Multi-dimensional interpretation of classic materials

1. The gentleman is poor

Confucius arrived in the state of Chen and lived in the house of Sadako in Sicheng for three years. When the Chu State heard that Confucius was between Chen and Cai, they hired Confucius and planned to seal the land of 700 miles around the registered community to Confucius. Confucius went to pay homage and return the favor, but the people who were migrating from Chen to Cai were besieged, unable to travel, and deprived of food. The disciples who followed him were exhausted and too hungry to stand up. But Confucius still "taught and recited string songs without interruption" (teaching and reciting, playing and singing, and teaching poems, books, etiquette and music without interruption). Zilu was angry and came to see Confucius and asked, "Is a gentleman also poor?" Confucius said, "Gentlemen are all poor, but villains are poor in many ways. A gentleman should maintain his integrity and morality in any difficult time, no matter what happens.

Materials used (1) Persistence; (2) Ambition; (3) Facing setbacks; (4) Moral example

2 The dead are like a man

< p> Confucius stood at the foot of Nishan Mountain, looking at the rolling Liao River, and was moved by the scene. He couldn't help but sigh: "The dead are like this, and they don't give up day and night!" Confucius discovered the profound truth in the commonplace flowing water and green waves, and his depressed mood also disappeared. Flowed away like water. Later, Zhuangzi had a similar sigh in "Zhuangzi Zhibei You": "The space between heaven and earth in life is like the passing of a white colt, passing by suddenly." It describes the passage of time very quickly, which is also the origin of "the gap of a white colt passing by."

Use of materials (1) Facing nature; (2) Perception; (3) Cherishing time; (4) Thinking

3. Harsh government is fiercer than tigers

Confucius passed by Mount Tai and saw a woman crying and wailing beside the tomb of a firefly, so he asked about it. The woman replied: "My father-in-law was eaten by a tiger!" Confucius asked Zi Lu: "Why don't you leave this place?" The woman replied: "Because there is no tyranny of excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes here." Confucius said to his disciples : "Hard government is more harmful to people than tigers!"

Use of materials (1) caring for the people; (2) room for warmth; (3) touching; (4) benevolence

4. The Debate of Righteousness and Benefit

The State of Lu has regulations that anyone who travels abroad and sees a Lu person sold as a slave in a foreign country can spend money to redeem him, and after returning to the State of Lu, he can go to the state treasury to report the debt. , the treasury will pay for it. One of Confucius' students saw a Lu man being sold into slavery abroad, so he redeemed him. After the redemption, he did not go to the treasury to pay the debt. Others said that this man was of noble character. When Confucius found out, he scolded the student and said that he had done something wrong. Others are surprised. I do good deeds, redeem people, and don't pay the debt. Isn't this a good thing? Isn’t it noble? Confucius said that you should not look at the problem this way. His approach actually prevented more slaves from being redeemed. This man did not pay the debt after he came back. In the future, when people saw the slave of Lu, they wanted to redeem him, but they also thought, after I redeem him, if I go to pay the debt, others will comment: "So-and-so didn't pay the debt before, you go and pay the debt" , your character is not as good as his. In this way, the person may pretend not to see it and not redeem the person.

A man fell into the water. One of Confucius' students jumped into the water and rescued the man. The family thanked him and gave him a cow, which he accepted. Others started talking: Do you need money to go into the water to save people? Confucius knew about it and praised the student and said that the student did the right thing, which would help more people who fell into the water to be rescued. Because after rescuing someone, you can accept money from others, so if someone falls into the water, someone will be willing to save it.

Use of materials (1) Seeking truth from facts; (2) Influence: (3) Vision; (4) Seeing the essence through phenomena

5. Confucius studied piano

Confucius was very open-minded and very hard-working in his studies. Once, Confucius studied drums and qin with his teacher Xiangzi, and the title of the piece was "Wen Wang Cao". Confucius practiced hard for many days. Shi Xiangzi said, "That's it." Confucius said, "I have mastered the playing method of this piece, but I haven't mastered it." After practicing for many days, Shi Xiangzi said again. "It's okay, you've already achieved it", but Confucius still said "It's not okay, you haven't achieved your ambition". After a long time, Shi Xiangzi thought that this time it was really good, but Confucius still thought that he had not played the music well, so he studied it repeatedly and understood the connotation of the music until he saw the image of King Wen in the music. Don't stop until it's expressed in the music.

