China has a history of thousands of years, and it is a country with a long history. There have been many famous people in the history of China, and some of the truths they summed up are always regarded as famous sayings and epigrams by later generations. So are the famous sayings summed up by the ancient sages really correct? In fact, many famous sayings we see now have been deleted, and even the original meaning has been misinterpreted.

For example, "parents are here, so don't travel far". Modern people understand that as long as their father and mother are still alive, children should try not to travel far, because once they are too far away from their parents, they can't take care of them. But in fact, this famous saying is incomplete. The complete famous saying is: parents are there, and you must travel well if you don't travel far. The last sentence means that if you want to travel far away, you must have an exact place.

So this sentence is not to restrict children's personal freedom, but to tell children to reassure their parents even if they go out for a long trip. In addition to this famous saying, there are many famous sayings in history that have been misunderstood. Today, I will share the most misunderstood famous saying: My life is limited, and so is my knowledge. My life is limited, but my knowledge is infinite.

I believe everyone is very familiar with this sentence. Teachers often tell students this sentence at school. Usually, after finishing this famous saying, the teacher will explain that as a student, you should devote your limited life to unlimited learning and knowledge. Then, does the true meaning of this famous saying really inspire people to study hard?

in fact, after this sentence, there is the second half of the sentence, which means that when there is a limit, there is no limit. The second half of the sentence translates to mean that if you spend your limited life learning infinite knowledge, then the final result will definitely fail. Because knowledge is infinite, no matter how you study, the knowledge you learn is always limited, so this method will not make you successful.

The real intention of this famous saying summed up by Zhuangzi is to let people in future generations know that learning knowledge is not simply addition. The more knowledge you learn, the better your study doesn't mean. If the field involved becomes light, it is likely to make your knowledge shallow. Every knowledge knows a little, but every knowledge has not studied deeply.

The translated meanings of complete famous sayings and deleted famous sayings are quite different. Therefore, when we see the famous sayings, we'd better have a deep understanding of the famous sayings summarized by the ancients. Only in this way can we get a correct conclusion and not go further and further on the road of deviation.