Commentary on the Analects (Jing Shou Edition).
Zi said: "If the saint is benevolent, then how dare I?"Or never get tired of it, and never tire of teaching, it can be said that Yuner has already done it. Gong Xihua said: "Zhengwei ** can't learn." ”
Confucius said: If I am a saint and a benevolent person, how dare I take responsibility?Or to say that I am "never tired of it, and I don't roll it up", and that's all it takes to evaluate me. Gong Xihua said: This is exactly what you can't learn.
The Analects of Confucius has already said that "never get tired of learning, never tire of teaching". This sentence is mentioned here again, and the environment is different. It proves that Confucius said this many times back then!
Never get tired of it- The "of" in which "for" refers to the saint and the benevolent. To never get tired of it is to always work hard in the direction of the sages and never tire of it. To put it in layman's terms, it is to keep doing it in the direction of the sages, keep doing it, keep doing it, and keep doing it,..I don't know how to get bored!What did Confucius do!From the above, it can be seen that Confucius can hide, endure, and be self-sufficient in troubled times. It's the camera, it's not a brute force!
The son said Nanrong: "The state has a way and does not waste it;."Bang Wudao was exempt from torture. "The son of his brother's wife. That's all I mean!
Tireless teaching- Even if you encounter problems, you will teach others, and you don't know how to be tired!People don't know, they always teach, they always teach, they always teach, they always teach. Moreover, there is no tired form yet!This is something that ordinary parents can't teach their children!When many parents see their children's poor grades and no growth, they will sigh: "My child, no, is not a learner!.""It's also a resentment and scolding for the child. How many parents see that their children do have poor grades, and they always teach them personally!Like Confucius, always teach, always teach, always teach ,..And tireless for the children!If you are tireless, you will not be resentful, and you will not scold. There are even fewer such parents!
And when Confucius was alive, he was not only to his children, but also to almost all people, and he was tirelessly teaching others, and he always taught, always taught, and always taught.
What did Confucius teach?Confucius deleted poems and books to annotate Zhou Yi, set rituals and music, and his knowledge was very extensive. The Analects, on the other hand, only talks about Confucius's aspect of being a human being. A lot of people, after reading the Analects, think that they know all about Confucius, and think that Confucius is just sitting there preaching!This is not right!
Earlier in this chapter, it was said that "the swallow of the son, Shen Shen is like this, and the death is like also". When Confucius treated the world, he "never tired of teaching people", and the era in which Confucius lived was an era of war. We also have to think of a question, that is, why did Confucius have so much perseverance to run the world and "never tire of teaching people"?
Confucius was a detached man, a man who had insight into the world. As mentioned above, Confucius could see the disasters of the world and the suffering of the people!He has a heart to save the world!Therefore, it has a great motivation1 as mentioned in the Tao Te Ching, "compassion can cultivate courage". It's like the "power of compassion" in Buddhism.
A person who aspires to the world, a person who works for the country, and a person whose heart is for the people, while enriching himself, should he also learn from Confucius's "never tire of teaching others"?