Use of materials (1) Study with humility;, f2) Strive for excellence; (3) There is no limit to art

Link to the real test questions of the high school entrance examination

1. 2014 Tianjin High School Entrance Examination Essay: I Nectar for the soul.

Material extension: Confucius's persistent spirit of "knowing that something is impossible and doing it" has always inspired me and allowed me to overcome difficulties in learning. It has become the nectar of my soul. I can write that I once flinched in the face of difficulties. At this time, my soul was desolate and fell into a state of decadence and withering. Reading "The Analects" and reading Yu Dan's works on "The Analects" made me wake up from the confusion and strengthen my soul. reliance.

2. 2014 Chongqing High School Entrance Examination Essay:

Someone asked Zi Zi why you keep swinging. Zi Zi said because I want to fly, and asked again, you don’t even have wings, how can you fly? Ye Zi said just watch.

After spring, summer, autumn and winter, when winter comes, the leaves fly away. Then choose your own angle and write a composition on your own topic, no less than 600 words.

Material extension: Confucius is the flying leaf. Originally, Confucius was an ordinary person, working as a minor official, and might become a minor bureaucrat with a mediocre life. In that case, Confucius was just a leaf that was green at first and turned yellow into soil in the end, without the gesture of flying in his life. However, Confucius was a person with his own ideas. He had no wings and could create his own ideas, so he had his own Confucian thoughts. Then he traveled extensively to promote his ideas, and after experiencing many severe winters in his life, he finally made his theory the strongest cultural note on the land of China. Thus, Confucius became a leaf that danced gracefully.

3. 2014 Hebei Tangshan High School Entrance Examination Essay: Such Clothes

Material extension: Confucius’ character can be written through Confucius’ clothes. From the first time I saw a portrait of Confucius, I paid attention to Confucius's clothes. The hat is a soft cloth hat, tied on the head, loose and free. Compared with the Eguan of the nobles at that time, it is indeed inferior. However, it is this kind of hat that matches that big and wise head, because Confucius was thinking about the common people's affairs and things based on the interests of the people, while E Guanxia's head was thinking about things from the perspective of the people. A matter of noble departure. Let’s talk about clothing, that spacious robe is just a symbol of Confucius’ broad free thought...

4. 2014 Henan Zhengzhou High School Entrance Examination Essay: You are my sun

Material extension: Confucius is the sun in my heart. Let’s start with the sun, and write about the arrival of dawn, the growth of all things, and the prosperity under the sunshine. Then he wrote that he had been depressed recently, was not going well in his studies, had quarrels with his classmates, and was in conflict with his parents. As a result, his life entered a dark night. After reading "The Analects" or reading Yu Dan's works on "The Analects", I was attracted by the words in it, and also attracted by the story of Confucius's exile. Confucius almost died in the states of Chen and Cai, but he still sang string songs . This spirit of fearlessness in the face of danger infected me, so I had the desire to work hard in my heart. Confucius' disciples respectfully address Confucius as "the journey of the sun and the moon." I say, Confucius, you are the sun in my heart.

5. 2014 Hubei Huanggang High School Entrance Examination Essay: It’s great to have you on the road to growing up

Material extension: When I was in primary school, I couldn’t put it down a copy of Cai Zhizhong’s comic book “The Analects of Confucius”. That was my father. As a birthday gift to me, my father wanted me to learn the principles of life in "The Analects of Confucius", but I got to know you, a respectable and lovely old man, in these comics. When I was in junior high school, Yu Dan's TV show "The Analects of Confucius" was very popular, so I gave up my beloved TV series and became a follower of Yu Dan. In fact, I know that behind Yu Dan, there is a broader and more influential you. Sitting in front of the TV, Yu Dan spoke quickly and eloquently, which made me understand you better and admire you. Confucius, it’s great to have you on my journey of growth!

