The meaning of the latter sentence is: there are very few words to tell others.

"Unsatisfactory things often happen, but you can tell others the same thing." is a proverb, which means: There are many unsatisfactory things in life, but there are not even two or three things that can be explained to outsiders. No. On the one hand, it describes the impermanence of things in the world. On the other hand, it also means that it is difficult to find a close friend and it is difficult for people to understand each other.

Source: An excerpt from Gao Wenxiu's "Uncle Fan" [Xu ??Jia Yun]: "Unfortunate things often happen, but you can tell others the same thing."

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There are two famous sayings by the Chinese: "Eighty-nine times out of ten things are unsatisfactory, but you can tell others the same thing." In life, eighty-nine out of ten things are often unsatisfactory. And when you encounter something you don't like, you still can't complain to others, not even to your parents, brothers, sisters, wife, or children. This is all a result of life experience. Another two sentences say: "Nine times out of ten, you will lose in the world, and there will be no one you like." This also represents an individual. Nine out of ten things will fail, and among a hundred people, no one can be found to be a true confidant.

This shows that Confucius has a profound understanding of life. In fact, "no need" means that you must do what you want. There is almost no such thing in the world, so the first book of Chinese culture - - "Book of Changes", proposes the Eight Diagrams and explains the principles of change. Things in the world are changing anytime, anywhere, every minute, every second. The physics of the universe is changing, everything is changing, and people are changing; my thoughts, feelings, and body and mind are changing. Nothing remains unchanged. thing. We want something unchanging and fixed, but it’s impossible.

Confucius understood this principle deeply, so he was "necessary" and could adapt to changes. The third is "not to be stubborn", not to cling to one's own prejudices. "Don't be me" means thinking only about others and things. This is the greatness of Confucius’s cultural accomplishment.