1. What you say must be done, and what you do must be fruitful

This sentence is often used to mean: words must be counted, and actions must have results. It seems awesome, right? But do you know what Teacher Confucius said about such people?

Look at the original text,

"The Analects of Confucius·Zilu": "Zigong asked: 'How can such a person be called a scholar?' Confucius said: 'There is a shame in doing things, so that in You can be called a scholar if you live up to your orders. 'Said: 'How can one be called filial piety by one's clan? Sure enough, you are a villain! You can do the same thing.”

Specifically, Zigong asked Teacher Kong what a scholar is. Scholars are a very good kind of people, with spiritual pursuits. Confucius said that a person who goes on a business trip for his boss and gets the job done is a first-rate scholar. He is considered filial in his hometown and everyone calls him a brother. This is a second-rate scholar. As for what he says, he must do what he says and when he does things, he must pursue results. Tsk tsk tsk tsk. , This kind of arrogant person, although he can be regarded as a scholar, is just a villain among the scholars.

Have you seen that it is not necessarily a good thing to be true to your word and resolute to your deed? The most important thing is to have your own values. If you realize you are wrong and still keep moving forward, isn't that a brainless fool?

So Teacher Mencius made it very clear: As a grown-up, your words do not need to be believed and your actions do not bear fruit. Only righteousness lies.

As long as you do something righteous, why should you be so persistent if you believe it or not, or if it will bear fruit?

2. Think twice before you act.

This sentence also comes from "The Analects of Confucius", and everyone uses it to express the need to do things more than think. But is this really what Teacher Kong advocates? Let’s use the full text to speak:

"The Analects of Confucius·Gongye Chang": Ji Wenzi thinks twice before acting. When Zi heard about it, he said, "That's enough."

Ji Wenzi was a famous doctor in the state of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period, and he was very cautious in doing things. For details, please refer to Teacher Naodong's work "If you understand the Spring and Autumn Period, you will know how to be a fool" (ok, this is a small advertisement). Teacher Confucius heard this and said that thinking about it twice is enough. Thinking about it three times is not environmentally friendly and energy-saving.

So too many ideas consume memory, so please don’t be too impatient. If you think of it, do it! Otherwise, by the time you think about it again, you’ll really be done with it.

3. Repay evil with kindness

This sentence comes from "The Analects of Confucius·Xianwen", and now everyone uses it to express particularly noble and great sentiments. But Teacher Naodong knows that our Teacher Kong is actually a realist, and his attitude is not so great. Looking at the original text, it is indeed the case:

"One might say: 'How about repaying evil with kindness?' Confucius said: 'How to repay kindness? Repay evil with straightness, repay kindness with kindness.'"

Someone asked Confucius how to repay evil with kindness. Confucius said: Bah! What kind of repayment is there? He teases me and I tease him. He treats me well and I treat him well!

Look, this is the straightforward and lovely Teacher Confucius. Everyone should learn from Teacher Kong. If he is good to you, you should be good to him! If someone is bad to you, don't put your hot face on your cold butt! This is the outlook on life of Teacher Naodong!

In addition, there are people who advocate repaying evil with kindness, and this is Mr. Laozi. This uncle's dragon has never seen its end. What he said are all mythical and unrealistic things. If you want to believe it, then believe it. I don’t believe it anyway!

4. Those who excel in learning will become officials

This sentence was said by the students of Teacher Confucius. Now this sentence is simply the recruitment announcement for civil servants. Those who have good academic performance will be recruited soon. A civil servant is an official.

But the original text is not like this. The original text is this: "If you are an official and you are good at it, you will learn; if you are good at learning, you will be an official."

The word "excellence" here is not good, but having the ability to spare. When you have finished your duties as an official, you can go and study. When you have finished your studies, you can also go and become an official. That's all.

5. Don’t travel far when your parents are here

This sentence was said by Teacher Confucius, but if you really listen to the teacher’s words and stay at home and be a homebody, it’s wrong, because Confucius The teacher is not telling you to stay at home, but telling you not to rush around the door for nothing. If there is something really important, you can still go out. Because the full text of this sentence is: When parents are around, if you don’t travel far, you will have a good way.

If something happens, you should go out or go out. Don't stay at home and gnaw at your old age. Especially if you are over thirty and still single, you should go out on a blind date as soon as possible. Do you have to drive your parents crazy?

5. There are three kinds of unfilial piety, the worst is not having children

Now that we are talking about blind dates, let’s talk about the same thing about having children.

For example, this sentence: There are three types of unfilial piety, the greatest of which is not having offspring.

This sentence is not from the Analects of Confucius. It was said by Mencius, the second generation Confucian great god.

This sentence is easy for everyone to understand. Failure to have offspring is the greatest unfilial piety! Throughout the ages, how many perverts have used this phrase to marry young wives. But does Teacher Mencius really mean this?

Let's take a look at the full version first: "There are three kinds of unfilial piety, the greatest of which is not having an heir. Shun married without complaining, which was said to have no heirs. A gentleman thinks that he should sue even more."

This The example involves a historical event, that is, Shun was attracted by the then emperor Yao, transferred to the central government, and married his daughter to him. This was originally a good thing, but Shun did not greet his parents, and Yao did not meet his beloved. Just get this done. If Shun married like this without telling him, he would have no offspring. It just looks like there are no descendants. The last sentence is "A gentleman thinks it's better to complain." That is to say, if you don’t tell, don’t tell, how can you do it? Everyone likes it and thinks it is the same as filing a complaint. This involves Shun's family issues. I won’t go into detail here, but I’ll just tell you that Shun’s relationship with his parents was very bad.

Did you see that when Mencius said that he had no descendants, he did not mean that he had no descendants, but that being a junior meant that he was not like a junior. If he knew that future generations would use his old man's words to pick up girls, Teacher Meng would still be so angry that he would faint.