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Waste: Stop.
Sleep: Sleep.
This idiom means forgetting to sleep and eat.
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Describe the degree of concentration on something.
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This idiom comes from The Analects of Confucius: "Ye Gong asked Confucius about Luz, but Luz was wrong. Confucius said,' Female Xi doesn't say,' he is also a human being. He forgot to eat when he was angry, and he forgot to worry when he was happy, not knowing that old age was coming. "Clouds," "
Idiom story
Confucius, Zhong Ni, a thinker, politician, educator and founder of Confucianism in the late Spring and Autumn Period. Many of his remarks were recorded by disciples in The Analects of Confucius. Confucius is old. He travels around the world. At the age of sixty-four, he came to Ye Yi, Chu. Doctor Ye County sank the beams and warmly received Confucius. Shen Zhuliang, known as Ye Gong, was very famous at that time. He had long heard of Confucius' reputation, but he didn't know Confucius himself, so he asked Luz, a student of Confucius, about Confucius' character. Although Luz was a student of Confucius, he didn't know how to answer Ye Gong. Later, after learning about this, Confucius said to Luz: "You can answer him like this:' Confucius is diligent and eager to learn, and even forgets to eat and sleep; He is willing to preach and teach, never worried about poverty and suffering, and even forgot his age. "From Confucius' words, we can see that he can live a full life because he has very lofty ideals.
The Analects of Confucius
The Analects of Confucius is a collection of quotations from Confucius and his disciples, and it is one of the important Confucian classics. The Analects of Confucius is an important Confucian work, involving philosophy, politics, education, literature and the truth of standing in the world. The collection of this book was completed by Confucius' disciples and disciples. The original records were written by many people, and the final compilation was in the early Warring States period, mainly Zengsenmen. There are now 20 articles in The Analects of Confucius, which mainly focus on ethics and education.