Some of the famous quotes we come across on a daily basis may not be what we understand them to be.
For example, the phrase "repay grievances with virtue" is often misunderstood as encouraging patience and resignation. However, its original source is the Analects. Confucius's ** once asked Confucius: "If someone hurts me, if I repay his resentment with kindness, will I be able to make him repent?" Confucius replied, "If you repay resentment with kindness, then what do you repay with kindness?" Therefore, the correct approach advocated by Confucius is to "repay grievances with straightforwardness, and repay virtue with virtue." Kindness is not unconditional tolerance, but should be accompanied by clear principles.
For another example, the phrase "wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha stays in his heart", we all think that it was said by the monk Jigong, but in fact, Jigong also added: "If the world learns from me, it is like entering the devil's way." ”
Another well-known phrase is "I am sorry to be human", which is not from Osamu Dazai, but from the work of the Japanese poet Shoutaro Terauchi, who was later quoted by Osamu Dazai in his own book.
There is also a phrase "The world has kissed me, but I have reciprocated it" which is often mistaken for a poem by Rabindranath Tagore, and is actually from his "Birds". But if we look at the English version of Tagore's own translation, the original text reads: "The world has kissed my soul with its pain, asking for its return in songs."It might be more appropriate to interpret it as "the world has heard of me, but wants me to repay it."
As for "a gentleman is far away from cooking", this sentence does not mean that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen and not get wet. Its full expression is: "A gentleman is also a beast, seeing his life, and he cannot bear to see his death; Hearing its voice, I can't bear to eat its flesh. It is a gentleman who cooks far away. "The reason why gentlemen stay away from the kitchen is because they feel unbearable to see life passing away, and they feel unbearable to hear the wailing of animals, which is precisely the love and humanity in their hearts.
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