Why not eat minced meat? This is no joke.

This sentence comes from the Analects of Confucius. The following is the complete paragraph:

Confucius said, "Carnivores are frivolous and fail to make long-term plans. If they get it, they will lose it and die. If you don't have enough to eat, you have no talent, you don't know your life, and you have no gentleman. "

This sentence is Confucius' evaluation of the relationship between eating habits and grand strategy. He thinks that people who pursue meat excessively are despicable because they are incapable of making big plans. Even if they get the material enjoyment they seek, they will lose something more important. Confucius further pointed out that people who only pursue satiety without paying attention to knowledge cultivation lack talent and moral cultivation, and lack understanding of the meaning and mission of life, so they are not real gentlemen.

The meaning of this sentence is to remind people not to pursue material comforts excessively, but to pay attention to self-cultivation and pursue higher goals.