Learning the Analects of Confucius is to understand why we should learn to be human, which has nothing to do with science. This book gives us a foundation. The Analects of Confucius is a Confucian classic, and the doctrine of the mean has reference significance for us to establish values and build a harmonious society.

When we read this book, we can know what is ideal and what is value judgment. If you can't understand, you will never understand what culture is and what kind of world human beings need to build.

Value:

Although the Analects of Confucius is a quotation based on memorizing words, its literary value cannot be underestimated. Metaphor and imagery reasoning are the basic linguistic features of The Analects. Although the words are short, they are rich in meaning, which can make people have various associations and get various understandings.

What are the influences of The Analects?

1. The Analects of Confucius is the basic language of China scholars, which affects the thinking structure of the whole society. China culture is the confluence of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, but the status of these three religions in China culture is by no means tripartite confrontation. Confucianism is definitely the mainstream of China culture, and it has been the undisputed mainstream ideology since the Han Dynasty.

Second, the idea of neutralization is the basis of building a harmonious society. Virtue and etiquette emphasized in The Analects are the levers of a harmonious society. In today's society, maintaining and carrying forward this excellent tradition and coordinating morality, etiquette and law are conducive to the construction of a harmonious society.

Third, the philosophical thought contained in The Analects. For example, benevolence, the doctrine of the mean, following fate, being born promising and other ideas have had a very important impact on ancient and modern China and foreign countries. It is precisely because of this that Zhao Pu said: "Half of the Analects of Confucius governs the world." Qian Mu said: "Since the Western Han Dynasty, The Analects of Confucius has been a must-read book for literate people in China."

4. At the end of 1980s, 75 Nobel Prize winners gathered in Paris, France, and jointly declared: "If human beings want to survive in 2 1 century, they must go back to learning the wisdom of Confucius 2,500 years ago."