From The Analects of Confucius: Zeng Zi said, "I visit three times a day: Are you unfaithful to others?" Don't believe in making friends? Can't you learn? "

Translation:? Ceng Zi said: "I will reflect on myself many times every day: Isn't it enough to think of others? Is it dishonest to associate with friends? Is the knowledge to be taught to students not proficient? "

Precautions:

(1): Zeng Zi was born in 505 BC, and his surname was Zeng (pronounced shēn). He was born in the state of Lu, and he is a descendant of the nobles in the mountain country who were destroyed by the state of Lu. Zeng Shen is a proud pupil of Confucius and is famous for his dutiful son.

(2) Three provinces: province (sound xǐng), check; Check; Reflection. There are several explanations in the three provinces: first, three inspections; The second is to check from three aspects; The third is to check many times. In fact, in ancient times, adding numbers before verbs with actions meant that there were many actions, which did not have to be recognized as three times. This article refers to three aspects (cheating for others? Don't believe in making friends? Can you pass it on? ) reflect on yourself.

(3) Loyalty: As the old saying goes, dedication is loyalty. Here, we should do our best and serve the people wholeheartedly.

(4) letter: the old note says that the letter is sincere. Believe in honesty. People are required to keep faith with each other according to etiquette rules to adjust the relationship between people.

(5) imparting: imparting refers to the knowledge imparted to students.

(6) learning: proficient and skilled. The word "Xi" in ancient Chinese has no meaning of "reviewing" now.

Extended data

The Analects of Confucius is a collection of quotations from Confucius and his disciples, which was compiled by Confucius' disciples and re-disciples until the early Warring States period. The book consists of 20 chapters and 492 sections, with quotations as the main part, supplemented by narration, which mainly records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, and embodies Confucius' political opinions, ethical thoughts, moral concepts and educational principles.

This book is one of the Confucian classics, and it is also called "Four Books" with Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean and Mencius. Together with The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Zhouyi and Chunqiu, they are called "Four Books and Five Classics".

The Analects of Confucius is a Confucian classic and a collection of recorded essays focusing on memorizing words.

As early as the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, when Confucius set up an altar to give lectures, its main contents were initially established; After the death of Confucius, his disciples and re-disciples passed on his remarks from generation to generation, and gradually recorded the words and deeds of these oral quotations, so it was called "On"; The Analects of Confucius mainly records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, so it is called "language".

In the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Yi explained: "The speaker, the sage's language, the commentator, and the Confucian discussion." In fact, "Shang" means compiling. The Analects of Confucius refers to recording the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples and compiling them into books. The Analects of Confucius consists of 20 articles and 492 chapters, of which 444 chapters record what Confucius and his disciples talked about in time, and 48 chapters record what Confucius and his disciples talked about each other.

The Analects of Confucius, as a Confucian classic, is profound and all-encompassing. Its thoughts mainly include three independent and closely dependent categories: ethics-benevolence, social politics-propriety, and cognitive methodology-the golden mean. Benevolence, first of all, is the true state in people's hearts. The final compromise must be kindness, and this true and kind state is "benevolence".

Confucius established the category of benevolence, and then expounded that courtesy is a reasonable social relationship and a norm to treat people and things, and then expounded the methodological principle of the "golden mean" system.

References:

The Analects of Confucius-Baidu Encyclopedia