Chinese should be very familiar with the Confucian classic Analects, and it is estimated that they will also memorize three or two sentences in it. Do you know what is the first passage in the Analects? , Zi said: "Learn and learn it, don't you also say it?" Have friends come from afar, are you happy? People don't know and are not ashamed, and they are not gentlemen? ”
We all know that the first paragraph of a classic work is usually clear, and I have been wondering why the word "learning" is placed at the beginning of the first sentence of the Analects. In the end, Confucius wanted to tell us "what to learn", and "to learn and learn from time to time, and not to say". A lot of the explanations that Confucius had to tell us:"It is a pleasure to learn and to practice what you have learned on a regular basis." Zhu Xi's interpretation is "learning and always reviewing", which is what we often call "reviewing the old and learning the new". We often interpret this sentence from the learning attitude or learning method or learning realm, some people will say why are you struggling with this problem? Confucius created the style of private learning in China, and he is the ancestor of teachers, which is to advocate the idea of "learning for pleasure".
And I always think that the reason why Confucius is regarded as a thousand-year-old sage must not be as simple as we think, with "learning for pleasure" to interpret "learning and learning, not to say" lowered the grade of Confucius, the word "learning" should be inherited, need to be combined with another classic work of Confucianism "University" to think, this "learning" word is not our general cognition of learning knowledge, learning technology, learning methods, but telling us to learn is the way of the university, in the Ming Mingde, in the new people, in the end of the best. In the modern vernacular, it is the greatest knowledge and truth in the world, which lies in promoting the virtues of light and kindness, which must be carried forward among the people, and must be strict with oneself to achieve the state of perfection.
Zi said: 'When I heard the truth, I can die at night. If we understand this sentence from the way of "learning" the university, it may be closer to the realm of Confucius Sage. According to this realm, the first paragraph of the Analects is very pleasant: Isn't it very pleasant to learn the way of the university and practice it from time to time? Isn't it nice to have like-minded friends from afar to communicate? I don't need to be angry if others don't know the way of university, this is the style of a gentleman.