Interpretation of The Analects of Confucius: "Zi Wu Zhi Cheng"

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Article 4 of Article 17 of Yang Huo's Analects of Confucius: the martial city of the son, the sound of string songs. The master smiled and said, "Why do you want to cut the chicken with an ox knife?" Ziyou said to him, "Mr. Yan has also heard the philosophers say,' A gentleman learns to love others, but a villain learns the Tao easily.' Confucius said, "Two or three sons! Yan's words are right. Foreword, the ear of drama. "

Wucheng is a place name, where Confucius student Ziyou takes the lead.

Confucius once came to this place, Wucheng, and heard the sound of string songs, which is a symbol of ruling the city by rites and music. The name of Ziyou is the local official of Wucheng, a small town in Shandong Province.

Confucius was very happy to hear the sound of string songs, and his disciples were able to govern the city-state with rites and music, so he smiled-laughter is a heartfelt and casual smile-and said, is it necessary to kill a chicken?

This sentence is a rhetorical question, asking that at that time, those princes and monarchs did not need rites and music to govern the country, but Ziyou did it in a small martial city. Big countries don't need music. Can you still use this town?

Ziyou said to the teacher seriously, I have heard the teacher say before that a gentleman can love others when he learns the way of etiquette and music, and a villain can be sent to do what he should do when he learns the way of etiquette and music.

The gentleman and the villain here refer to the superior and the inferior respectively.

Confucius listened to the lobbying and said, Ersanzi, Ersanzi refers to the disciples who were around Confucius at that time. Ziyou's words are right. What I said was just a joke.

Mr. Li Li believes that this passage shows Confucius' inner liberation and uncontrollable joy when he saw his disciples governing the city-state with rites and music. The metaphor of "how to kill a chicken with an ox knife" reflects Confucius' joy and regret that Ziyou could not rule a big country to show the rule of courtesy and music. Confucius' profound affirmation of Yan Yan can also be seen in the sentence "suppressed words are also the ears of the sequence"

Mr. nan huaijin thinks-this paragraph here is a wave in the article, and it also has something to do with Yang Huo's paragraph. How do you say it matters? At this time, Confucius himself did not need to come out. He trains the younger generation, hoping that his student class can make a difference and make contributions to society and the times.

Mr. Qian Mu's Notes-How to Cut Chicken with an Ox Knife: There are two solutions. In a word, you can rule a small town, why use Ritual Avenue? As a matter of fact, I am deeply gratified by this. It is a pity to describe a small town in Wucheng with one word. However, if you smile, you will always be more happy than sorry.

I prefer the first solution. Reminds me of the French film "Spring in the Cowboy Class"-the story is: in the French countryside of 1949, musician Clemente went to a boarding school for boys nicknamed "Tangdi" as a teaching assistant. Most of the students in the school are difficult children, and corporal punishment is very common here. The headmaster of the school only cares about his own future and is cruel and overbearing. The taciturn Clemente tried to improve this situation in his own way. He re-created music works and formed a choir, and decided to use music to open students' closed hearts.

It turns out that the effect is very good. Confucius attached great importance to the education of rites and music 2,500 years ago, which is actually very brilliant, in line with the people-oriented and highly efficient educational ideas and concepts. People pay more and more attention to the educational role of music and poetry in people and society.

Good music can nourish people's hearts