6 2014 Shandong Yantai High School Entrance Examination Essay: ____ Conquered Me

Material extension: Others are chasing stars, but I always sit quietly at my desk with a cup of tea, a book. Maybe, you ask me why I am so quiet? Because Confucius conquered me. Confucius was very brave. During the Spring and Autumn Period when rites collapsed, Confucius stood up to defend Zhou rites. In fact, he maintained the order of life, allowing everyone in this chaotic world to stay in their proper place and achieve a state of "harmony and beauty." Confucius had great wisdom. The Analects is a record of the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, covering all aspects of politics, economy, education, culture, and diplomacy. It is simply a condensed "encyclopedia" of the Spring and Autumn Period. Zhao Pu, a native of the Song Dynasty, became prime minister and declared that half of the Analects of Confucius would govern the world. Confucius conquered me.

Quick use in the examination room

2014 Nanjing High School Entrance Examination Essay Questions: Please write an essay with the title "Just because ____".

Requirements: (1) Choose one of the three phrases "that book", "that road", and "that person" and fill in the horizontal lines to complete the question. (2) Choice of style and style, no less than 600 words.

Full score essay

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Just because of that person

A candidate from Nanjing

I don’t know when it started , I became a person who dared not have dreams and was afraid of failure. I retreated from the things I longed for, and gradually learned to use the words "it doesn't matter" to cover up my inner loss and sadness. Sometimes, when I have to face the dirty air and crowded spaces, I find that I can never find myself again, saying "I don't know the day when I'm young".

Once upon a time, I "silly" gave up my seat to an old man, picked up money on the ground and handed it to the police. If I saw my classmates copying their homework, I would severely stop them. Now, when I see an old man getting on the bus, I will pretend to be asleep. When I see a classmate copying his homework, I will walk over and say to him with a smile, "Do you want to copy mine?" I can laugh at things and I can tolerate unfair things.

But just because of that person, that person named Confucius, I began to believe that there is really such a person who is in a much worse situation than me, but is still using his own heart to become increasingly unbearable for this. We are making contributions to the society, and we are still persisting in our dream of "holding Mount Tai to reach the North Sea".

It was just because of that person that I started to reflect on myself.

Confucius said: "A gentleman will never violate benevolence, and he will do what he does wrong, and he will do what he does!" In an era of constant wars, displaced people, and hard-to-find justice, Confucius said these words , I really can’t help but admire you.

Confucius said: "Benevolence means loving others." I have hoped for countless times that this world is full of benevolence, but it is really difficult. It is still impossible to do now, let alone the era in which Confucius lived? Then I thought of a man with a haggard face but still a radiant look, saying in a world where the jungle is strong and the strong eat the strong: "Becoming rich and noble unjustly is like a floating cloud to me!" When he said sadly that "birds and beasts don't belong to the same flock", who could caress the strings of the piano and sing the eternal sound like him?

I caressed this indifferent paper and read the words that gradually disappeared in time and space. I was completely convinced that my pain was really nothing, because a true gentleman would never do anything for it. Defeated by the cruel reality, you will never doubt the path you have chosen, and you will never complain endlessly about the harsh environment because you are in a difficult situation. They will take matters into their own hands and use their own behavior to change the environment.

What Confucius taught me will serve me well throughout my life. He told me in the dream: "The wise do not be confused, the benevolent do not worry, the brave do not fear." Just because of that person, Mr. Confucius, I will work hard to do it, because the dream has come back.

Teacher comments

The title of the article is "Just because of____", and the author is writing about a person, Confucius. Confucius is a familiar material and easily resonates with readers. However, Confucius's materials are overused materials. It is not easy to renovate the examples, but it can be brilliant in terms of material selection and expression.

The author cleverly writes his own experience into the article, briefly summarizes Confucius' examples and writes them concisely, and quotes a large number of Confucius' remarks in The Analects, which is refreshing. I start by writing about my loss of dreams, in the middle I write about my performance in life, and at the end I return to reality and write about my admiration for Confucius. The whole article is centered on me, and through my changes before and after, the importance of Confucius is highlighted.