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Mencius, Zhuangzi, idioms in the Analects

Lead and look forward: "If there is a person who is not fond of killing, then all the people in the world will lead and look forward to him." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: If there is a monarch who is not fond of killing, then , people all over the world will crane their necks in anticipation of his rescue.

A gentleman is far away from the kitchen: "A gentleman is far away from the kitchen." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: This is why the monarch places the kitchen far away from himself.

Clearly observing the end of the autumn hair: "If you are clear enough to see the end of the autumn hair, but do not see the hair, how can the king allow it?" ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: My eyesight can clearly see the fine hairs of autumn birds. , a cart of firewood is placed in front of you but you can't see it.

Taking Mount Tai to reach the North Sea: "Taking Mount Tai to reach the North Sea, people say, 'I can't.' It's because you can't do it sincerely." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: Hold Mount Tai under your arm Jump across the North Sea and tell people, "I can't do this." This is really impossible.

Asking for fish by relying on a tree: "Asking for what you want by doing what you want is like asking for a fish by relying on a tree." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: Satisfying your desire in this way is like crawling It's like going up a tree to catch fish.

Outnumbered: "A small country cannot fight against a large number of people, and a weak country cannot fight against a strong country." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: A country with a sparse population cannot be an enemy of a country with a large population. A weak country cannot fight against a country with a large population. We cannot make enemies of powerful countries.

Have fun with the people: "There is no other reason than to have fun with the people." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: There is no other reason for this, just to have fun with the people.

Happy for the world, worried about the world: "Happy for the world, worried about the world, but there is no one who is not a king." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: Sharing the same worries with the people of the world Le, it has never happened before that he could not make the world surrender to him. (Note: Fan Zhongyan's famous saying "Be anxious when the world is worried first, and be happy when the world is happy later" is translated here)

Look around and talk about him: "The king looks around and talk about him." ("Liang Liang") "King Hui") Explanation: King Qi turned around, looked around, and took the topic elsewhere.

The water is deep and the fire is hot: "Like water getting deeper, like fire getting hotter, it's just luck." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: If the people of Yan State are affected by water deeper, they will be hotter by fire (referring to disasters) Deeper), that's just the ruler changing from Yan to Qi.

Saving the people from water and fire: "Now Yan is oppressing its people, and the king goes to conquer it. The people think that they will save themselves from water and fire, and they eat pots of pulp to welcome the king's army." ("Liang Hui") "King") Explanation: Now the monarch of Yan State is mistreating the people, and you go to conquer him. The people there think that you are going to save them from the misery of dire straits, so they all welcome them with baskets of dry rice and pots of wine. your army.

Tao eats the pulp from the pot: "Now Yan is oppressing its people, and the king goes to conquer it. The people think that they will save themselves from fire and water, so they eat the pulp from the pot to welcome the king's army." ("King Hui of Liang" 》) Explanation: Now the monarch of Yan State is mistreating the people, and you go to conquer him. The people there think that you want to save them from the misery of dire straits, so they all use baskets to hold dry rice and pots to hold wine to welcome you. army.

Go back on your word: "Be warned! If something goes against you, it will go against you." ("King Hui of Liang") Explanation: Be vigilant, be vigilant! How you treat others is how they will treat you in return.

Jie Min Xie Xuan: "At this time, when a country with thousands of chariots implements benevolent government, and the people are happy with it, it is still Jie Xie Xuan." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: At this time, the country with ten thousand chariots When a great country implements benevolent government, the people are as happy as if they were saved by being hung upside down.

Do twice the result with half the effort: "People with half-ancient stories will do twice the result, but this is the case." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: Therefore, "doing twice the result with half the effort" only works in this era.

Concrete but subtle: "Ran Niu, Min Zi, and Yan Yuan are specific but subtle." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: Ran Niu, Min Zi, and Yan Yuan are generally close to Confucius, but not as broad and profound as him.

Outstanding: "Out of his kind, outstanding. Since the birth of the people, there has never been anyone more prosperous than Confucius." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: The sage is far beyond his kind. Much higher than his group. There is no one greater than Confucius since the beginning of mankind.

Being willing and sincerely convinced: "Those who obey others with virtue are happy and sincerely convinced." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: Only those who rely on morality to make people obey will be willing to obey.

Return to ask for help from others: "If you shoot and miss, don't blame those who defeat you, but just ask for help from others." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: (Arrow) If you miss, don't complain. Those who are better than themselves just turn around and ask themselves.

Being kind to others: "Those who think others are good are those who are kind to others." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: To absorb the advantages of others and do good yourself, this is to do good together with others.

More than enough: "I have no official position, and I have no words to blame. If I advance or retreat, wouldn't it be enough to have more than enough?" ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: I have no fixed position. Since I have no responsibility to speak out, don’t I have unlimited room for maneuver in my actions?

Blame Heaven and others: "A gentleman does not complain about Heaven, nor blame others." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: A gentleman does not complain about Heaven, nor blame others.

This time, that time: "That time, this time." ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: That was another time, and now is another time.

Who else could leave me? "In today's world, who else could leave me?" ("Gongsun Chou") Explanation: In today's society, who else but me?

Being rich is not benevolent: "To be rich is not benevolent, and to be benevolent is not rich." ("Teng Wengong") Explanation: If you want to get rich, you can't be benevolent, and if you want benevolent, you can't get rich.

