Confucius said, "What a loss! The behavior of saints can change customs, but teaching can be applied to people, not just to meet their own needs. Nowadays, there are fewer rich people and more poor people in Lu, so it's no harm to take their money. If you don't take their money, you won't redeem others. "
Lutz saved drowning people, people worshipped them with cows, and Lutz accepted them. Confucius said happily, "Lu people will save more drowning people."
Interpretation: Lu has laws. If the people of Lu see their compatriots suffering in foreign countries and being enslaved, they can get monetary compensation and rewards from the state as long as they can redeem them and help them regain their freedom. Zi Gong was a student of Confucius. He redeemed Lu people from foreign countries, but did not accept money from the state.
Confucius said, "Give Duanmu Ci (that is, Zigong), you are wrong! What saints do can be used to change folk customs and can be taught to the people, not just to benefit themselves. Now there are fewer and fewer people and more and more poor people, so you have nothing to lose by getting compensation from the state. But without compensation, no one in Lu is willing to redeem his compatriots. "
Luz saved a drowning man. The man thanked him for sending a cow, and Luz accepted it. Confucius said happily, "From now on, Lu people will be brave enough to save people who fall into the water."
Extended data:
Confucius famously said:
1, silently understand, never tire of learning, never tire of teaching, why for me?
Explain: Why is it difficult for me to memorize (what I have learned), to learn without being bored, and to teach people without being tired?
And then what?
2, a threesome, there must be my teacher. Choose the good and follow it, change the bad.
Description: Several people walk together, and one of them must be my teacher. We should choose their advantages to study for them.
Shortcomings should be corrected.
3. Look ahead and suddenly fall behind. The master was persuasive and left me a message asking me to be polite.
Explanation: (for teachers' knowledge and morality), the more I look up, the higher I feel; I study hard, and the more I learn, the more I feel I can't finish it. It seems to be in front, and suddenly it seems to be behind. The teacher is good at inducing me step by step, enriching my knowledge with all kinds of classics, and restraining my words and deeds with all kinds of etiquette, so that I can't stop learning before I try my best.
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