The Analects of Mencius should be short

When Mencius was young, his father died early, and his mother did not remarry during the festival. In the beginning, they lived next to the cemetery. Mencius and the children in the neighborhood learned to bow down and cry as adults, and played the game of handling funerals.

When Mencius's mother saw it, she frowned: "No! I can't let my kids live here anymore!

Mencius's mother took Mencius to the market, where she lived near the place where pigs and sheep were slaughtered. When he arrived at the market, Mencius and the neighbor's children learned how to do business as a merchant and to slaughter pigs and sheep. Mencius's mother knew about it, and frowned again:

This place is not suitable for my kids either! So, they moved again. This time, they moved closer to the school.

At this time of the first day of the summer calendar every month, ** go to the Temple of Literature, bow and bow, treat each other politely, Mencius learns to remember one by one. Mencius's mother nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is where my son should live!"

Later, everyone used "Meng's mother and three moves" to indicate that people should be close to good people, things, and things in order to learn good habits!

It also shows that the environment can change a person's hobbies and habits.

Mengzi's mother moved three times, the reason is that Mencius was affected by the surrounding environment when he was a child, and he loved to imitate, and it was also Mengzi's mother who moved to live next to the school in order to let Mencius have a good growth environment, and achieved the great Mencius.

Broken Weaving Metaphors.

Mencius was initially interested in learning, but after a long time he got bored and often skipped school. When Meng Mu found out, she was very angry, took a knife, cut the warp threads on the loom, and said: "Your waste of learning, just like I cut the thread on the loom, this cloth is woven by thread, and now the thread is cut, the cloth cannot be woven."

A gentleman studies in order to achieve fame, and erudition can increase wisdom. How can you be useful if you skip school a lot? If you don't study hard today, but are lazy in self-cultivation and moral cultivation, you will not be able to stay away from disasters in the future, and if you don't become a robber in the future, you will be reduced to servitude!

Meng's mother used "broken weaving" as a metaphor for "dropping out of school", pointing out that we must have perseverance in doing things, and once we identify the goal, we will not be disturbed by the outside world. The consequences of giving up halfway are very serious. The scene of "Broken Weaving and Metaphorology" left a vivid impression of both shock and fear in Mencius's small heart, and Mencius studied diligently from then on, and finally became a master of Confucianism in Chinese history.

Mengzi's mother moved three times, and when she was young, Mencius's mother moved three times in order to let Mencius study well, and finally moved next to a school.

(1) Confucius's student Zilu once asked his teacher how to become a gentleman. Confucius told him, "Cultivate oneself with respect." "Cultivate yourself well and maintain a serious and respectful attitude.

As soon as Zilu heard it, he could be a gentleman if he did these four words? It can't be that simple, right? So he asked, "Is that enough?" "Is that all it takes?

Confucius added that "cultivate oneself to appease others." "On the premise of cultivating yourself, you can think about making others happy.

Zilu was obviously not satisfied, and asked again: "Is it just like this?" ”

Confucius added: "Cultivate oneself to appease the people." Cultivate yourself to appease the people, Yao and Shun are still sick.

Cultivate yourself and let the people live a happy life. Sages like Yao and Shun are still worried that they haven't done a good job in this matter. Isn't it enough to be a gentleman to do this?

2) Original text: Meng Zhi did not fight, ran to the palace, will enter, drive his horse, said: "If you dare to do it, the horse will not enter".

Explanation: Meng Zhianti doesn't like to boast about himself, once when he was fighting and retreating, he rode behind the palace to cover everyone, and when he was about to enter the city gate, he whipped his horse while saying, Oh, in fact, it's not that I'm brave enough to stay behind, but that my horse really can't run fast.

3) Original text. Jae Yu sleeps in the day. Zi said: "Rotten wood cannot be carved, and the wall of dung cannot be encircled!" Yu Yu and He Zhu ? Zi said: "I am also a person, listen to his words and believe in his deeds; Now I am also in the people, listen to their words and watch their deeds. Yu Yu and change is. ”

Translation: Jae-yu sleeps in broad daylight. Confucius said, "Rotten wood is not to be carved."

The walls of the dung are not smeared! What is there to blame for such a person? And he said, "

At first I was very concerned with people, and after listening to what he said, I believed his deeds. Now I listen to what he says, but I have to observe his behavior. This is due to the fact that Zai Yu has changed.

A classic short story in the Analects.