At the beginning of the chat, some netizens sharply asked him if he was using the recent upsurge of Chinese studies to hype himself. Tan Jingwei simply explained that if there is no real time to interpret The Analects, it is impossible to speculate. He has made great efforts in studying the Analects of Confucius, and he still has a lot of his own things, otherwise he would not go to Peking University to show it. Moreover, he just holds a learning attitude, thinking about communicating with experts and scholars from Peking University, listening to different voices at the same time, enriching his own thoughts and constantly improving himself, and there is no speculation at all.
The netizen curiously asked Tan Jingwei how he thought of learning The Analects of Confucius. He said that in 2002, he traveled to Wutai Mountain and bought two copies of the Analects of Confucius in South China. After reading it, he became interested in The Analects. He felt that The Analects was not far away, and the more he read it, the more interesting it became. Later, he decided to interpret it himself.
When a netizen asked Tan Jingwei what was his greatest experience in studying The Analects of Confucius, Tan Jingwei said that one of the most important contents of The Analects of Confucius was self-cultivation. Confucius has more than 3,000 disciples, and the content of his conversation with his disciples is basically to teach them how to be a man and how to change their shortcomings and mistakes. Moreover, the ancients had some problems, and we also have them today, which may be more serious. Therefore, from the perspective of personal cultivation, people who read The Analects must first change their own shortcomings and deficiencies, because if they can't do this, the Analects will be read in vain.
Tan Jingwei said that he is also a person with many problems. He has a bad temper, is often irritable, and has a strong sense of justice and responsibility. So sometimes when dealing with some problems, he is a bit extreme, more acerbic and more straightforward. He said with a smile that this shortcoming of himself is very similar to Luz and Sima Niu among Confucius disciples. Therefore, when reading The Analects of Confucius, he paid attention to changing himself bit by bit by using the method that Confucius taught Luz and Sima Niu.
Earlier, some media reported that when Tan Jingwei gave a speech at Peking University 15 minutes, someone started reading other books, and someone left after 30 minutes. In this regard, Tan Jingwei said that he has received due respect. The only dissatisfaction is that his lecture materials are not well prepared and he is not very good at communicating with the audience, so it is completely expected that someone will leave. Moreover, he believes that it is very difficult to thoroughly explain the Analects of Confucius in one and a half hours, and he is already very satisfied with the effect of the speech that day.
Tan Jingwei worked as a security guard in Beijing for 10 years, so some netizens asked him if he had communicated with friends who were also security guards around him and talked about his experience in learning The Analects of Confucius. Tan Jingwei said with a smile that he occasionally talks about it, but after all, the overall education of the security industry is low, and some security guards are too young to care about these things at all.
Because it is similar to Yu Dan's lecture, many people think that Tan Jingwei wants PK Yu Dan. He clarified with netizens that he had never said the phrase "PK Yu Dan", because according to the requirements of Confucianism, he was a low-key and modest person. At the same time, Tan Jingwei also admitted that she had never listened to Yu Dan's lectures, but only learned something through her books.
However, Tan Jingwei's evaluation of Dan is quite high. He believes that Confucianism has been in a state of interruption since the New Culture Movement. Through lectures and Yu Dan's lectures on The Analects of Confucius, The Analects of Confucius suddenly became the hottest topic in current society. Everyone knows the Analects of Confucius. Pick it up and read it. Therefore, he thinks that from the perspective of Confucian revival, Yu Dan's contribution is unparalleled.
Some netizens asked Tan Jingwei how to use his current popularity to realize his dream of "reviving Confucianism for a hundred years". Tan Jingwei said that going to Peking University is not his only goal, although the society may think it is a great thing. But his most urgent wish is to publish more books, so that he can get more royalties and realize his dream of "promoting Confucianism" as soon as possible. According to the Beijing Times.