Source: From Xue Jie by Han Yu in Tang Dynasty.
Excerpt from the original:
Mr. Guo Zi went to imperial academy in the morning, invited all the students to build a library, and said, "Industry is diligent, but it is barren;" What I did was thought, but it was destroyed. The sages met today, and the fixture was finished. Pull out evil spirits and worship good. The ratio of small good people is recorded, and those who are famous for their technology are useless. Climb, scrape and polish. Guy was lucky to be elected, but which cloud is more than the others? Not all students are proficient, and there is no ignorance of the department; If you can't succeed in doing things, you won't suffer. " ?
Vernacular translation:
Mr. Guo Zi walked into imperial academy in the morning, told the students to stand under the dormitory and taught them: "Learning is specialized because of diligence, but abandoned because of play;" Virtue is gained by independent thinking and corrupted by conformity. Nowadays, when a saint meets a saint, all kinds of laws are implemented. Eliminate evil and promote good.
Those who have a little advantage are accepted, and those who have a little talent are not appointed. Select outstanding talents and cultivate talents. Only those who are not good enough are chosen by luck, and those who are not good enough are not promoted. As long as you worry that your studies can't be improved, you don't have to worry that the officials in charge are not wise enough; As long as you are worried that virtue will not achieve any purpose, don't worry about the unfairness of being an official. "
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Creative background:
This article was written in the eighth year of Yuanhe (8 13), when Han Yu was 46 years old and worked as a doctor in Chang 'an (now Xi, Shaanxi), where he worked as a professor and apprentice. The full text is called "Jin Xuejie", which is actually a work that laments the unexpected encounter and expresses self-hatred on the excuse that the teacher exhorts students to ask questions and the teacher answers them again.
The general idea of this sentence is that Fang is a saint and a virtuous minister, making great efforts to govern and paying attention to selecting and cultivating talents. Therefore, students only need to work hard in both "career" and "career", so they don't have to worry about not being hired, and they don't have to worry about the unfairness of the employing department. "karma" means learning, reading and writing all belong to "karma"
The so-called "attitude", that is, expressing important opinions, also belongs to "doing" Han Yu believes that these two aspects are important aspects of subjective cultivation. Han Yu once wrote five proverbs as a warning to himself. Among them, "You Zhen" lamented that he had enough energy and energy to study when he was a teenager, but now he is older than he was then. It can be seen that the teaching of "karma" and "behavior" in Jin Xuejie is not a general statement, but it is indeed the great end of Han Yu's persistent position in the world.