spring and Autumn Annals) in his later years. After his death, his disciples and subsequent disciples recorded the words, deeds, quotes and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples, and compiled them into The Analects of Confucius. The book is regarded as a Confucian classic.

Confucius was one of the most erudite scholars in society at that time. He was revered as the "Sage of Heaven" and the "Muduo of Heaven" when he was still alive. He was also revered as the Saint of Confucius and the Holy Saint by the rulers of later generations. , the most holy teacher, the most holy teacher of Dacheng Wenxuan Wang, the teacher of all generations. His thoughts have had a profound impact on China and the world, and he is listed as the first among the "Top Ten Cultural Celebrities in the World".