Wherever the truth exists, thousands of people will follow it; it is the right thing to do if you are loyal, and you will not regret it if you spend all your money.

Source:

Han Yu, the author of "Teacher's Theory", was born in the Tang Dynasty

I am a teacher, do you know who was born in my year? Therefore, there is neither high nor low, neither long nor short. Where the Tao exists, the teacher exists.

Vernacular interpretation:

In the tradition of being a teacher, how can I consider whether he is older or younger than me? Therefore, regardless of high or low status, regardless of age, wherever the truth exists, there is a teacher. Extended information

Creative background:

An argumentative essay written by Han Yu, a writer in the Tang Dynasty. The article explains the principles of studying from a teacher, satirizes the worldly situation of being ashamed of physiognomists, educates young people, and plays a role in changing the atmosphere. The article lists positive and negative examples, compares them layer by layer, demonstrates repeatedly, and discusses the necessity and principle of learning from teachers.

It criticized the bad habit of "being ashamed to learn from teachers" in society at that time, showing extraordinary courage and fighting spirit, and also showing the author's spirit of expressing his own opinions regardless of the world. Although the full text is not long, it has profound meaning, clear arguments, rigorous structure, thorough reasoning, and strong persuasiveness and appeal.

The author wrote it in the 17th to 18th years of Zhenyuan (801-802) when he was serving as the fourth doctor of the Imperial Academy in Beijing.