Learn from the original text of The Analects:
Confucius said, "It's better to keep pace with the times, isn't it? Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? Ignorance and dissatisfaction are not gentlemen? "
Translation:
Confucius said, "isn't it pleasant to review what you have learned often after you finish learning?" Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? People don't know me, but I'm not angry. Isn't that a man of moral cultivation? "
Extended data:
"When learning, don't you say the same? Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? Ignorance and dissatisfaction are not gentlemen? " Analysis:
1 This sentence is about learning methods. For knowledge, "learning" is only a cognitive process and "learning" is a consolidation process. In order to acquire more knowledge, it is necessary to unify "learning" with "learning".
The second sentence is about the fun of learning. Visiting like-minded people can enhance friendship and learn from each other.
The third sentence is about attitude. "People don't know" followed by the object "Zhi" can be translated as "I" or "myself".
Different realms of pursuing truth:
"When learning, don't you say the same? Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? Ignorance and dissatisfaction are not gentlemen? " This sentence can be used as the first paragraph at the beginning of The Analects. It is extremely simple, but it has profound meaning. Its true meaning has been divided and misunderstood by people. The first sentence "keep pace with the times, don't you?" What you have learned has a chance to be put into practice.
Isn't this a happy thing? The main idea of this sentence is "apply what you have learned"! Implicit means pursuing the truth, being tested, applied and perfected in practice, and embodying the value of learning in practice. This is a happy thing! The second sentence "Isn't it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar?" It is such a delight to have friends coming so far.
Isn't this a happy thing? The moral is to spread the truth, which is generally valued and even recognized by people. This is a happy thing! The third sentence, "If you don't know and don't care, you are not a gentleman?" Isn't the literal meaning of "Don't be angry if others don't understand (your idea)" also the bearing that a gentleman should have?
The implication is that if the truths we understand or master are not understood or recognized by others, it is because they are too difficult or profound, too lofty and too few. Don't take it out on others at this time. The first paragraph of The Analects of Confucius is a complete organism, which tells people from the beginning that the pursuit of truth is at different levels and in different situations. This is about mastering the truth.
Applying truth and spreading truth, with the most primitive examples, this paper expounds the different emotional experiences of people to realize their own values. Inadvertently, it also roughly expounds people's psychological needs at different levels: emotional and belonging needs, respect needs and self-realization needs. Here not only guides people how to realize their own value, but also can get the happy emotional experience they deserve.
At the same time, it also warns us how to avoid going to the other extreme without being understood and recognized by others.