Angry and forgetful of food, happy to forget worries, I don t know what it means to be old and comin

Meaning: Angry and hard-working, even forgetting to eat, so happy that forgetting all worries, not even knowing that he is about to grow old.

Source] "Analects and Narratives" - Warring States Confucius.

Ye Gong asked Confucius about Zilu, and Zilu was wrong. Zi said: "The female Xi does not say, she is also a person, she is angry and forgets to eat, she is happy to forget her worries, and she does not know that the old man is coming to Yun'er." ”

Ye Gong asked Zilu what kind of person Confucius was, but Zilu did not answer. Confucius said to Zilu: "Why don't you say the same, he is so angry and hard working that he even forgets to eat, so happy that he forgets all his worries, and he doesn't even know that he is about to get old, that's all." ”

Probably refers to: study very hard and diligently, forget to eat, time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, you have already grown old.

Angry and hardworking, he forgot to eat, he was so happy that he forgot all his worries, and he didn't even know that he was about to get old, and that's it.

Idiom] is angry and forgets to eat.

Explanation] Study or work so hard that you forget to eat. It is often used in conjunction with "happy to forget worries", describing very diligent.

I worked so hard that I forgot to eat, I was so happy that I forgot my sorrows, and I didn't know that time was going to pass and I was approaching old age.

I forgot to eat even when I worked hard, and when I was successful in my studies, I was so happy that I forgot my sorrows, and I didn't even notice that I was getting old.

When you study hard, you forget to eat, and when you revel in the school room, you forget your sorrows, and you don't know that old age is coming.

When you study hard, you forget to eat, and when you revel in your studies, you forget your sorrows, and you don't know that old age is coming.

Analects:

Ye Gong asked Confucius about Zilu, and Zilu was wrong. Zi said: The female Xi Bu said: "He is also a person, he is angry and forgets to eat, he is happy to forget his worries, and he doesn't know that old age is coming." Yun'er! ”

"Ye Gong is a good dragon" is a famous story in history, he loves dragons. Dragons were painted everywhere in the court, and as a result, the real dragon was moved to appear, but it scared him to death. So at that time, Zizhang once said that he was not a real dragon of love, but a dragon-like thing of love.

Later generations took this story as a flashy metaphor. Ye Gong asked Zilu one day what kind of person Confucius was, but Zilu did not reply to him. Zilu's non-reply is very clever, because from Zilu's position, he is really inconvenient to say anything.

At the same time, a great person like Confucius really taught people not to know where to start, that is, Ye Gong may not be able to understand Confucius. However, after Ye Gong left, Zigong went in to report to the teacher, and Confucius said Why don't you tell him that I am a person who is often so poor that he has no food to eat in order to seek knowledge in order to be angry, and he does not even feel that he is hungry, and forgets that people are the kind of people who must eat; When there is something to be gained in learning, it is so happy that it forgets its sorrows, and ignores the threat of old age.

Confucius's spirit of learning is also something we should emulate. Confucius's life cultivation is eternally young, so his learning and morality can be "renewed, renewed, and renewed." "It's always progressive, and there's always a new realm.

When Zhu Zi said these three sentences, he said that he was angry and forgot to eat, which means that he did not get it, that is, before he attained the Tao, Confucius was angry and forgot to eat, which is to be strong, studious, work hard, and forget to sleep and eat. He has attained the Tao, and he is very happy when he has attained the Tao, and he is happy to forget his worries and have no worries. After attaining enlightenment, there really is no worry or fear in my heart.

"University" says that if you are afraid, you will not be right; If there is a problem, it will not be corrected. Then he has attained enlightenment, and of course there is no sorrow, no fear, no joy, no anger in his heart. I don't know that old age is coming, that is, he has forgotten his age, he doesn't know the lack of years, he is getting older and older, and he doesn't realize that he will always be a scholar and a student, learn from the ancient sages, and really live to be old, learn from old age, and learn for life.

This is a quote from the Analects:

Ye Gong asked Confucius about Zilu, and Zilu was wrong. Zi said: "The female Xi does not say, she is also a person, she is angry and forgets to eat, she is happy to forget her worries, and she doesn't know that the old man will come to Yun'er." ”

Notes】 1) Ye Gong: years lead leaves, pronounced shè. Ye Gong's surname is Shen Zhuliang, the doctor of Chu State, and his fief is in Yecheng (now south of Ye County, Henan), so he is called Ye Gong.

2) Yun'er: cloud, pronoun, so meaningful. That's it, that's it.

Ye Gong asked Zilu what kind of person Confucius was, but Zilu did not answer. Confucius (to Zilu) said: "Why don't you say that he is a person who is so angry and hard working that he forgets to eat, and he is so happy that he forgets all his worries, and he doesn't even know that he is about to get old, and that's it." ”