Confucius said: "Only women and villains are difficult to care for. Those who are close will not be inferior, and those who are far away will be resentful."

I have seen two kinds of this famous saying of Confucius. The interpretations are quite different, and they are introduced below. Which one do you agree with? The first interpretation:

女=female, woman;

raise = support, educate.

According to this understanding, the famous saying is interpreted as:

Confucius said: "Only women and villains are the most difficult to educate. If they are close, they will be unruly; if they are alienated, they will be unruly." , they will be resentful. "The second interpretation:

"Yang" does not mean "support" or "education", but "get along with".

The word "woman" has a derogatory connotation in classical Chinese. It does not refer to ordinary "women", but specifically refers to women with low moral standards and imperfect personalities, that is,

women The "villain" in.

In ancient times, "gentleman" and "villain" specifically referred to men and could not be used to refer to women. Men can be divided into gentlemen and villains, and women can be divided into ladies and naughty ones.

According to this understanding, the famous saying is interpreted as:

Confucius said: "Women with imperfect moral personality are as difficult to get along with as villains among men. If you are close to him, you will not follow the rules and regulations; if you are alienated from him, you will feel resentment. I agree with the second interpretation, because:

Confucius is the most important person in the history of human civilization. The saints who respect women the most, Confucianism has a tradition of caring for women.