But in fact, reading the Analects of Confucius can't be taken out of context regardless of the context of Confucius' speech and expand our understanding. I agree with Yao Shichuan that woman is not a general term, but a concrete person in an event experienced by Confucius: Yao Shichuan defined "woman" as concubines in The Analects of Confucius, and "those who have concubines are mostly …… privileged figures of the ruling class … nobles". It is these people's attitude of treating women as dolls that makes them sometimes disrespect and sometimes resent.
However, "this famous saying itself has not damaged the image of ordinary women at all", but it is "warning the rulers with concubines to be strict with family education and self-discipline." After these explanations, Yao proposed that "as for the future, this sentence has gradually evolved into a general term." It is a pity that the mentality of ordinary women not only exceeds the original intention, but also exceeds Confucius' prediction, so it should not be Confucius' responsibility. "
In fact, this mentality of concubines contending for favor not only existed in the upper class in ancient China, but also exists now. It is conceivable that why did Confucius complain about women all over the world? It should be a complaint after a specific incident, which is regarded as the conclusion of Confucius by later generations, which is inappropriate. Fu Peirong explained the Analects of Confucius and said that ancient women did not have fair educational opportunities and could not be independent economically, so their minds and horizons were limited. Confucius talked about the ancient truth, which seems to be rare today. This view also has some advantages. After all, historical facts are historical facts, and the status and quality of ancient women at home are generally lower than that of men. Li Zehou's point of view is even more cautious: I think this sentence describes some characteristics of women's personality quite accurately. For their intimacy, sometimes they are too casual, laughing and cursing at will, and complaining when they are slightly alienated; It should be said that it is a psychological fact, and there is no need to include praise or blame. As for associating a villain with a woman, it is hard to say what makes sense, but it makes sense that this villain is understood by ordinary people or intellectuals with poor cultivation.
Of course, China's tradition is unfair and unreasonable to women. Confucius studied You Ran, but it was still slightly better than the severe persecution of medieval European Christian women who had no soul and burned witches. In short, this sentence can be regarded as a complaint when the context and the specific intention of the name are not clear, and there is no need to criticize it as a truth. It is precisely because some people hold Confucius too high and regard him as the truth that they will not fall again with the eyes of modern people until now. As we all know, Confucius was originally a man on the earth, a man of flesh and blood, crying and laughing. It is more appropriate to understand women, and then treat "being near is inferiority complex, being far away is complaining" as an event summary, rather than deductive reasoning. In other words, this kind of complaint and exclamation is not the "truth" of qualitative conclusion, but the world has always mistaken it for the truth, making it look like "as long as you are near, you will feel inferior, as long as you are far away, you will be angry."