The next sentence of "Only a little person and a woman are hard to support" is "If you are near, you will be inferior, and if you are far away, you will complain."

Source: The Analects of Confucius Chapter 17 Yang Huo in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Original text: Confucius said, "Only women and villains are difficult to raise. If they are near, they will not have grandchildren. If they are far away, they will complain."

Confucius said: "Only people like you are difficult to get along with villains. If you get close, you will dislike you, alienate you and blame you."

1. "Woman"

"Zi" means a child in ancient times, and this sentence "woman" refers to a girl. Girls should be the original meaning of "women", and "women" generally refers to women, but it is a later development.

Second, the ancient meaning of the word "nurturing"

In ancient times, the word "nurturing" had the meaning of "training and educating":

Third, "villain"

In the society of Zhou Dynasty, "gentleman" and "villain" were opposite classes. Most of the "villains" in Zhouyi are opposite to "gentlemen", or to "adults, great kings, public officials".

expanding information

in the Analects of Confucius, I'm afraid the chapter "Only women and villains are difficult to support" in Yang Huo is the most modern attack of Confucius. When people talk about Confucius, they accuse him of "despising women". The evidence is that there is a cloud in this chapter: "Confucius said:' Only women and villains are difficult to raise, and if they are close, they will not have grandchildren, and if they are far away, they will complain.'

the background when Confucius said this sentence. Confucius found himself not only deceived by the patriotic monarch, but also fooled by the villain around the patriotic monarch after his trip to the country. Confucius then accused the king of Wei of listening to the villains around him: "I have never seen a good virtue as a good color!" " After Confucius left the country, he expressed his feelings: "Only women and villains are hard to support! If you are near, you will not be grandchildren, and if you are far away, you will complain. "

As a monarch, if you are too close to those sycophants who have no ability in the harem, they will get carried away, forget their identity and start to use your power to do mischief. If you alienate them, they will complain, which is very troublesome. Before Confucius, da ji made a mistake in his country, playing vassal by fire. After Confucius, eunuchs and villains were in power, and the chaos of the queen's consorts was repeatedly staged, which was countless.

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