1. This sentence comes from: "The Analects of Confucius·The Fifteenth of Wei Linggong"

Original text?

Zigong asked about benevolence. Confucius said: "If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. If you live in this country, you should be a wise person who serves its officials and befriend its benevolent scholars." ?

Translation?

< p>Zigong asked how to practice benevolence. Confucius said: "If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first make his tools sharp. To live in this country, you must serve wise officials and make friends with benevolent scholars."

2. If a craftsman wants to do his job well, he must first make his tools sharp. It means that to do something well, preparation is very important.

Collapsed interpretation

If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. On the surface, the craftsman's work and the cultivation of ideological and moral character are unrelated things. But in essence they are similar