Reading the famous sentences of the Analects , will there be a feeling of listening to the words o

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-03-06

Hello everyone, I'm Yiyo!

If a thing can go through the baptism of thousands of years of history, it is still active on the stage today.

Well, I think, there must be some meaning for it.

Such as local customs, such as dialects, such as cultural ......

Although we may not be able to know everything that has been passed down from the old foundation, we can learn as much as we can.

Innovation is the inevitable trend of the development of the times, and we need to accept new things and new ideas.

However, we should also occasionally dabble in the ideological chapters that the ancient sages worked hard to summarize for future generations.

Not for anything else, just because we are all descendants of Yan and Huang, our 5,000-year history should be remembered.

Today, I will continue to take you to appreciate the famous sentences in the Analects.

1. Words must be believed, deeds must be fruitful, and you are a villain! ——Excerpt from "The Analects of the Path".

Translation: When it comes to doing things, you must stick to it to the end, and you are stubborn regardless of right and wrong, that's a villain.

Appreciation: In life, when interacting with people, words are trustworthy, and words count, in order to be welcomed by people, this sentence emphasizes the importance of integrity and commitment.

2. Not in his position, not in his politics. —From the Analects of Tabor

Translation: If you are not in that position, you don't think about the things in that position, and you don't want to ask other people.

Appreciation: Confucius often thinks about the major events of governing the world from a macro perspective, "not in his position, not in his government", not to induce people to be indifferent to politics, but a gentleman should be a kind of norm of doing things, but also embodies a basic principle of people's social life.

3. If you are not angry, you are not angry, and if you don't take three corners, you won't be able to do it. —From The Analects of Confucius

Translation: Teach the student not to enlighten him until he is still unable to understand it after he has meditated and pondered, and not to enlighten him when he wants to say it but cannot say it. Point him out one aspect, and if he can't deduce the other three from it, don't repeat it.

Appreciation: This sentence explains the way of teaching, grasps the teaching heat, and adopts the teaching method of motivating, inducing and inspiring to stimulate students' learning initiative and enthusiasm, which can receive twice the teaching effect with half the effort.

4. Do not do to others what you do not want to be done to yourself. ——Excerpt from "The Analects of Yan Yuan".

Translation: Don't impose on others what you don't like.

Appreciation: Confucius believed that a person with the idea of "loyalty and forgiveness" would put himself in favor of others, start from his own heart, think about others, and show the character of generosity and benevolence.

5. The beauty of a gentleman, not the evil; The villain is the opposite. ——Excerpt from "The Analects of Yan Yuan".

Translation: A person of high character accomplishes the good deeds of others and does not contribute to the bad deeds of others, while the villain does the opposite.

Appreciation: This sentence is the manifestation of Confucius's benevolence and virtue, a gentleman should have the mind of a family in the world, and have a benevolent heart for all sentient beings, so in terms of behavior and thought, we must help the good and punish the evil, promote the beautiful and suppress the ugly.

6. The year is cold, and then the pine and cypress are withered. ——Excerpt from "The Analects of Zihan".

Translation: At the end of the year, when the weather is very cold, I know that the pines and cypresses are the last to wither.

Appreciation: This sentence is rich in connotation and profound in meaning, using pine and cypress as a metaphor for the gentleman, praising the gentleman's unyielding sentiment and integrity, enriching the image of "pine and cypress", and becoming the spiritual character and spiritual goal that the upright people of all generations have been very advocating.

7. The gentleman is proud but not arrogant, and the villain is arrogant but not arrogant. ——Excerpt from "The Analects of the Path".

Translation: The gentleman is quiet and frank but not arrogant and rude, and the villain is arrogant and rude but not quiet and calm.

Appreciation: The language of this sentence is concise and clear, the meaning is profound, the gentleman has great ambition, determination, and strength, so he is calm and relaxed, calm, and has no arrogance.

8. Advice and good ways, do not stop, do not humiliate yourself. ——Excerpt from "The Analects of Yan Yuan".

Translation: Be kind to your friend and guide him to goodness. If you don't listen, don't bring shame on yourself.

Appreciation: Even close friends will not be resentful because of your "sincere advice", emphasizing that in the process of interpersonal communication, we must grasp the appropriate scale.

9. Don't suffer from people's ignorance, and don't know people. —From The Analects of Learning

Translation: Don't worry that others don't understand you, just worry that you don't understand others.

Appreciation: A person should not only care about himself, but also for the sake of others, this sentence enlightens people to learn to empathize, sincerely stand in the position of others for the sake of others, you will get more respect and love from others.

