I don't know how the child is, just look at the father. If you don't know yourself, just look at his friends. If you don't know the master, just look at the messenger he sent. If you don't know the local situation, look at the local vegetation. Therefore, being with virtuous people is like being bathed in a room full of fragrance when planting Lan Zhi. After a long time, I can't smell the fragrance, but it is already full of fragrance. Being with people with bad conduct is like going to a place selling abalone. After a long time, it will not stink, and it will also blend into the environment; The place where Dan was hidden turned red after a long time, and the place where pigment was hidden turned black after a long time, which was also caused by environmental impact! Therefore, a real gentleman must carefully choose his own environment.
2. What does Dong Su's classical Chinese tell you? This fable mocks insatiable people. There is no such thing as eating east and staying west, and everything goes wrong. If you want something good, you must work hard to realize your wish.
impression
After reading this story, I feel how endless human desires are, just like the girl in the story greedily wants to absorb the advantages of two schools at the same time. It is understandable to pursue the best of both worlds, but we should also know ourselves correctly and put our minds right. There is no such thing as eating east and living west, and nothing is satisfactory.
This is also an irony for those who want to take advantage of everything and are insatiable. It tells us that people should not always be so greedy, and those who are satisfied are always happy. The ancients said, "You can't have your cake and eat it." When we want to gamble on this big meal of life, we can only take the essence from it. Life is what you give up and get again and again!
Living with goodwill is like living in a room in Lan Zhi. Full text translation 1, translation:
Confucius said: After my death, Xia Zi will be more progressive than before, while Zigong will be backward. Ceng Zi asked, "Why?" Confucius said: Xia Zi likes to be with people smarter than himself (so his moral cultivation will improve day by day); Zi Gong likes to get along with people who are not as smart as himself (so moral cultivation will be lost day by day).
I don't know how the child is, just look at the father. If you don't know yourself, just look at his friends. If you don't know the master, just look at the messenger he sent. If you don't know the local situation, look at the local vegetation growth.
Therefore, being with virtuous people is like being bathed in a room full of fragrance when planting Lan Zhi. After a long time, I can't smell the fragrance, but it is already full of fragrance. Being with people with bad conduct is like going to a place selling salted fish. After a long time, I can't smell the smell, but I am also integrated into the environment.
The place where cinnabar is put will turn red after a long time, and the place where pigment is put will turn black after a long time. Therefore, a gentleman must carefully choose his own environment.
2. Original text:
Confucius said, "After my death, the heavier my career, the worse my manners." Zeng Zi said, "What is it?" Confucius said, "Those who are virtuous in business are virtuous in doing good. I don't know my son, it depends on his father; I don't know who he is, but treat him as a friend; I don't know who it is, see what it does; I don't know where it is, depending on its vegetation.
Therefore, living in harmony with nature is like walking into Lan Zhi's room. If you don't smell it for a long time, you will melt with it. Living with poor people is like entering the place of abalone. If you haven't heard of it for a long time, you will melt with it. Dan hides red, while lacquer hides black. Therefore, a gentleman must be careful who he is. "
To live with good people is to associate with people with high moral character. -Excerpted from Su's Six Books of Confucius' Family Language.
Extended data:
I. Notes on words
1, such as: like it.
2.4: Shopping.
3. room: room.
4. paint: paint.
5. yes: this one.
6. be careful: be careful.
7. must: must, must.
8. and: and
9. Dan: Dan Sha, mineral name, red.
10, conversion: assimilation
1 1, home: communication.
12, Kindness: noble character
13, room: orchid and ganoderma, two kinds of medicinal materials; Used to describe a good environment.
14, abalone shop: 4, shop; Abalone: that is, pickled fish, which has a foul smell; The shop selling pickled fish is called abalone shop, which is a metaphor for the place where little people gather.
15, Danyin Renhong: The place where cinnabar is placed must be red, which means that you must choose carefully when making friends.
Second, the source value.
Biography of Confucius records the questions, answers, words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples in detail, which is of great theoretical value for studying the philosophy, politics, ethics and educational thoughts of Confucianism (mainly Confucius, the founder). At the same time, because the book preserves many related records in ancient books, it has important literature value for the textual research of ancient relics and the collation of pre-Qin classics.
Secondly, most of the contents in the book are highly narrative, that is, most of them are anecdotes about Confucius, so this book has high literary value. First of all, this book is an important reference for studying Confucius' life and thoughts, and it is also an important basis for us to know the true face of Confucius in history.