Original: Zi Wei Shi, Ran has servants. Confucius said, "What a pity!" You Ran said, "What's the point?" Say, "Rich." He said, "If you have money, why bother?" Say, "teach it."

Vernacular translation:

When Confucius went to defend the country, You Ran drove for him. Confucius said, "What a large population!" You Ran said, "The population is enough. What else should we do? " Confucius said, "Make it rich." You Ran said, "What will you do when you have money?" Confucius said, "Educate them.

Extended data:

Confucius put forward the idea of "enriching the people" and "teaching the people", and it was "getting rich before teaching". This is correct. But this does not mean that people have money but no one teaches them. In the concept of Confucius, educating the people is always a very important issue.

Confucius initiated the wind of private schools and advocated benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith. There are 3000 disciples, including 72 sages. He led some disciples to travel around the world for thirteen years, and revised the six classics of Poetry, Book, Rite, Yue, Yijing and Chunqiu in his later years. After the death of Confucius, his disciples and re-disciples recorded the words and deeds, quotations and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples and compiled The Analects. This book is regarded as a Confucian classic. ?

Confucius was one of the most learned scholars in the society at that time. When he was alive, he was honored as "the sage of heaven" and "the muduo of heaven", and even as the sage of Confucius, the most holy teacher, the master of Wang Xuan and the teacher of all ages by later rulers. His thoughts have a far-reaching influence on China and the world, and he is listed as the first of the "Top Ten Cultural Celebrities in the World". With the expansion of Confucius' influence, "Confucius Sacrifice Ceremony" once became a "big sacrifice" at the same level as China's ancestor worship.