Learn and learn from time to time, not to say, to have friends from afar, not to say

Confucius said, "Isn't it pleasant to learn and practice regularly?" Isn't it nice to have friends from afar to get together? No one understands himself, and he is not troubled and angry, isn't this a gentleman? ”

This is to talk about learning methods and personal cultivation, inspire people to love learning, and strengthen self-discipline.

Translation: Isn't it nice to learn knowledge and review it on time? Isn't it also very happy to have like-minded friends from afar? Isn't it also very gentlemanly not to be understood by others and not complain?

This is an excerpt from "Learning". ）

Isn't it enjoyable to learn and review and practice from time to time? Isn't it nice to have like-minded people from afar? People don't understand me, and I don't resent or get angry, isn't I also a virtuous gentleman?

From the original text of "The Analects of Learning":

Confucius said: "When you learn and learn it, don't you also say it? Have friends come from afar, are you happy? People don't know and are not ashamed, and they are not gentlemen? ”

Translation: Confucius said:"Isn't it also enjoyable to review what you've learned after studying? Isn't it nice to have like-minded people from afar? Others don't understand me, but I'm not angry, isn't it also a morally cultivated person? "

Perception: It is proposed to take learning as a pleasure and to make people not know and not be ashamed, reflecting Confucius's idea of never getting tired of learning, teaching people tirelessly, paying attention to self-cultivation, and being strict with himself.

Isn't it also a pleasure to learn knowledge and to review and practice it from time to time? Isn't it also a happy thing to have like-minded friends from afar? Isn't it also a sign of a gentleman's behavior if someone doesn't understand you but doesn't get angry with him?

From learning methods to personal cultivation, apply what you have learned, and reflect the value of learning.

Learning and learning emphasizes that the learning of knowledge requires consciousness and continuous practice. Having friends from afar reflects that learning is also a matter of mutual learning and mutual exchange. People don't know and don't feel ashamed, reflecting that personal cultivation has nothing to do with whether others know or not, but not seeking fame and fortune, and self-improvement.

Learn to understand:

As the first part of the Analects, Xuezhi outlines the outline of Confucius's doctrine from the social rules that individuals should abide by in order to survive. As the beginning of this chapter, "learning" does not refer to learning in general, but to the teachings of Confucius. Therefore, this chapter is Confucius's attitude towards his own doctrine, and it is of course a great thing that it can be studied by the rulers and used to help the world and save the people, and it is also a happy thing to take a step back and become a doctrine for the generations.

The author of the Analects puts this chapter at the beginning of the book, first, to warn later scholars that they should first use what they have learned to govern the country and the people, and secondly, they should inherit and carry forward it to future generations, even if it is not allowed to be inherited from the world, they should adhere to the way of a gentleman and maintain the benevolence of their hearts.

Hello, "The Analects of Learning" Confucius talks about "learning", which not only refers to learning knowledge, but also contains a very broad and profound meaning of Li Que. In a broad sense, learning also includes the principle of dealing with people, and at a deeper level, it is learning the Tao. The way of learning is mainly to teach people to learn to be a man, how to be a gentleman, and to be virtuous and holy on the basis of a gentleman.

There is also a spirit of "Ledao" running through here. In the first sentence, "say (same as 'Yue')" is compared with "happiness", "Joy is in the heart, and happiness is seen outside" (Qian Mu's New Interpretation of the Analects), that is, the so-called heart is happy and convinced. The word "music" in the second sentence expresses the joy of like-mindedness and learning from Taoism.

In the third sentence, although there is no literal "music", "not sorrowful" is actually "music" from the opposite side. "Not being stunned" is actually very difficult to do. Confucius believed that if you want to learn to be a gentleman, your knowledge will advance day by day, and the Tao will be deepened, and people may not be able to know and understand you, but the happiness of your own Tao is indescribable, and this is the real "happy Tao" - taking the Tao as pleasure and "being one with the Tao".

This kind of "music" is actually a kind of true music that does not depart from the world, does not leave the sensibility, and transcends the world and the senses.