1. "The six old men who do not die are considered thieves." In today's terms, it means that a person who lives forever is a waste of national resources. This sentence seems to be very serious when translated like this, but this vicious "famous saying" comes from the mouth of the famous educator Kong Shengren. What happened to make him say such a sentence? Let's talk about it. It’s unknown.
2. "Rotten wood cannot be carved, and a wall of dung cannot be made flat." We are all familiar with the first half of the sentence, which describes a person who is stubborn and ineffective, but the second half of the sentence has the same meaning as the first half. This sentence was uttered by Confucius in order to educate disobedient students.
3. "A frog at the bottom of a well does not know the sea, and a summer insect does not know the cold." Zhuangzi who said this may be aggrieved, but he obviously didn't mean to hurt others! However, later generations often quote this sentence to criticize others for being short-sighted but arrogant. If you think about it carefully, it is indeed very appropriate.
4. "Only women and villains are difficult to raise." Everyone must have heard this sentence too much, and many girls said it was disrespectful to women. In fact, when Confucius first said this sentence, he really meant that it was difficult for women and servants to teach and reason with them.
5. "It is because of weakness that it cannot lead to death." This is a very outrageous statement, which means that you want others to die. This sentence also came from the mouth of Confucius, and he said it when he was debating with others. It seems that no matter how knowledgeable a person is, his temper can be terrifying.
6. "I lost my wife and lost my troops." This sentence is very simple and easy to understand. A person on the battlefield not only lost his wife but also lost his general. It means that this person is unreliable and gets nothing except losses. This sentence comes from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and it was talking about Zhou Yu at the time. .
7. "One hundred and forty thousand people were all disarmed, and not one of them was a man." Literally, the people on the battlefield took off their clothes and turned out to be women. It describes the people as unmasculine and pretentious, like women. To use today's words to describe it, it means "sissy"
8. "Your body and name will be destroyed, but the eternal flow of rivers will not be destroyed." The world is so big that one more person is not more than you, and one person less than you is not less. You are of no use to the world. This sentence is completely saying that you are useless, and it is also very heartbreaking.
9. "A rat has skin, but a human has no manners; if a man has no manners, what will he do if he does not die?" The phrase "harming someone by dressing inappropriately" is very effective, even excessive. He means that if a person is not dressed up, he would rather be dead. It can be seen that the classical words are also very harmful.
10. "Anyone who commits many unjust acts will surely die, and his aunt will treat him as such." People who do bad things will definitely be punished, just wait! This sentence is usually said when admonishing others not to make mistakes.