"I am thirsty for knowledge and I am not ashamed to ask questions." Yuan Zigong asked, "Why is Kong Wenzi called Wen?" Confucius said, "I am sensitive and eager to learn, and I am not ashamed to ask questions. It is also a saying. "
"Sensitive and eager to learn, not ashamed to ask questions." Translator Zi Gong asked, "Why do you want to give Kong Wen A Zi posthumous title for literature?" Confucius said, "He is smart, diligent and eager to learn, and he is not ashamed to ask questions. He is from posthumous title."
Notes on "Sensitive and studious, not ashamed to ask questions" (1) Confucius: Confucius, Doctor Wei, posthumously named.
(2) Sensitivity: agility and diligence.
Appreciation of "quick and eager to learn, not ashamed to ask questions" In this chapter, Confucius talked about the problem of "not ashamed to ask questions" when answering Zi Gong's question. This is the method that Confucius has been using in his research. "Being quick and eager to learn" means being diligent and eager to learn. "Don't be ashamed to ask questions" means not only to listen to and solicit the opinions of teachers and elders, but also to solicit the opinions of all those who don't have as much general knowledge as themselves. Don't be ashamed of it.
Confucius's "shameless questioning" is manifested as follows: First, students who study nearby, that is, they learn while teaching, which is recorded in many places in The Analects. The second is to learn from the people. In his view, the masses can learn a lot, which can also be found in The Analects. His learning attitude of "not ashamed to ask questions" has had a far-reaching impact on later scholars.
The Analects of Confucius is the crystallization of the collective wisdom of Confucius disciples. As early as the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, when Confucius set up an altar to give lectures, the main contents of The Analects of Confucius were initially produced. After the death of Confucius, his disciples and re-disciples passed on his remarks from generation to generation, and gradually recorded the words and deeds of these oral quotations, 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".
According to the author of The Analects of Confucius, Confucius, surnamed Kong, was born in the Spring and Autumn Period (now Qufu City, Shandong Province) and his ancestral home was Yili in the Song Dynasty (now Xiayi County, Henan Province). He was a great thinker, politician, educator, founder of Confucianism and "Great Sage" in ancient China.
Confucius initiated private lectures and advocated benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith. There are 3,000 disciples, including 72 sages. He led some disciples to travel around the world for fourteen years, and revised the six classics (poetry, calligraphy, ceremony, music, Yi, Spring and Autumn) in his later years. After his death, his disciples and re-disciples recorded the words, deeds and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples and compiled The Analects.