10. Don't complain about the sky, don't care about people, go to school and go up. —From The Analects of the Constitution

Translation: I do not complain against heaven, nor do I reproach men, but I go down to learn etiquette and pleasure and go up to heaven to reach the destiny of heaven.

Appreciation: "Don't complain about the sky, don't care about people" is an important aspect of Confucius's ideal personality, reflecting the generous side of the ideal personality, a person must have an attitude of self-restraint and self-demand, so that human nature can be fully developed.

11. Those who know are not as good as those who are good, and those who are good are not as good as those who are happy. ——Excerpt from "The Analects of Yongye".

Appreciation: Confucius believed that the three realms of learning are "knowledge", "goodness" and "happiness", and only by entering the best realm of studying knowledge as the greatest pleasure in life can we truly obtain spiritual pleasure and satisfaction.

12. The Tao is different, and they do not conspire with each other. —Excerpt from the Analects of Wei Ling

Translation: People with different ideas and ideals cannot plan and cooperate together.

Appreciation: "Dao" refers to ideals, beliefs, positions, etc., Confucianism advocates tolerance, benevolence, harmony, "the same way" and "the Tao is different", should adhere to their own opinions, not to be shaken by the other party, and then often use this sentence to express unwillingness to work with some people who do not agree with their own ideas and views.

13. If you bow to yourself and blame others, you will be far resentful. —Excerpt from the Analects of Wei Ling

Translation: If you focus on yourself and lightly blame others, you can avoid the resentment of others.

Appreciation: This sentence is a requirement for a gentleman's words and deeds, and you should be strict with yourself and blame yourself, and you should try to be gentle and lenient when blaming and criticizing others.

14. A gentleman has no food to eat, no place to live, is sensitive to things and cautious in words, has the way and is right, and can be said to be studious. —From The Analects of Learning

Translation: A gentleman, who does not require full food and comfortable living, is diligent and quick in his work, but cautious in his speech, and goes to a person who has the Tao to correct himself, in this way, it can be said that he is studious.

Appreciation: This sentence embodies the principle of self-cultivation of a gentleman, and exhorts people not only to covet their own comfort, but to have lofty goals and lofty pursuits, and establish a correct outlook on life and values.

15, I am three times a day, I am self-conscious: I am not loyal to others? Making friends and not believing them? Are you used to it? —From The Analects of Learning

Translation: I reflect on myself many times a day, do I do my best for others? Is there any insincerity in associating with friends? Did you review the knowledge imparted by the teacher?

Appreciation: This sentence emphasizes the Confucian requirements for personal moral cultivation, and the gentleman gradually internalizes Confucian ethics and morality into his own life philosophy through daily introspection, and consciously abides by it.

16. The gentleman is ashamed of his words and deeds. —From The Analects of the Constitution

Translation: A gentleman is ashamed to say too much and do little.

Appreciation: This sentence emphasizes the principle of a gentleman's conduct in the world, pay attention to his words and deeds, and maintain consistency in words and deeds, honesty and trustworthiness.

17. If you want to hurry, you can't reach it. ——Excerpt from "The Analects of the Path".

Translation: Sexual urgency does not achieve the goal.

Appreciation: This sentence exhorts people not to do things just to be fast and not to seek good, to be in a hurry to do bad things, to follow the objective law, to guard against arrogance and rashness, step by step. Those who succeed must be ambitious and down-to-earth.

18. Establish people if you want to establish them, and reach people if you want to reach them. ——Excerpt from "The Analects of Yongye".

Translation: When you want to get a foothold, you also help others to get a foothold, and when you want to be developed, you also help others to develop.

Appreciation: This sentence is the concrete embodiment of Confucianism "benevolence", a benevolent person is a person who takes "giving to others" as his own responsibility, and is a person who is willing to give, and he must also have strength.

19. For politics and morality, such as Beichen, live in its place and all the stars are together. ——Excerpt from "The Analects of Politics".

Translation: To govern a country, we need to use morality, just like the North Star, fixed where it is, and all the stars will surround it.

Appreciation: Confucius advocated the rule of virtue, he believed that the ruler's personal behavior and the size of the country's actions should be moral, this sentence uses the metaphor of the North Star, telling the ruler not to be smart, abandon the etiquette system, and behave recklessly.

20. Those who are born to know are also on the top, and those who learn and know are also second; Sleepy and learning is secondary. Sleepy and not learning, the people are the next step. —From the Analects of Ji

Translation: Those who are born to understand are the smartest, those who understand through learning are the first, and those who learn when they encounter difficulties are secondary. If you don't study when you encounter difficulties, you are an inferior fool.

