1. Explanation of the classical Chinese text "It is necessary to learn to be a man"

This classical Chinese article is called "It is necessary to learn to be a man"

Translation

Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty said to Fang Xuanling: "A person should learn and ask questions. In the past, because many fierce enemies were not defeated, I fought in the east and west, personally participated in the military, and had no time to study. Recently, the world is at peace. I am in the palace and cannot take it personally. When writing a book, I ordered others to read it to me. The principles of being a king, a minister, a father, a son, and the principles of government instruction are all in the book. The ancients said: "If you don't learn, you know nothing." Things will only feel troublesome. 'This is not just talk. Looking back on my behavior when I was young, I felt that it was very wrong."

Notes

1. Osu Gakushu: It should be. Learn and ask. To: make big: very

2. I: me. Ancient emperors called themselves.

3. To: the past, the past, earlier

4. To personally participate in military affairs: to personally participate in the military. Gong: personally; Rong: lead troops to fight

5. No time: no time. Leisure time: free time

6. Recently: recently. Than, closer.

7. Sihai: all over the country.

8. Hold: take.

9. Make: command.

10. Monarch, minister, father and son: refers to the principle of getting along between monarch, minister, father and son.

11. Wall: Facing the wall. Metaphor knows nothing.

12. Nothing but trouble: Dealing with things will only make you feel troublesome. Come and do things.

13. Not just words: not just empty words or not just words in vain, just: in vain.

14. Quesi: Recall.

15. ***In the book: ***: All.

16. Tao: Method. 2. Classical Chinese < >Translation

Human beings are inherently good in nature and have similar natures. Xi Xiangyuan Enlightenment: All people are born the same, but if they are not educated well since childhood, their good nature will turn bad.

Therefore, people must learn well from an early age and distinguish between good and evil, in order to become a useful talent to society. Translation: All people are good when they are born, but due to the different learning environment acquired during the growth process, there are differences in temperament between good and bad.

If you don’t teach, your nature will change. The way to teach is to be specialized. Enlightenment: Education is the foundation of a century-old plan. Education is a top priority.

If you want your children to become useful talents to society, you must always pay attention to their education, concentrate on them, and never relax. Translation: If you are not educated well since childhood, your good nature will turn bad.

In order to prevent people from becoming bad, the most important way is to educate children with concentration. Xi Meng’s mother chose a neighbor, her son did not learn, and lost his opportunity. Enlightenment: The reason why Mencius became a famous scholar in history is inseparable from his mother’s strict education.

As a child, you must understand this requirement in order to make yourself a useful talent. During the Warring States Period, Mencius's mother moved three times in order to provide Mencius with a good learning environment.

One time Mencius skipped school, and Meng’s mother cut the cloth from the loom to teach her son. Dou Yanshan’s Righteous Ways to Teach Five Sons to Famous Enlightenment: Mere education without good methods is not enough.

A good approach is to be strict and reasonable. Dou Yanshan's ability to make his five sons live in harmony, respect their parents, and achieve academic success is inseparable from his educational methods.

During the Five Dynasties, Dou Yujun, a native of Yanshan, was very good at educating his sons. The five sons he educated were all successful and became famous in the imperial examinations. Failure to teach is the fault of the father. Failure to teach strictly is the laziness of the teacher. Enlightenment: A strict teacher produces a good disciple. Strict education is the inevitable way to success.

Although it is the duty of parents and teachers to have strict requirements on children, children should also understand the painstaking efforts of parents and teachers in order to consciously and strictly demand themselves. Translation: It is the father's fault to merely provide food and clothing for his children without educating them properly.

It’s just education, but if you don’t have strict requirements, you are lazy as a teacher. If a child does not learn, it is not appropriate. If a child does not learn, what should he do if he is old? Enlightenment: If a person does not study hard when he is young, he will always regret it when he grows up.

Every child should remember this sentence: "If a young man does not work hard, the old man will be sad." You should take advantage of the golden moment of your life. Translation: It is very inappropriate for children to refuse to study hard.

If a person does not study hard when he is young, he will not understand the principles of life and have no knowledge when he is old. What good will he do? If jade is not carved, it will not become a tool. If a person does not learn, he will not know the meaning. Enlightenment: A person's path to becoming a talent is like carving jade. Before jade is polished and carved, there is no difference between jade and stone. The same is true for people. Only through hard training can one become a useful person. Translation: If jade is not polished and carved, it will not become an exquisite utensil; if a person does not learn, he will not understand etiquette and will not become a talent.

Being a Son of Man, Fang Shaoshi, practicing etiquette as a teacher and friend, inspiration: Learn to get close to good teachers and good friends, and learn a lot of useful experience and knowledge from them. Only by taking others' strengths to make up for one's own weaknesses can one continuously enrich one's own mind.

