1. Translation: It is not difficult to teach others (being a Confucian teacher) with your superb professional knowledge; but to teach others how to behave (being a human teacher) with your profound knowledge and noble personality cultivation. Not so easy.

2. Source: There is a famous saying in "Records of the Later Han Dynasty" written by Yuan Hong, a historian of the Eastern Jin Dynasty: "It is easy to meet a Confucian teacher, but it is difficult to meet a teacher." Later Sima Guang wrote this sentence into his "Zi Zhi" "Tongjian". Confucian scholars, scholars who study or teach Confucian classics: human teachers. A teacher who teaches people how to be a good person. Refers to scholars who teach classic academics and cultivate talents and moral character.

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Yuan Hong showed his ability to comprehensively analyze historical events in "The Chronicles of the Later Han Dynasty". He took full advantage of the chronological system and used time as the basis to sort out the development clues of the Eastern Han Dynasty;

Using characters and events as the latitude, he showed the connections between events in the same period, as well as the connections between each person and each person. The role of events in the historical development process can easily help people establish an overall impression of the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He wrote about 40 years of history during the Guangwu period in eight volumes.

Using the development of Emperor Guangwu's career as a basic clue, it summarizes the story of Lu Mu, the rebel armies of Chimei, Xinshi, and Pinglin, as well as the fall of Wang Mang and the rise and fall of the heroes. It also describes the heroes who founded the Eastern Han Dynasty. Their lives and achievements have many and orderly clues, many characters with their own characteristics, and intricate relationships without any sense of chaos. They clearly explain the historical event of the rejuvenation of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

He wrote the following six volumes since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Dong Zhuo came to power, the melee between heroes, Cao Cao gained power, the Battle of Chibi, and the Cao Wei Dynasty to the Han Dynasty. They are also well summarized and the context is clear. They can be called the most detailed and exciting chapters in the book. part.

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