"Good for evil, why good for evil; How to explain the sentence "report complaints directly and report complaints with good deeds"?

Treat people who are not good to you with conscience and virtue, and what reward should you give to those who are good to you? Correct the attitude of those who treat you badly, make them understand their mistakes, and bring things back to common sense (that is, you can naturally repay those who are loyal to you with your virtue.

Source: In the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius' The Analects of Confucius.

Original text:

Or, "How about good for good?" Confucius said, "How can I repay you? Direct complaints, good for good. " Confucius said, "I know my husband!" Zi Gong said, "Where is its ignorance?" Confucius said, "I don't complain about heaven, I don't care about people." If you go to school and get there, you will know me! "Gongbo Liaozi Road is in Ji Sun. Fu Zi told Jingbo, "My master naturally confused Gong, and I can still manage the city. "Confucius said:" What the Tao wants, its life is also. ":Tao will be wasted, which will be fatal. Gong Ruzhi! "

Vernacular translation:

Someone said, "How about repaying kindness with evil?" Confucius said, "What can I repay you? It should be to complain with integrity and repay kindness. " Confucius said, "No one knows me!" Zi Gong said, "How can you say that no one knows you?" Confucius said: "I don't complain about heaven or people." I study etiquette and music to complete my mission. Only God knows me! "

The palace turned it in. Ziwuyu Jingbo told Confucius about it and said, "The family was confused by the public. I can kill the public and be buried in the city. " Confucius said, "The practice of Tao is determined by destiny; Tao can't do it, which is also determined by fate. What can Gong Liao Bo do with fate? "

Extended data writing background:

The Analects of Confucius is an ancient literary work. Xian Wen comes from The Analects of Confucius, chapter 44. The main contents are: some qualities that a gentleman must possess; Confucius' comments on various social phenomena at that time; Confucius put forward the concept of justice and benefit of "seeing benefit and forgetting righteousness".

There are 44 chapters in The Analects of Confucius. Among them, the famous sentence is: "Don't save when you see danger, forget righteousness when you see profit"; "Gentleman, villain"; "Ancient scholars are themselves, and today's scholars are human beings"; "If you are not in your place, you will not seek your own government"; "A gentleman can't think about his position"; "A gentleman is ashamed of words and transcends deeds"; "cultivate self-cultivation and protect the people"; "The benevolent is not worried, the wise is not confused, and the brave is not afraid". The main contents of this paper include: some qualities that a gentleman must possess; Confucius' comments on various social phenomena at that time; Confucius put forward the concept of justice and benefit of "seeing benefit and forgetting righteousness".

About the author:

Confucius (September 28th BC1year-April BC1year), surnamed Kong, was born in the late Spring and Autumn Period (now Qufu, Shandong) and his ancestral home was Li Yi (now Xiayi, Henan), an ancient thinker and educator in China.

Confucius' ancestor was a nobleman in Yi Li (now Xiayi, Henan Province) in Song Dynasty, and the founding monarch of Shang Dynasty, Shang Tang. After the rebellion of the three kingdoms in the early Zhou Dynasty, in order to appease the nobles and future generations of the Shang Dynasty, the Duke of Zhou appointed his younger brother Wei to establish the Song Kingdom in Shangqiu and worship Yin Shang as emperor.

In the sixth year of Lu Dynasty (504 BC), yang hu, the retainer of Ji surname, became more and more powerful. Confucius called it "the minister in charge of politics". So Confucius abdicated and wrote poems, books, rituals and music. Many disciples followed Confucius to study all over the world. Yanghu wants to see Confucius, but Confucius doesn't want to see Yanghu. Later, they met on the road. Yang hu advised Confucius to be an official, but Confucius didn't make a clear statement, and then Confucius was promoted to a small ordinary person.

In the eleventh year of Lu (499 BC), Confucius was promoted to the general manager of Lu, took photos, fined Shao Zhengmao on the seventh day, exposed his corpse on the third day, and Lu rectified. In the twelfth year of Lu Dinggong (498 BC), Confucius weakened Sanhuan (Shu, Shi), which was called Sanhuan because it was the descendant of the third son. At that time, the Lu regime was actually in their hands, and some retainers of the Third Ring Road also controlled the Third Ring Road to varying degrees. They took measures to destroy the castle built by the Third Ring Road. Later, the actions of Sandu were abandoned halfway, and the contradiction between Confucius and Sanhuan was exposed.

In the spring of the thirteenth year of Lu (497 BC), Confucius was 55 years old. Qi sent 80 beautiful women to Lu. Ji accepted female music, and the monarch and his subjects were addicted to singing and dancing, and ignored state affairs for many days. Confucius was at odds with Ji's family. Confucius was very disappointed. Soon, Lu held a sacrifice in the suburbs. After the sacrifice, it was customary to give the meat to the doctor, not Confucius. This shows that Ji doesn't want to hire him any more. Confucius had to leave Shandong to find a way out in a foreign country and began his journey around the world.