Children should get close to their teachers and friends from an early age so that they can learn a lot of etiquette and knowledge about how to deal with others. Xiang Jiuling is able to warm the mat, be filial to relatives, and do what he should do. Enlightenment: Everyone should know to honor their parents since childhood. This is the principle of life.

Only by knowing the joys and sorrows of your parents can you be filial to your parents and motivate yourself to study hard. Huang Xiang, a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty, knew how to honor his father and warm his bed when he was nine years old.

This is what everyone who is filial to their parents should practice and imitate. At the age of four, you can make your pear brother grow up. You should be a prophet. Inspiration: Start by respecting your friendly brothers and cultivate your own love.

To treat others with a friendly attitude, you should not care about personal gains and losses. Only then will you be respected and welcomed by others, and only then will you feel their warmth. When Kong Rong of the Han Dynasty was four years old, he knew how to give big pears to his elder brothers. This kind of respect and friendship for elder brothers should be known to everyone from an early age.

The first filial brother, the first time I saw and heard, knew a certain number, knew a certain article, inspiration: Honoring parents and being friendly to brothers are the basis of being a human being; being able to write well is regarded as the capital of being a human being. To be a person with both ability and political integrity, you must start from two points.

Translation The first thing a person must learn is to honor his parents and love his brothers. The next step is to learn the knowledge he sees and hears. And you need to know basic arithmetic and advanced mathematics, as well as understand words and read literature.

One to ten Ten to a hundred Hundred to a thousand Thousand to a thousand Enlightenment: One to ten seems simple, but the changes are endless. The science of arithmetic is becoming more and more profound. Almost all scientific categories are inseparable from mathematics, so we must start from simple numbers seriously to lay a solid foundation for learning other knowledge in the future.

Translation: Our country uses the decimal arithmetic method: one to ten are the basic numbers, then ten ten is one hundred, ten one hundred is one thousand, ten one thousand is ten thousand... it keeps changing. Go down. Three Talents, Heaven, Earth and Man, Three Lights, Sun, Moon and Stars. Enlightenment: Only by understanding the world can human beings transform the world.

The world is too big. The stars in the sky, thunder, lightning, wind, and rain, the mountains, rivers, flowers, plants, trees, fish, insects, and animals on the earth, and humans are the spirit of all things.

Only by continuous learning can we use the knowledge we have to transform the world. The translator should also know some common sense in daily life, such as what are the "three talents"? The three talents refer to the three aspects of heaven, earth and man.

What is "Three Lights"? The three lights are the sun, moon, and stars. The Three Cardinal Guidelines are the righteousness of the king and his subjects, the kinship of father and son, and the obedience of husband and wife. Enlightenment: In order to have a good and harmonious relationship between people, everyone must understand their own status. Everyone starts from me, so that the world can be peaceful and mankind can be peaceful forever.

Translation What are the "Three Cardinal Guidelines"? The Three Cardinal Guidelines are the three codes of conduct that should be observed in relationships between people. They are that the words and deeds of kings and ministers should be in line with justice, parents and children should love each other, and husband and wife should live in harmony. The four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter are full of inspirations: Spring, summer, autumn and winter are because when the earth rotates around the sun, it sometimes faces the sun, sometimes faces away from the sun, and sometimes tilts towards the sun, so there are different temperatures. The seasons change.

Let us take a look at the surrounding environment again. Spring, summer, autumn and winter are called the four seasons. These four seasons are continuous. 3. Translation of "Being a man requires learning"

Original text of "Being a great man requires learning": (Tang Dynasty) Taizong said to Fang Xuanling: "Being a great man requires learning."

I have been a member of the group and the evil is yet to be determined. Conquering the East and West, doing military work, I have no time to study. The world is quiet recently, and I am in the palace. I can't hold a book and let others read it.

The king and his son, the way of politics and religion, lies in the book. Inside. The ancients said: "If you don't study, you will be troubled."

- Selected from Wu Jing's "Zhenguan Politicians" Translation: Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty said to Fang Xuanling: "Being a human being requires learning and inquiry. In the past, because many fierce enemies were not defeated, I fought in the east and west, participated in the military personally, and had no time to study.

Recently, everything is quiet (no chaos). People are in the palace and cannot hold the scroll in person, so they (just) order others to read it to me. The principles of being a king, a minister, a father, and a son. The principles of political education are all in the book.

The ancients said: 'If you don't learn, you will know nothing, and you will only have troubles when dealing with things.' That’s not right.” 4. Regarding the issue of learning classical Chinese as a human being

A human being needs to learn (Tang Dynasty) Taizong said to Fang Xuanling: “Being a human being requires learning.

I am a group. The evil has not yet been determined, and I am engaged in military affairs, and I have no time to study. The world is quiet recently, and I am in the palace, unable to hold a book and let others read and listen to it.

