We all tend to "draw" because we are afraid, afraid of being rejected by others and afraid of failure. In fact, we are also afraid of ourselves.
2. [Interpretation] Confucius said to Xia Zi: "You should be a gentleman's Confucianism, not a villain's Confucianism."
"Gentleman Confucianism" is relative to "villain Confucianism". A gentleman is the son of royalty, while a villain is a worker, farmer or slave. Confucius asked students to serve firmly, not to be the kind of Confucian who served the workers, peasants and slaves, but to serve the king who stood by and be the "gentleman" Confucian of the king forever. Only in this way can they become officials. Of course, Confucius' words also revealed that the original intention of "Confucianism" was "needed talents". Therefore, the topic of whether the above talents are needed by kings or workers and serfs is brought up.
3. [Interpretation] Ziyou became Wu Chengzai. Confucius said, "What do you get?" Ziyou replied, "There is a man named Tantai Miming who never takes shortcuts, has no business and never comes to my house."
Lian Ming, surname, first name Lian Ming, Tantai native, originally from Shandong. Tantai destroyed the Ming Dynasty and finally developed a Confucian South School of 300 people in Emperor Wu. But when Tantai Miming went to worship Confucius as a teacher for the first time, he was considered incompetent because of his ugly appearance. Confucius has long been wrong about students. Zi Gong, for example, has made practical contributions to the development of Confucianism in the north, but he is not regarded as talented and immoral! Confucius heard that this ugly student had a great influence in the south, so he said with emotion: it is wrong to judge people by words; Judge a book by its cover and blame his feathers-"I judge a book by its cover, but I miss his feathers".
This passage is the moment when Confucius heard from Ziyoukou that Tantai was not incompetent. I think Confucius must be very surprised at the moment. At first, Confucius reluctantly accepted him as an apprentice because of the slogan of "teaching without distinction" Later, he heard that the ugly student had trained a group of students with high academic attainments and good character, and after his reputation spread all over the world, Confucius felt deeply sorry.
4, Confucius said: "Meng counter-cutting, rushing to the temple, will get started, and protect his horse, saying: dare not fall behind, the horse will not advance."
To annotate ...
Meng ke's rebellion: famous party, doctor Lu Guo.
Cut: boast.
Ben: Failure.
Temple: Behind the temple is the last cover of the whole army.
translate
Confucius said, "Mencius rebelled and didn't like boasting. "When he was defeated, he stayed at the end to cover the whole army. As soon as he entered the gate, he whipped the horse and said,' It's not that I dare to stay, it's that the horse can't run fast.' "
Comment and analysis
In 484 BC, Lu and Qi were at war. When the right-wing army of Lu was defeated, the Meng rebellion finally covered the defeated army of Lu. Confucius spoke highly of this and advocated his theory of "not living alone, not shirking", which was considered as one of the virtues of human beings.
5. [Interpretation] Confucius said: "Without Zhu's eloquence, it is inevitable in this world."
Zhu Zuo, an official in charge of the ancestral temple in Wei State, is very eloquent. Confucius thought it was a political mistake for Wei Linggong to manage the ancestral temple with Zhu Zuo. Perhaps Confucius' word "Fu" is classified as "flattery". The "Song" here does not refer to the Song Dynasty, but an ancient Song surname known for its virtue. In addition, the beautiful word "Beauty of Song" does not mean "beauty", but the meaning of "virtue" corresponding to "beauty", and some Confucian articles also say "beauty" wrong.
The original sentence "This world is hard to avoid" is an ancient format of China "This world is hard to avoid-beyond this world", which is misunderstood by some people as "the disaster in one's life is inevitable". If it's wrong, wouldn't it be better to write' now it's inevitable that disaster will fall from the sky' in ancient Chinese? Therefore, sentences have nothing to do with disasters.
The original intention of this sentence is that Confucius expressed his confidence in the emergence of moral people in this world. You think: a person with virtue and no words, isn't this Meng Ke's excellent moral character of taking credit and not boasting? This sentence is really used to sum up the last sentence.