Parents' orders, matchmaker's words: "If you don't wait for your parents' orders and matchmaker's words, if you peek into each other's holes and follow each other over the wall, then your parents will be despised by everyone in the country." ("Teng Wengong") Interpretation: If you don’t wait for your parents to speak, and without being introduced by a matchmaker, you drill holes in doors to peek at each other, or climb over walls to have private meetings, then your parents and people in society will despise you.

Rebellious ministers and traitors: "Confucius wrote the Spring and Autumn Annals, but rebellious ministers and traitorous sons were afraid." ("Teng Wengong") Explanation: After Confucius wrote the "Spring and Autumn", rebellious ministers and unfilial sons were afraid.

Self-destruction and self-abandonment: "Those who despise themselves cannot have anything to say to them; those who abandon themselves cannot have anything to do with them." ("Li Lou") Explanation: You can't talk to someone of value if you harm yourself. words; if you abandon your own person, you cannot do anything worthwhile with him.

Reputation for being unfazed: "There is a reputation for being unfaithful, and there is a reputation for seeking perfection." ("Li Lou") Explanation: There are unexpected praises, and there are also overly demanding slanders.

Being a teacher: "The trouble with people is that they like to be teachers of others." ("Li Lou") Explanation: The trouble with people is that they like to be teachers of others.

Why did you say this: "Why did you say this, sir?" ("Li Lou") Explanation: Why did the teacher say such a thing?

There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and the greatest is not having descendants: "There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and the greatest is not having descendants." ("Li Lou") Explanation: There are three kinds of unfilial piety to parents, among which the greatest is not having descendants.

Dancing with joy: "When you are born, you can do bad things, and if you can do bad things, you will not be satisfied and dance with your hands." ("Li Lou") Explanation: Once happiness occurs, it cannot stop, it cannot stop. You will start dancing unconsciously.

Not to overdo what is already done: "Zhongni does not overdo what is already done." ("Li Lou") Explanation: Confucius was a person who never went too far in anything.

Taking resources from both sides: "If you have deep resources, you can get them from both sides." ("Li Lou") Explanation: If you have a deep accumulation, you can get from both sides and get from both sides.

Night and day: "Look up and think about it day and night." ("Li Lou") Explanation: Think with your head raised. If you don't think well during the day, keep thinking at night.

Self-pity and self-pity: "Three years later, Taijia regretted and regretted himself." ("Wan Zhang") Explanation: Three years later, Taijia regretted, resented and regretted himself. (Ai, sound yi)

Prophecy and foreknowledge: "Heaven gave birth to this people, so that they could perceive first and then know, so that they could wake up first and realize later." ("Wan Zhang") Explanation: God gave birth to the people, It means that those who are aware of it in advance can make those who are aware of it later become aware. (p> Concluding is the same as having a beginning and an end.

Rejecting is disrespectful: "Why is it disrespectful to reject others' gifts?" ("Wan Zhang") Explanation: (As the saying goes), "Repeatedly rejecting other people's gifts is disrespectful." Why?

Killing people to get goods: "Killing more people than goods, Min is not afraid of death, and ordinary people are not ignorant." ("Wan Zhang") Explanation: ("Shang Shu Kang Gao") said, "Kill others, Everyone hates those who take property by force and are not afraid of death. ”

Growing up: “The cattle and sheep are just growing strong.” ("Wan Zhang") Interpretation: (Confucius). He once worked as a small official in charge of livestock), he said, "The cattle and sheep have grown up strong."

Knowing people and commenting on the world: "Praise his poems and read his books, but you don't know who he is. ? This is how we talk about the world." ("Wan Zhang") Explanation: Is it okay to recite their poems and study their works without understanding their personalities? So let’s talk about their era.

One storm and ten cold: "Although there are things that are easy to survive in the world, if it is violent in one day and cold in ten days, nothing can survive." ("Gao Zi Zhang") Explanation: Even if there is one If you plant the easiest plant to grow, if you expose it to the sun for one day and cool it for ten days, nothing will grow again.

Concentrate: "Let Yi Qiu teach two people to play, and one of them concentrates on it, but Yi Qiu listens." ("Gaozi") Explanation: Suppose Yi Qiu (a master of chess) teaches two people to play In chess, one of them is single-minded and only listens to Yi Qiu's words.

Sacrifice one's life to obtain righteousness: "You cannot have both, but one who sacrifices one's life to obtain righteousness." ("Gaozi") Explanation: If the two (life and righteousness) cannot be coexisted, then sacrifice your life, and Want "righteousness".

A drop in the bucket can save a car's fire: "A benevolent person today is like using a cup of water to save a car's fire." ("Gaozi") Explanation: Today's benevolent people are like using a cup of water to save a car's fire. The flames of firewood, (even the little kindness they have practiced will disappear as a result).

Reconciliation: "Everyone who has made an alliance with me will make peace after the alliance is established." ("Gaozi") Explanation: After all of us who participated in the alliance made an alliance, we will completely restore the old friendship.

Beggar your neighbor: "Now my son is beggaring his neighbor." ("Gaozi") Explanation: Now you make the water flow to the neighboring country.

Learn without noticing: "Practice without noticing, practice without noticing.

"("Jinxin Chapter") Explanation: Do it like this, but don't understand why it is natural; you are used to it but don't understand why.