The way of politics and religion is the rule of kings and ministers. *In the book. The ancients said: "If you don't study, you will be troubled by things."

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--Excerpted from Wu Jing's "Zhenguan Politicians" Translation: Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty said to Fang Xuanling: "Being a human being requires learning and inquiry. In the past, because many ferocious enemies had not been quelled, I fought in the east and west, and personally participated in military affairs, so I had no time to study.

Recently, everything has been quiet (no chaos). I am in the hall and cannot hold the scroll myself, so I order others to read it to me. The principles of being a king, a minister, a father, a son, and the principles of education through government decrees are all in the book.

The ancients said: 'If you don't learn, you know nothing, and you will only have troubles when dealing with things. ’ Not just talking about it, but looking back on my behavior when I was young, I felt that something was wrong. 5. Translation of the ancient text "A Man Needs Knowledge"

Translation

Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty said to Fang Xuanling: "A person should learn and ask questions. In the past, I failed to calm down many fierce enemies. I am conquering the east and west, and I have no time to study. The world is peaceful recently, and I can't hold the scroll in person, so I can be a king, a minister, a father, and a son. The principles and principles of government education are all in the book. The ancients said: "If you don't learn, you will only be in trouble when dealing with things." But when I think about my behavior when I was young, I feel very guilty. "That's not right."

Original text

(Tang Dynasty) Taizong said to Fang Xuanling: "Being a great man requires learning. I am not ready to fight against the enemy. I am engaged in military affairs and have no time to study." The world is quiet these days, and when you are in the palace, you can't hold the book and let people read it. The principles of politics and religion are in the book. The ancients said: "If you don't study, you will be bored by the wall." "Don't just say it. But think about it when you are young."

Extended information

Character background

Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty (599). January 23 - July 10, 649), was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty. His reign was called the "Zhenguan Rule", and his temple name was "Taizong". His name means "helping the world and tranquilizing the people". Han nationality, Longxi A native of Chengji (now Jingning County, Gansu Province), his ancestral home is Longqing, Zhaojun (now Longyao County, Xingtai City). He is a politician, military strategist, calligrapher and poet.

After Pingdou Jiande and Wang Shichong, he became famous in large numbers. He was exposed to literature and calligraphy, and his calligraphy treasures were handed down from generation to generation. After ascending the throne as emperor, he actively listened to the opinions of his ministers, worked hard to learn about the world, and successfully transformed into one of the most famous politicians and wise emperors in Chinese history.

Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. He created the "Government of Zhenguan" in history. By taking the initiative to eliminate separatist forces in various places, humbly accepting advice, practicing strict economy at home, and allowing the people to recuperate and recuperate, the society finally achieved a situation of national peace and security, which laid an important foundation for the later prosperous Kaiyuan era. The foundation brought China's traditional agricultural society to its heyday. 6. Translation of What a Man Must Learn

Translation: Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty said to Fang Xuanling: "A human being should learn and ask questions.

In the past, because many ferocious enemies were not defeated, I fought in the east and west, personally participated in the military, and had no time to study. Recently, the world is at peace, and I am in the palace. I cannot hold the scroll myself, so I order others to read it to me.

The principles of being a king, a minister, a father, a son, and the principles of education through government decrees are all in this book. Original text: (Tang Dynasty) Taizong said to Fang Xuanling: "Being a man requires knowledge.

I am facing an uncertain future, conquering the east and west, personally engaged in military affairs, and have no time to study. Recently, the world is quiet, and I am in the palace. , you cannot hold the book by yourself and let others read and listen to it.

The principles of politics and religion are in the book. Source: "Zhenguan Zhengyao" by Wu Jing of the Tang Dynasty. >

Extended information "Zhenguan Politicians" was written during the Kaiyuan and Tianbao years. The society at that time was still prosperous, but social crises were emerging, and Wu Jing, who was quite politically sensitive, had already felt the trend of decline.

In order to ensure the long-term stability of the Tang Dynasty, he felt it was necessary to summarize the successful experience of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in getting along well with his ministers and working hard to govern, and set a model for governance for the emperors at that time. "Zhenguan Zhengyao" is based on such a story. It was written for political purposes, so it has always been cherished by all ages for its great reference value in governing the country and bringing peace to the people.

The feudal political issues described in the book are comprehensive and detailed. As the key to the feudal regime, he first discussed the way to be a king in the first chapter of the book "The Way of the King".

He cited Taizong's remarks to explain: If you want to be a good king, you must first be a good king. To stabilize the people, if you want to stabilize the world, you must first rectify yourself. Taking the peace of the people and self-cultivation as the two elements of a monarch, he used Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty as an example to illustrate that it is very important to be free from desires and accept advice with an open mind. of.