There is a famous saying: if you don't understand, you should ask. If you don't understand, you should learn: "Learn quickly, seek knowledge quickly, and don't be ashamed to ask."

Refers to talented and studious people who are not ashamed to ask for advice from people with lower status and less knowledge than themselves.

From the fifth chapter of The Analects of Confucius Gongye Chang: Zi Gong asked: "Why did Confucius call it' Wen'?" Confucius said, "I am quick and eager to learn, and I am not ashamed to ask questions. It is called' Wen'." Explain that you are not ashamed to ask people with lower status and knowledge, and be modest and eager to learn.

Extended data

I. Basic information

1, pronunciation

Hello, hello.

2. usage?

Verb object type; As subject, predicate and object; With praise, describe asking for advice modestly.

3. antonym?

To be a good teacher, be conceited.

4. Show examples?

Real university experts strive for perfection academically, constantly improve their cognition, and sometimes even shy to ask questions, and absorb nutrition in all directions.

Second, the introduction of the source

The Analects of Confucius is a collection of quotations from Confucius and his disciples, which was compiled by Confucius' disciples and re-disciples until the early Warring States period.

The book consists of 20 chapters and 492 sections, with quotations as the main part, supplemented by narration, which mainly records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, and embodies Confucius' political opinions, ethical thoughts, moral concepts and educational principles.

This book is one of the Confucian classics, and it is also called "Four Books" with Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean and Mencius. Together with The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Zhouyi and Chunqiu, they are called "Four Books and Five Classics".

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