The original text is: "Confucius said:' The son is cheap, is the gentleman as he is? If Lu has no gentleman, how can he take Si? " "

Confucius said: a son is cheap and a gentleman is a man. Confucius said: A cheap son is not a gentleman. )

If Lu has no gentleman, how can he take it? If Lu has no gentleman, how can he recruit such talents? )

Confucius believed that Zibian was a real gentleman with noble character and correct behavior, although he was born in humble background. Lu, on the other hand, lacks the talent of a gentleman. If we can recruit talents like Zijian, then Lu can become stronger and more powerful.

Word for word translation: son-descendant, descendant

Call call

Son base-own base

What a gentleman-what a gentleman (surprised)

If-like it, like it

Man-man

Lu Lu, a region of southern Chu.

None of them.

Gentleman-gentleman (saint)

this is

What-it's just, so.

Take-will leads to such a tragedy.

Grammatical explanation: "sub-predicate-sub-base" is a subject-predicate-object structure that expresses actions. Zi is the subject, predicate is the predicate, and zi is the object.

"A gentleman is a man!" It is a paradox, which means "what a gentleman (saint), like a man!" " "Express surprise and praise.

"If Lu has no gentleman, how can he take Si?" For causality, "Lu has no gentleman" is the cause, "Why take Si?" The result is that there is no gentleman (saint), which is why it is so miserable.

The use of rhetorical questions in the whole sentence implies that the reason for this tragic situation is the lack of gentlemen (sages). Expressed shame and praise for this gentleman.

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