The original text is "Zi Zaichuan said: The deceased is like a husband! Don't give up day and night Confucius said by the river: The rushing river is so urgent! It flows day and night.
This is the essence of Confucius' thought when he examines the universe and touches everything, which has a more universal significance, that is, cherishing time. Time is like running water, flowing quietly around, and the best time is lost if you are not careful. The so-called youth is fleeting and difficult. This is a fact.
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The Analects of Confucius covers politics, education, literature, philosophy and ways of living. As early as the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, when Confucius set up an altar to give lectures, its main contents were initially established; After the death of Confucius, his disciples handed down his remarks from generation to generation, and gradually recorded the words and deeds quoted orally, so it was called On.
The Analects of Confucius mainly records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, so it is called "language". In the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Yi explained: "The speaker, the sage's language, the commentator, and the Confucian discussion." In fact, "Shang" means compiling. The Analects of Confucius refers to recording the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples and compiling them into books.