Confucius made a mistake in the Analects of Confucius and was directly "?" It's rare to come back and admit your mistake.
"Ziwuzhicheng" and "Zhi" are verbs, and Confucius went to Wucheng. Wucheng is a small county next to Qufu.
At that time, Ziyou was doing a massacre in Wucheng, and Ziyou was Yan Yan. Confucius' visit to Wucheng to inspect student rule is equivalent to Confucius having a student as a county magistrate. Confucius followed the county magistrate and drove in the county to see how the county was governed.
String songs teach people with music, that is, they can learn etiquette and music. So "singing at the strings" means that people in this place are learning etiquette and music.
Confucius said with a smile, "You can't cut a chicken with an ox knife." . Confucius may have been too relaxed that day. "How to cut a chicken with a knife" means that people in small places still need to learn this. Rites and music are "big knives", which are often used on the imperial court to educate more intellectuals. Confucius thought it unnecessary for ordinary people to learn etiquette and music.
Ziyou, as a county magistrate, said to Confucius seriously: "In the past, Yan also heard the philosophers say,' A gentleman learns to love others, but a villain learns the Tao easily. ` "I heard a master say a word in Yan Yan before, and you said that both gentlemen and villains should learn advanced things, such as rites and music.
"A gentleman learns to love others": A person who has solved the problem of food and clothing will know more about caring for others and work harder for the society if he has the opportunity to go to a good university and practice morality. This is the advantage of a gentleman learning Tao.
"Little people learn the Tao". Even if he is a peddler and a pawn, if he can understand the truth and learn etiquette and music, he will become a useful talent and make contributions to the construction of society.
Zi You said that "different people have different opinions". Even though Confucius was his own teacher, he still insisted on the truth. What's more, the truth he insisted on was exactly what the teacher taught him in those years.
Confucius said, "Listen, Yan Yan is right. What I said before was a joke, but I was too relaxed. Sorry. "
Confucius made a mistake and was pointed out by the students. He immediately admitted it in front of many people, which is also the outstanding point of Confucius. Confucius fully believed that what Yan Yan said was correct.