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The second half of the sentence is: Concentrate on reading only the books of the sages.
Source: Ming Dynasty Anonymous "Zengguang Xianwen".
Meaning: It means that the scholar only focuses on his own learning, and does not care about anything other than books. That is, readers should pay less attention to right and wrong and study more knowledge.
There have always been two different views on this sentence, one is that it means that he doesn't care about family trivial matters and national affairs, and only focuses on the book, satirizing people who die to read. There is also an explanation that says not to be disturbed by the chaos of the world, but to concentrate on reading the books of the sages.
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I don't hear anything outside the window, and there is no follow-up to go out. This is a common saying, the original text is: both ears do not listen to the outside of the window, and only read the books of the sages.
Source: "Zengguang Xianwen". Also known as "The Virtuous Texts of the Old Times" and "The Ancient and Modern Virtuous Texts", it is a children's enlightenment bibliography compiled during the Ming Dynasty in China. The title of the book was first seen in the opera "Peony Pavilion" in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, according to which it can be inferred that this book was written in the Wanli period at the latest.
The meaning of this sentence is as follows:
1. Scholars should pay less attention to right and wrong and study more. In many cases, when doing learning, it is true that you must have this kind of persistence and loneliness that does not listen to things outside the window.
2. Ignoring family trivialities and national affairs, he only focuses on planting in books, satirizing people to study.
I don't hear anything outside the window. Concentrate on reading only the books of the sages. This is more inclined to the individual, and there is a bit of a "solitary" flavor.
From "Zengguang Xianwen".
The content of "Zengguang Xianwen" is roughly as follows:
One is to talk about people and interpersonal relationships;
the second is to talk about fate;
the third is to talk about how to behave in the world;
The fourth is to express views on reading.
In the world described in the "Zengguang Xianwen", people are hypocritical, people are fickle for their own selfishness, they hate the poor and love the rich, and tend to be inflammatory, so that the world is full of traps and crises.
There is a lot of emphasis on fate and retribution in the text, believing that everything in people is arranged by fate, and people should do good deeds in order to have good opportunities. There is a lot of space in the book on how to deal with people, and this part of the text is the core of the text.
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"Don't listen to what's going on outside the window" didn't say the last sentence. Hidden Mountain
Ignoring things outside the window and reading only the books of sages and sages" describes a person who only cares about reading books and ignores things outside.
Source: "Zengguang Xianwen".
Example: Yang Mo's "Song of Youth": You old master.
Ah, "I don't listen to the things outside the window, and I only read the books of the sages", how can I know such an important national event?
Brief introduction of the work. Zengguang Xianwen, also known as "Xianwen in the Past" and "Ancient and Modern Xianwen", is a children's enlightenment bibliography compiled during the Ming Dynasty in China. The title of the book was first seen in Wanli in the Ming Dynasty.
The opera "Peony Pavilion" of the year
Based on this, it can be inferred that this book was written in the Wanli year at the latest.
"Zengguang Xianwen" is a collection of various aphorisms and proverbs from ancient times to the present day. Later, after the continuous additions of the literati of the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was changed to the current appearance, called "Zengguang Virtuous Writings of the Past".
It is commonly known as "Zengguang Xianwen".