Translation

Confucius said: "For example, if you are building a mountain with soil, only one basket of soil is needed to complete it. If you stop at this time, I have to stop myself; for example, if you are building a mountain on flat ground, When I climb a mountain, even though only one basket falls, I continue to move forward at this time. That is what I want to move forward on my own."

Commentary

Confucius uses the metaphor of piles of soil to form a mountain here. , explaining the profound truth about failure and perseverance. He encouraged himself and his students to be perseverant and voluntary in both knowledge and morality. This is very important for people who are determined to make a difference, and it is also good for people. The shaping of moral character.

Principal arguments

Arguments are divided into factual arguments and moral arguments.

Factual arguments are true descriptions and generalizations of objective things. It has the character of direct reality and is therefore the most convincing argument to prove the argument.

Factual arguments include 1 specific examples, 2 summarized facts, 3 statistics, 4 personal experience, etc.

Principal arguments refer to those views that originate from practice, have been proven and tested by long-term practice, and are judged to be correct.

Principal arguments include 1. classic works and 2. authoritative statements. (Such as "famous quotes", etc.), 3 principles, laws, formulas, etc. of natural science.

The above are famous quotes, which means they are logical arguments