Rebirth of the Entertainment Grandmaster

"What the old gentleman said is good, but 'the people can follow it, but cannot understand it' cannot be broken down the way you did."

This was naturally said by Ye Tang. Of course, he did not despise the old man, but wanted to discuss it with him. He spoke in a polite and asking-for-advice tone. Ye Tang has always respected the teaching profession.

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Moreover, this old gentleman is quite knowledgeable. He was able to decipher the sentence "people can make it, but cannot make it known" in two different ways. This is really impressive.

However, his two interpretations are indeed correct now, but in the eyes of ancient people, they are completely inconsistent with the actual situation.

Is Confucius really ‘benevolent’?

This actually requires a question mark and quotation marks.

When Ye Tang said these words, not only the old man looked over, but more than forty pairs of eyes in the classroom also looked over.

The old man was a little angry, but when he saw that the person who made the noise was a half-year-old child outside the classroom, he laughed again. He was angry and funny.

"Okay, come in, I want to hear what opinions you have. How dare you speak such arrogant words." The old man had a disdainful smile on his face. He's just a kid. How can he have such brilliant opinions!

Ye Tang was not angry, and Shi Shiran walked in and said with a smile: "Old sir, 'people can follow it, but cannot make it known'. In fact, not only can the sentence be broken into your two readings, but there are also three ways to break the sentence.

However, they are all a bit unrealistic. "The Analects of Confucius Taibo" says, "The people can follow it, but they cannot make it known." The next sentence is what Confucius said: "If you are brave and sick, you are poor, and you are in chaos. If you are not benevolent, your illness has become too severe, and you are in chaos."

Yes or no?"

Ye Tang asked.

The old man nodded. This was indeed true, but he didn't care about this. Instead, he was very curious about the other three syntax fragmentation methods that Ye Tang said.

The people can follow it, but they cannot know it. What are the three other ways to break sentences? Why don't I know them?"

The old man actually didn't believe it. The sentence "The people can be made to follow it, but not to know it" has always been interpreted like this. No one in the cultural world has ever proposed his syntax breaking method. It should be the first of its kind.

Yes, how come there are three ways to interpret it?

real or fake?

The old man was very suspicious, but he still had to be polite at this time. If the other party really knew other ways to break up sentences, it would actually be good for him.

The old man himself likes to study "The Analects of Confucius".

Ye Tang smiled. He originally wanted to explain why he couldn't break the sentence like that, but at this time he had to say: "'People can make it happen, but they can't know it.

"Can the people follow it? No, it is possible to know it." "Can the people follow it? If it is not possible, let it be known." Three ways to break sentences. "

There was a lot of debate in that world about the syntax of the sentence "The people can be made to follow it, but not to know it". There were a total of six interpretations, but in Ye Tang's view, this first one is actually the most correct.

"The people can do it, but not know it." For the common people, we can only make them do what we want, but we cannot make them understand why we do what we do.

This is in line with the "The Analects of Confucius Taibo" chapter "The people can be made to follow it, but they cannot be made to know it" and the next chapter "Confucius said: If you are brave and sick and poor, you are in chaos. If people are not benevolent, the disease has become too severe, and you are in chaos.

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The meaning of this next chapter is that Confucius said: "If you like bravery but hate yourself for being too poor, you will commit troubles. If you persecute unkind people or things too much, you will also get into trouble."

This next chapter is related to the previous one, "The people can follow it but cannot know it" and serve as a link between the past and the following. In Confucius' view, if the people are not willing to live in their poor position, they will rise up in rebellion.

This is not conducive to the stability of society, and forcing those who are unkind will cause trouble. Therefore, the best way is to "people can let it go, but not know it" and cultivate people's "benevolence"

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Confucius' thought contained the content of "loving the people", but this had a prerequisite. What he loved was "obedient people" rather than "chaotic people".

If "the people can make it, follow it, but cannot make it known" is interpreted as "the people can make it, follow it, cannot make it, know it", if the people agree, let them do it; if the people don't agree, explain the reason to them

, Such an understanding completely elevates the ideological level of Confucius and modernizes the ancients. It is also inconsistent with Confucius' thoughts reflected in the book "The Analects of Confucius".

It’s true that Confucius would have thought of doing politics in that era!

Complete nonsense!

Besides, breaking up sentences like this doesn't conform to the grammar of ancient Chinese, so Ye Tang couldn't help but speak out.

Of course, in fact, the following statements are all true, and each has its own truth, but in that case, Ye Tang felt that he said to Zi: "If you are brave, you are sick and poor, you are in chaos. If you are not benevolent, you are very sick, and you are in chaos."

This next article will be contradictory.

In Ye Tang's opinion, the most appropriate syntax is "people can follow it, but cannot know it".

Ye Tang said the other three ways of reading sentences, and the old man's eyes widened immediately. These three ways of reading sentences are similar to his two reading methods, and fully embody Confucius' thought of "benevolent and loving others"

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How clever!

The old man walked up to Ye Tang excitedly, his chin and beard trembling.

"Kid, you...did you come up with this all by yourself?" The old man was a little too excited, and his voice was a little abnormal.

Ye Tang nodded. This must be admitted. It is okay not to admit it. Otherwise, if the old man asks his teacher, it will hurt his balls.

"Well done, you are indeed young and promising!" the old man praised, looking at Ye Tang with eyes full of joy.

This little guy seems to have worked hard on "The Analects of Confucius" and his research is more thorough and profound than him. What a good boy!

"All self-study, you come with me," the old man slapped Ye Tang on the shoulder, then took his hand and left, leaving all the students in the classroom.

Ye Tang broke into a cold sweat, old man, we just want to discuss it with you, where are we going?

Ye Tang almost vomited blood. It seemed that he had been tricked this time.

The old man pulled him out of the classroom and walked directly into an office. There was no one inside. After sitting down, the old man poured a cup of tea for Ye Tang and handed it to him politely. Ye Tang quickly took it and said, "Okay, old man."

That's too polite, it doesn't seem like a good thing!

Ye Tang felt a little guilty, but he must not talk about "The Analects of Confucius", "The Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean". Although he knew some, many of them were actually half-understood, and the discussion would definitely reveal the truth.

In terms of ancient Chinese literature, Ye Tang really didn't know much.

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