Chapter 16 Chapter 16

In "The Analects of Confucius?In Gongye Novel No. 5, there is a passage like this: The Master said: "In a city of ten houses, there must be someone who is as loyal and trustworthy as Qiu, and he is not as good as Qiu who is eager to learn." In traditional culture, there are similar words, for example: within five steps, there must be fragrant grass, which means that even in a community with only a few families, there will be people who are loyal to their ideals in life and stick to their beliefs in life. people.The reason why these people have not been able to succeed is because they have not been able to study, think and pursue unswervingly like Confucius.At any time, once a person gives up his life goal, then you are already defeated without a fight.

These teachings are really sincere, let us wake up from the sinking, and from then on, like Confucius, firmly grasp our own life goals, never give up at any time, and never be discouraged... But wait a minute, what Confucius said, It was told to us, and we took it for granted.But Confucius himself, did he believe it or not? Confucius himself did not believe this statement. "The Analects?In the Fourteenth Chapter of the Constitution, there is such a short story: The original land is barren.The Master said: "If you are young but not a grandson, if you are old and have nothing to say, and if you are old but not dead, you are a thief." Knock his shin with a stick.

What is described here is the simple and harmonious life scene in the ancient countryside. At the beginning of the story, there is a man named Yuan Rang. He is an old neighbor of Confucius. He grew up playing games with Confucius.At the beginning of the story, Yuan Rang was old and his mother had just passed away, but Yuan Rang didn't feel the slightest grief. He sat on the ground with his back against the earth wall, spread his old cold legs, and basked in the sun. The sun, while unbuttoning his trouser belt to catch lice, also sang loudly. At this time Confucius came and pointed at Yuan Rang's nose and cursed: "You are a person who didn't love your younger siblings when you were young. You have lived your whole life in vain without any achievements in life. You have lived your whole life in a muddle. Do you think you are an old man?"

After scolding, Confucius picked up his crutches, without any explanation, and hit Yuan Rang on the ankle... Whether Confucius destroyed Yuan Rang is not recorded in the history books, but people like Yuan Rang constitute a counter-evidence of Confucian thought.Confucius said, "Within ten rooms, there must be those who are as loyal and trustworthy as a hill." Could it be that he was referring to Yuan Rang? Even if Confucius was not talking about Yuan Rang, but we also know that, just look around us, the most holy teacher like Confucius, you will never meet one in thousands of years, but like Yuan Rang who has no purpose in life, A decadent person who lives every day counts, but the streets are full of valleys, and there are a lot of them.

There is the earliest "History of the Barnyard Barnyard", in which there is a mention of a man named Wu stupid, who is lazy by nature and does not do childbirth. He is already in his thirties, and his fifty-year-old father supports him. clan.There was a fortune teller who made a fortune teller for Wu Zhizi's family, saying: "Wu Zhizi's father can live to be eighty years old, and Wu Zhizi can live to be sixty-two years old."Hearing this, Stupid Wu burst into tears and said: "My father can only live to be eighty years old, and there are thirty years left, but I can live to be sixty-two years old, and there are thirty-two years left. Get up, when I am sixty years old, there are still two years left, who will support me..."

In fact, through the story of Yuan Rang, Confucius made us think about the essence of loyalty.Could it be that Yuan Rang is disloyal and distrustful?Yuan Yang's level of loyalty and trustworthiness is no less than that of Confucius, but the content of his loyalty and trustworthiness is completely different from that of Confucius. Confucius was loyal to his ideal of life, and so was Yuan Rang.Confucius sticks to his inner beliefs, and so does Yuan Rang.However, Confucius' life ambition is to pursue knowledge and ideas, and to be a role model for all generations, while Yuan Rang's life ambition is to muddle along, and one day is one day.Confucius' belief in life is that as long as you work hard, you will achieve something in life, but Yuan Rang's belief in life is that you are too tired, no matter how much you have achieved in life, when the time comes, your legs will fall into the loess, and you will be Confucius Or the original land, what's the difference?

Obviously, Confucius' attitude towards life is positive, upward, and bright, and it is worthy of our study and emulation.However, the attitudes towards life of Yuan Rang and Wu Zhizi are negative, downward, gloomy, and unworthy.But they have one thing in common, that is, firmness and persistence in their attitude towards life. No one can change Confucius, and no one can influence Yuan Rang either. This kind of firmness and persistence is loyalty to Confucius, and thick black to Yuan Rang. Loyalty and trust are just the other side of thick black—but we still have to say that all people are born equal, and equality means having the same thick black. If you are thick black in the right way, then the achievements of Confucius in life will depend on you Words are not difficult.But if you are as dark as Yuanjun, you will inevitably have to suffer from crutches.