A man of noble character can do some things and cannot do some things. Don't do it because of small good deeds, and don't do it because of small evil deeds.
The full text is: a gentleman does something but doesn't do it, and a villain does something. However, what a gentleman does is a great responsibility from heaven, and what a villain does is selfish. A gentleman is ordered by heaven to achieve great things for himself, and he has a long way to go. Little people avoid problems, do nothing and gain nothing, and do nothing and achieve nothing. Therefore, a gentleman, who has the responsibility, is in danger and is responsible for himself, but puts the responsibility on him, will surely make great achievements.
The main body of The Analects of Confucius consists of three parts. One is the original text of The Analects of Confucius, which shows readers the original appearance of The Analects of Confucius more than 2000 years ago in classical Chinese. Second, the easy-to-understand modern Chinese translation of The Analects helps readers overcome the reading obstacles of more than 2,000 years and understand the meaning of The Analects easily and quickly. Of course, the translation here only provides a reference for readers to understand the original text, and it is not the standard answer to the translation of ancient Chinese. We think that the readers who read this book mainly want to know what The Analects tells us, not to learn ancient Chinese, so the explanations of related ancient Chinese words are omitted. Thirdly, based on the author's life experience of half a century or so and his study and thinking experience of The Analects, this paper makes a dialectical analysis and comment on the relevant specific contents of The Analects. This part of the content is not so much to provide readers with a standard answer, but rather to provide readers with a way to learn and understand The Analects, so that readers can understand that The Analects can also be read in this way.
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