Who can explain the paradox created by Confucius?

See what you mean. But you got a premise wrong. Confucius never said that "sacrificing others for oneself" is something that people "do not want".

Confucius's doctrines are all advocating people's self-cultivation, so the concepts in them should be considered from their own perspective, rather than speculating on the psychology of others.

Do you want others to "sacrifice themselves for you"? Definitely hopeful. Then "self-denial" is "what you want". Since it is "what you want", you should "do to others", right? Using one's own heart to understand the feelings and hopes of others is the essence of these two sentences.

Self-denial"The premise is that others need you"Self-denial"Do not do unto others as you would have them do unto you"The reason is that others don't need you"Giving"

If you follow rational logic, this is indeed possible. The path of Chinese philosophy is not to pursue the rigor of rational logic like the West, but to pay attention to the realization of life emotions. a is a self-sacrificing man.

His friend B was also a self-denial. Now that objective facts have caused a conflict in their interests, one of them must make a sacrifice. Then as a, on the one hand, he himself will sacrifice himself for others; If, on the other hand, he considers that B also wants to sacrifice himself, then fulfilling B is actually for B, and accepting B's self-sacrifice is actually self-sacrificing.

In this case, the choice is followed"Self-denial"with"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"From the perspective of morality, it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, it's all right. As long as you feel okay and happy in your heart, you can do it.

Rational logic cannot cover everything. Because it is something derived, not the most original truth. Many logical contradictions are ultimately inevitable and cannot be resolved by reason.

The questioner made a logical error:

Philosophy cannot be applied with mathematical logic, because it is a branch of the philosophy of mathematical knowledge.

Yes"Self-denial", and not ask for someone else"Self-denial"

Self-denial"The practice is imposed only on oneself. There is no imposition on others.

For others, what you get:"Sacrifice others for yourself".This seems to be quite a lot of people"Desire"Target.

Self-denial"with"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"How can it be derived"No one wants to give up others for himself"？Not sacrificing oneself does not mean sacrificing oneself for oneself. I hope you can give us a more detailed proof.

I used to wonder about the Zhuangzi:

He once said, "Those who know do not speak, and those who speak do not know," and he said, "The saint conceives it, and the people argue with each other." Then why did he leave a good article sprinkled with hundreds of thousands of words?

Many people believe that this is a paradox that Zhuangzi cannot get rid of, and it is natural to classify Zhuangzi on the level of ancient Greek Piroism. This is probably the problem caused by those who, like me, do not understand Zhuangzi, and indiscriminately compare the views of foreigners.

In fact, the cultural roots of the two are basically different, although the oranges of Huainan and the oranges of Huaibei are similar in appearance, they are actually not the same taste. Foreigners do not have the concept that "all things in the world are born from argumentation and are born from nothing", let alone the concept of "Taoism and Nature".

What does this have to do with Zhuangzi's paradox?

Zhuangzi said in "The Theory of Things" that he is "a debater, and there is no debate", that is, although there is a debate, there is no debate. It's like everything grows naturally, and although there are all kinds of things that are beautiful, it is not intentional on anyone's part.

Heaven and earth have great beauty without words", heaven and earth exist, and Zhuangzi will not be stupid enough to deny it, but the existence of heaven and earth is natural, beautiful and speechless. Zhuangzi's language is also beautiful, and it is natural and natural, so although there are words, it can be said to be speechless.

Reading Zhuangzi is a kind of enjoyment, as if a gust of wind blows, which can make people with warm hearts feel cool, and make people with cold hearts feel warm, but they don't know why this is happening, this is nature, speechless.