Bull's eye joke

9.7 The prison said, "Zi Yun:' Don't try, so learn.' "

This sentence should be studied together in the last section, because it is about one thing. Confucius said before that when I was a child, my family was poor, so I would do a lot of rough work. Here is another similar sentence from Confucius, who listed the record of his disciples' "imprisonment": "I don't try, so I have art." "Don't try" is not used by the state. You have to earn a living by working and practice many skills.

We often encounter this situation now. When we see that a great man can do rough work, everyone is often surprised and relishes it. In fact, he is just like Confucius: "I am too cheap, so I can do many things." "I don't try, so I learn."

Confucius' question about learning is to learn for his own learning, not to try anything, not to use learning as a tool to seek fame. After Qin and Han Dynasties, Confucianism regarded Confucius and Mencius' thoughts as a stepping stone to fame, which was not the spirit of Confucius. Confucius studied for himself, not as a tool of fame and fortune, so his study reached the highest artistic realm.

Interpret the king of empowerment?

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Let's review what we learned yesterday first.

Taizai asked Zigong, "What is the relationship between a master and a saint? How much is ok? " Zi Gong said, "The general who consolidated heaven and earth is also a saint and versatile." Hearing this, Zi said, "Does Taizai know me? I am cheap, so I can despise. How many gentlemen are there? Not much. "

What do you mean? It was Taizai who talked with Zigong and asked Zigong: Is Kong Old Master Q a saint? How can he do everything and do everything so well? It's incredible!

Zi Gong replied: My teacher is a natural saint and versatile!

This word reached the ears of Confucius, who said, Does Taizai know me? Does he know me? I don't understand. The reason why I have so many is because I grew up poor and have a low status. This base is in a low position. In order to make a living, I need to do a lot of things, but no matter what I do, I try to do it well. Will I know much about a gentleman? Not much, not much feeling! It seems that I know a lot, but there is still a lot I don't know.

This sentence fundamentally tells everyone that saints in the eyes of others and geniuses in the eyes of students actually do not admit that they are geniuses, but they are cultivated by themselves, and what they have learned is obtained through practice. Congenital conditions, what's the effect? Yes But this is not the main factor, the main factor is the efforts made the day after tomorrow.

No matter what we do, we must do it well, which is beyond our class's ability. In the eyes of others, you are a versatile person, a genius and a saint.

Well, after a brief review of yesterday's content, let's learn a new chapter.

This sentence pattern is interesting. The prison said, "Zi Yun:' I don't try, so I have art.. ”"

It is this sentence that Confucius did not say directly. It used to be called Confucius and Ziyun. So what do we say now? Say prison, prison says what Confucius said.

I think there are two points. One is that books are connected with texts, that is, Confucius said that I am not a saint. "I am too cheap, so I can do more." How many gentlemen are there? Not much. "

Then his disciple Zhai, surnamed Qin, added this sentence as a bystander. I heard the teacher say, what are you talking about? There is more knowledge and arguments here.

Some say that they are not used by the country, and they have to work to make a living and practice a lot of skills. People say that I do everything well because I don't try, but I really do it with my heart. Others say that I am not reused by the state and have time to learn these skills.

Why are there so many ambiguities? In fact, to put it bluntly, it is because there are too few words. As we all know, the less you talk about a thing, the greater its connotation. When you say a lot, in fact, you have finished, and others have nothing to say.

Let's talk about several statements one by one and discuss them together.

Let's talk about it first It's not used by the state, but by working for a living, and I have practiced a lot of skills.

This is also easy to understand. Nobody takes me seriously. I have to make a living. Making a living requires skill!

If you can't do this, you have to do that, just like now, if you can't find a safe place to live, you often jump ship. This job is no good. I will change it. I have done a lot of work, so I am versatile.

Like Jiang Taigong, Jiang Taigong did a lot of work before he was hired as a teacher by Zhou Wenwang. In the end, he didn't do anything well and he had to pay the price.

We will often encounter this situation now. When we see a big man can do rough work, we are surprised and talk about it. How can he do such a small job?

In fact, if you think about it, including the president, when he was young, he also went to the countryside to collect dung. Later, he achieved this position step by step. Now he should be pampered. At that time, like ordinary people, he learned everything.

But one characteristic is, what is the greatest advantage of this great man? Flexible. No matter what he does, he can do it in a good way, so he will succeed in everything and get to this position step by step.

The second is that I don't do things with the mentality of trying, but as long as I do it, I will do it well, which is why I do it so well.

If one thing is done well, two things can be done well, and many things can be done well. Later, they became the saints we mentioned in the last chapter, and they were versatile.

But this is my idea, and I think it is more appropriate. Again, we put energy, time and a lot of cost into it, but you can't do it well, so what do you do with it?

I think many people have not really achieved anything because they have not worked hard enough and have the wrong mentality.

For example, some people say that I am not reused by the state, so I have time to acquire some skills. How do you say this? It seems reasonable. If you don't need me, I will have time. If I have time, I can learn something. If the country uses me, I have no time.

Time is the same for everyone, the key is whether you make good use of it. As we know from teacher Li Xiaolai's column, we say that attention is not only about time. As far as your time is concerned, you should use it in valuable places, whether you are proficient in a skill, or do in-depth thinking and comprehensive weighing, you should make good use of it.

If you use it well, it will produce value, because if you waste this day, it will be gone. If you use it well, you will make a little progress every day, and persistence will bring great changes.

