Confucius Comments on Water 5, Confucius Comments on Water

Confucius on Water Zigong asked: "When a gentleman sees the great water, he must look at it, why not?" Confucius said:

The husband of the water, the son of Qizi Bideyan. pervasive and selfless, like virtue; Those who reach are born, like benevolence; Its lowliness is low, and the sentences follow its reasoning, which seems to be righteous; The shallow ones are popular, the deep ones are unpredictable, and they seem to be wise; There is no doubt that he will go to the valley of a hundred people, and he seems to be brave; Weak and slight, seeming; If you don't let it be evil, it is like a bag; Blindfolded to enter, fresh and clean, like good; The amount must be flat, and it seems to be positive; Profit does not seek generalization, likeness; Its twists and turns must be east, like meaning. It is a gentleman who sees the great water and must look at Yaner.

Note: According to the "Confucius Collection", the title of "Shuo Yuan Miscellaneous Words" was added by the editor. Zigong:

A student of Confucius, the compound surname Duanmu, the name Ci, the word Zigong, and the patriot. Giving: Giving.

Inferior: lowly. This refers to water-based downwards.

The sentences follow its reasoning: it refers to the characteristics of the shape of the water, such as the curve and square, the circle, etc. Weak and slight:

The curve is delicate and weak, and it is meticulous. Let: Resignation, by extension, defense.

Shanhua: Good at education and transformation. General:

In ancient times, it was used to scrape the wooden planks of the bucket when measuring rice. It is used here as a verb, and by extension, to scrape, flatten. (10) Bidong:

It must flow east into the sea.

Translation: Zigong asked: "The gentleman must be careful when he sees the water, what is the reason?"

Confucius said, "Water can inspire a gentleman to use as a metaphor for his own moral cultivation." It is all over the world, giving all things, without partiality, like the morality of a gentleman; Everywhere he went, all things grew like the benevolence of a gentleman; Water-based downward, with the shape of things, like a gentleman's high righteousness; The shallow place flows endlessly, and the deep abyss is unpredictable, like the wisdom of a gentleman; Rushing to the abyss, without hesitation, like a gentleman's decisiveness and courage; infiltrate into the curvature, meticulous, like a gentleman's discernment; is notorious, silently pleading, like a gentleman's open-mindedness that all-inclusive; The mud and sand are all down, and in the end it is still a pool of clear water, like a gentleman's good at transforming things; Loading the measuring device, it must be kept level, like a gentleman's uprightness; When it is full, it stops, and it is not greedy for more things, just like a gentleman's attention to proportion, and there is a degree of doing things; No matter what kind of twists and turns, it must flow east into the sea, just like the unswerving faith and will of a gentleman.

Therefore, when a gentleman sees a big water, he must observe it carefully. (Because this is undoubtedly looking at yourself!)

Zigong:He asked, "When a gentleman sees the water, he will look at it, why not?" "Confucius.

He said: "The man who is in the water, the son of Qizi is more than Deyan." pervasive and selfless, like virtue; Those who reach are born, like benevolence; —Miscellaneous Words

Translation: Zigong asked Confucius: "Why is it that a gentleman must watch the water when he sees it?"

Confucius said: "The flowing water is vast, and it is universally given to all kinds of living beings as if it were inaction, as if it were virtue; It flows towards a low place, and it must follow the law of flow, as if it were righteousness; It is vast and endless, like the Tao. ”

1. Wisdom Spine Award Speech for Confucius: "He was a great thinker and founded Confucianism. First of all, he put forward the doctrine of "benevolence", that is, the rulers were required to be considerate of the people's feelings, cherish the people's strength, and not excessively oppress and exploit the people, so as to alleviate class contradictions.

Second, he advocated governing the people with virtue and opposed harsh government and arbitrary torture. His doctrine later became the orthodoxy of China's feudal culture for more than 2,000 years, and had a great influence on later generations. He was also a great educator.

Under the circumstance that only the children of the aristocracy could receive education before infiltration, and cultural education was monopolized by the government, he set up private schools, recruited disciples, broke through the monopoly of the government, and expanded the scope of education objects. He advocated "teaching students according to their aptitude" and educating different students differently. He educates students:

To learn knowledge, we should review it frequently, "review the old and learn the new", and the learning attitude should be honest, "what we know is what we know, and what we don't know is not known"; It is necessary to combine study and thinking. In his later years, he compiled several books such as ancient cultural classics such as "Poems" and "Books", and also compiled the book "Spring and Autumn" based on the historical materials of the Lu State. This has played a positive role in the preservation and development of ancient culture.

He is our literary sage - Confucius".

1. Zihao Bi Ji said: "Those who know are happy with water, and those who are benevolent are happy with mountains; Those who know move, and those who are benevolent are quiet; Those who know are happy, and those who are benevolent are long. —The Analects of Yongye.

Translation: Confucius said, "A wise man loves water, and a righteous man loves mountains; Wise people know how to be flexible, and righteous people are at peace. The wise are happy, and the righteous live long. ”

2. Confucius said: "The man who is a man of water, the son of Qizi is more than Deyan." pervasive and selfless, like virtue; Those who reach are born, like benevolence; —Confucius's Collected Sayings

Translation: Confucius said, "Water can inspire a gentleman and use it as a metaphor for his own moral cultivation." It is all over the world, giving all things, without partiality, like the morality of a gentleman; ”