Even so, the master only carries out your Tao. What does it matter if the world doesn't allow it? We cannot show that we are gentlemen.

I. Original text

Zi Gong went out and Yan came back to see him. Confucius said, "Hui, the poem says,' Bandits kill tigers and lead them into the wilderness'. Isn't my way evil? What am I doing here? " Yan Hui said, "The way of the master is so great that the world can't tolerate it. Although, the master pushes, no illness, no gentleman! It is my ugliness not to cultivate my husband's morality. Husband's road has been overhauled, no need, this is the ugliness of people with countries. Never meet a gentleman without illness! "

Second, translation.

Lutz went out and Zigong came in to meet him. Confucius said, "Yes, the poem says,' It's neither a rhinoceros nor a tiger, but it's busy in the wild. "What's the problem with our theory? Why did we come to this step? " Zi Gong said: "The teacher's theory is so great that no country in the world can accommodate you. Can the teacher lower the standard a little? "

Confucius said, "The master's way is beyond the reach of the world. Even so, the master only carries out your Tao. What does it matter if the world doesn't allow it? We cannot show that we are gentlemen. It is my shame not to practice monasticism; Tao has been overhauled and is not used by the world, which is the shame of governors. What does it matter if the world doesn't allow it? It is not allowed to show that we are gentlemen. "

Third, the source

history

Extended data

First, the creative background

Sima Qian's stepfather was Taishi Gong in the third year of Yuanfeng (BC 108), and he began to write Taishi Gong Shu (hereinafter referred to as Historical Records) in the first year of Shu Tai (BC 104).

Later, he was arrested and imprisoned for defending Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for the defeat and surrender of Li Ling, and was convicted of corruption, which caused great physical and mental trauma. After he was released from prison, he worked as a secretary and continued to finish his history books with humiliation and enthusiasm. In about two years (9 1 year ago), the book was finally compiled and revised.

Second, the appreciation of works

The unique narrative art of Historical Records pays great attention to the deeper exploration of the causal relationship of events, synthesizes various historical books of the previous generation, forms a unified statement, and describes all historical times before the middle of the Western Han Dynasty with twelve biographies and ten tables as the representatives vertically, and eight biographies, thirty biographies and seventy biographies as the representatives horizontally, leading all classes, nationalities, fields and industries, forming a comfortable structure criss-crossing.

In addition, Historical Records also has many unique features in terms of composition, sentence patterns and words, which is unique and unconventional, and produces unique effects with its novelty and variety.

Three. Brief introduction of the author

Sima Qian (former 145-? ) was born in xia yang (now south of Hancheng, Shaanxi). Historians and essayists in the Western Han Dynasty. Sima Tan's son, Ren Taishiling, was imprisoned for defending Li Ling's defeat and surrender, and later served as the secretariat. He worked hard to complete the historical records he wrote, and was called Shi Qian, Tai Shigong and the father of history by the later Buddha.

Sima Qian created China's first biographical style and general history book with the historical knowledge of "studying the relationship between man and nature, connecting the changes of ancient and modern times", which was recognized as the model of China's history books and the first of the "Twenty-five History", and was praised by Lu Xun as "a historian's swan song, leaving Sao without rhyme".

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