Over time, the level will improve day by day and reach a height that others can't reach.

Let's take a look at Mr. nan huaijin's explanation, which is also quite interesting.

Mr. Nan Huai Jin told three jokes, and told the joke first.

The first is that Confucius was learned because he didn't take the joint exam. It seems that on the other hand, if he takes the exam, he will be finished. Is there such a truth? Of course not! If you don't do well in the exam, you'd better not take it. That was not the case.

It was also explained that Confucius was versatile because he was not too light to try. How can I put it? They say that in public places or banquets, people who like to talk are always easy to see through, while those who sit there and ask questions without expressing their opinions don't know how knowledgeable they are, and in fact they may not have any knowledge at all.

Song Taizu and Zhao Kuangyin have used this principle. At that time, Jiangnan was not yet settled, and was in charge of Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty. The emperor who wrote poems is very famous. His poems are first-class, but the emperor did badly. Finally, he died and was captured by Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin.

Before being destroyed, Li Yu sent an emissary, a writer and a great genius named Xu Xuan. The other party came as a special envoy. He is a talented scholar. So what kind of person can Song Taizu find to be an equal with him? You won't humiliate yourself, because two people often evaluate each other when they are together. After thinking for a long time, really no one can compare with him.

So, he thought of another coup. Song Taizu chose a handsome man as his bodyguard, but he was usually quiet and didn't talk much.

Let him put on diplomatic clothes to deal with Xu Xuan. When Xu Xuan came to the Song Dynasty to perform one by one, he moved out from astronomy, geography, philosophy, literature and science, and this guard posing as a diplomat was, uh-huh, inscrutable, just silent and didn't talk about it. You see, he looks very modest, as if he knows everything! As a result, three days later, this Xu Xuan took it, saying that there were really talents in the Song Dynasty, and this person was unfathomable. I don't know how good he is. In a word, tall people are smart. This is the second joke, called "I don't try, so I am artistic."

The third joke is that Uncle Tong doesn't explain the exam. It is said that Uncle Tong was a painter in Qing Dynasty, who painted plum blossoms very well, and was also a famous Neo-Confucianism and scholar. But he didn't become famous by exams.

Why? Because the ancient exam was very troublesome, how to search it in order to prevent "entrainment"? That's really naked I looked up and down! In order to prevent you from carrying it, take a cheat sheet!

Uncle Tong said that the purpose of the national examination is to select talents from all over the world. Now that the exam is over, I am regarded as a thief, and my personality has been lost first. I lost my personality. Why am I here? I won't do it! Why should I attend? I won't attend.

In this way, he left with an exam basket, never taking the exam again, but studying at home and indulging in his professional painting. As a result, he really became a famous figure, a very famous person who was not in our officialdom. This is also interpreted as a joke.

What is the real meaning? That is, Confucius asked about reading, not for learning, not for his own interests. For example, I want to be an official and worship my ancestors. I want to be famous and praised by others. What do you think of my strength?

Not to get rich. How much money and wealth I can have, I can show off and be complacent. Neither.

Unlike later Confucian scholars, they all regarded Confucius and Mencius as a stepping stone to fame, but this is not the case.

What's that for? He studied for himself, not as a tool of fame and fortune, so his study reached the highest level of art.

This is because we don't know much about Confucius. Recently, I have to say that the Complete Works of Wang Yangming I am reading is almost finished. I feel that Wang Yangming, as another saint, like Confucius, really didn't study for promotion, but for making a fortune.

A gentleman is a man for himself, not for others. First of all, he should cultivate self-cultivation and be himself. Then he should benefit the whole world, make people happy and make the country stable.

Let those students who study really learn something, cultivate their morality, be a learned person, be a virtuous person, be a gentleman and be a saint.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Yangming is really as proficient in the Six Arts as Confucius. He has a way of doing everything, and he will be outstanding!

He is a civil servant himself. Later, an imperial envoy named Wu Zhuangyuan thought he was powerless and wanted to compete with him in archery.

To tell the truth, it's a bit of a bully. But Wang Yangming really agreed, and it was really good.

What everyone didn't expect was that Wu Zhuangyuan hit the bull's-eye with one arrow and missed three, while Wang Yangming hit the bull's-eye with four arrows. Just like Confucius we talked about two days ago, it is easy to win against the nobles of Lu.

Wang Yangming said: I can be stingy, that is, I can be stingy when I have it, and I can take it out when I need it! You can't use it without preparation. It's not easy. Let's think about it.

But many of us are studying now, not because he wants to study, not because he wants to improve himself, but for his career and future, so it is very painful to say that reading has no artistic realm. In other words, we did something that we didn't like to do. We were bored, didn't have the heart to do it, and couldn't do it well.

But you will find that when you really like to do something, such as Qiu Yan, she likes to lead and she likes to take notes. You see, as long as she has something good now, she will write it down in her notes, and when she needs something, she can take it out immediately. This is a hobby. What you really like and what you don't really like, dealing with others and having to do it for a certain purpose are two completely different realms.

It is time. There were not many topics today, but I talked for half an hour. To sum up, it is actually a sentence, that is, Confucius thinks that I don't do everything, so I can be versatile and do everything well. This is my explanation.

We will continue to learn the next chapter at 6: 30 tomorrow morning.

Confucius said, "I am wise. Ignorance is also. Someone asked me, but it was empty. I'm exhausted at both ends. "

This chapter is about the true cultivation of Confucius. We'll talk about how to explain it tomorrow