Appreciation: This sentence emphasizes the importance of learning and encourages people to take the initiative to learn knowledge and improve their self-cultivation.

21. If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan. —Excerpt from the Analects of Wei Ling

Translation: If you can't endure the little things, you will ruin the big things.

Appreciation: Confucius believes that whether or not you can endure small things and not care about them is a matter of one's cultivation, and the key to doing big things and achieving great things lies in the word "forbearance".

22. The gentleman is reserved but not fighting, and the group is not the party. —Excerpt from the Analects of Wei Ling

Translation: A gentleman is dignified and discreet, and does not quarrel with others, although he is gregarious and does not form a party for personal gain.

Appreciation: A gentleman is solemn and self-controlled, very confident in himself, and not proud and complacent, so he will not compete with others to win, treat others well, unite others is not for the sake of forming a party for personal gain, but for a legitimate cause.

23, a spoonful of food, a scoop of drink, in the alley, people are unbearable, and they will not change their pleasures. ——Excerpt from "The Analects of Yongye".

Translation: A bowl of coarse rice, a scoop of water every day, living in a narrow alley, ordinary people can't bear this kind of poverty, but Yan Hui can be happy with poverty and deal with it indifferently.

Appreciation: This sentence describes a person's positive attitude towards life in a poor environment, which can still maintain an optimistic, open-minded, and happy life.

24. Rotten wood cannot be carved, and the wall of dung cannot be enclosed. ——Excerpt from "The Analects of Gongye".

Translation: Rotten wood is hard to carve, and dung walls are hard to smear! What is there to blame for such a person?

Appreciation: Rotten wood can not be carved, which means that rotten wood cannot be carved, which is used to describe a person who has never been able to transform or whose quality is corrupted to the extreme, irremediable or refers to the fact that things and situations have been determined and irretrievable.

25. Look at the reason, look at the reason, observe the safety, and the person is miserable? How are you scared? ——Excerpt from "The Analects of Politics".

Translation: To see what a person does, we should look at the motives of his words and deeds, observe the path he takes, and understand what things are comfortable with his heart.

Appreciation: This sentence shows that the quality of a person is defined through long-term observation, rather than drawing conclusions based on one-sided fate.

26, clever words, fresh and benevolent! —From The Analects of Learning

Translation: A person with a flattering face rarely has a heart of benevolence!

Appreciation: This sentence exhorts people to be wary of "clever words", and reminds those who want to "seek benevolence" not to think that they are kind and pleasant everywhere when dealing with others, and they are determined to make each other happy.

27. Those who know are not confused, those who are benevolent are not worried, and those who are brave are not afraid. ——Excerpt from "The Analects of Zihan".

Translation: The wise will not be confused, the virtuous will not be sorrowful, and the brave will not be afraid.

Appreciation: In Confucian philosophy, "benevolence" is not only an ethical moral ideal that maintains the order of the real society, but also a kind of spiritual realm that people can obtain with things, co-construct, empathize and understand, and "benevolence" is the highest state of Confucian moral ontology.

28, threesome, there must be my teacher. Choose those who are good and follow them, and change those who are not good. —From The Analects of Confucius

Translation: There must be many people who can be my teacher. Choose their strengths and learn from them, and when you see their bad aspects, you can correct them against yourself.

Appreciation: Confucius believed that a person could not have all knowledge and talents, and that one should maintain a humble and cautious attitude to learn from others.

29. Do not suffer from widowhood but suffer from inequality, do not suffer from poverty and suffer from anxiety. There is no poverty, no widowhood, and no inclination. —From the Analects of Ji

Translation: Don't worry about the lack of people and worry about inequality, don't worry about poverty but worry about instability. If everyone is equal, there will be no poverty, if there is peace and stability, there will not be a small number of people, and if the country is peaceful, there will be no danger.

Appreciation: This sentence illustrates the importance of fair distribution, and the key to governing the country is first of all to be able to distribute wealth equally, so that the people can have no worries about food and clothing, and so that the people's production and business activities can be carried out for a long time and stably, so as to promote social prosperity and stability.

30. Sensitive and studious, not ashamed to ask, is to say that the text is also. ——Excerpt from "The Analects of Gongye".

Translation: Clever and diligent in learning, he is not ashamed to seek education from people who are lower in rank and less educated than himself, so he is nicknamed "Wen".

Appreciation: This sentence is Confucius's evaluation of Confucius Wenzi, the great doctor who defended the country, and reflects his diligent and inquisitive spirit.

Knowledge is a thing that is absorbed by oneself, not by others.

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I hope we can all be the best selves. People who read a lot can have a lot of temperament

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