Appreciate a teenager who asked him for knowledge: "It's hard to find a person who can talk about white horses, and now it's hard to find a person who can explore and thoroughly understand white horses."
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a famous representative named Gongsun Zilong. He had many interesting paradoxes, the most famous of which was the theory that a white horse is not a horse.
Legend has it that one day Gong Sunlong rode a white horse into the city, but the keeper of the city gate said that horses were not allowed to enter the city according to the regulations. So GongSunLong began his argument that a white horse is not a horse.
The expression in "white horse is not a horse" Say "white horse" is not "horse" because "horse" is defining its shape, while "white horse" refers to its color, which is different from its shape.
Finally, it persuaded the city guard, so he rode his white horse (not a horse) into the city.
This is the origin of Gong Sunzilong's On White Horse, and some scholars think that white horse is not a horse. This is a famous logical problem, which is a logical change of concept.
Since then, the theory of white horse has been discussed by many philosophers in the pre-Qin period.
Ruan Yu, one of the seven sages of bamboo forest in Wei and Jin Dynasties, is Ruan Ji's younger brother. Ruan Yu burned cars for his friends, which made his reputation of "generosity" widely spread in Xie An's youth.
Ruan Yu had contacts with the Xie Wan brothers and had asked Xie Wan for four books. I can see that he likes to "explore" knowledge.
He said that Xie An likes Laozi and Buddhism very much, so he is also good at talking, that is, he doesn't talk about secular things such as politics and military affairs, but only talks about philosophy.
The story tells that when Xie An was young, Ruan Yu was asked to explain the white horse theory, which was a philosophical problem handed down from the pre-Qin period. In order to answer this question, Ruan Yu wrote a paper specially for Xie An.
At that time, Xie An couldn't immediately understand Ruan Yu's words, so he repeatedly broke the casserole and asked Ruan Yu's opinion. Ruan Yu praised himself and said: "It is not only difficult to find someone who can explain this problem, but also difficult to seek a thorough understanding!"
There are relatively few records about Xie An's study in history books, which is mainly related to the historical background at that time.
In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the gate valve system was widely practiced, and there were many gentry, large and small, and officials were basically elected from the gentry.
Therefore, the gentry has always maintained a monopoly on education, and the children at home are basically educated by their own, not sent to private schools.
And Xie Jia of Xie An was already the gate when he was a child, so he should study at home from an early age.
In the story, Xie An, a teenager, asks Ruan Yu about philosophy in the pre-Qin period, which shows that it is no accident that he later loved philosophy.
Xie An's story of seeking knowledge from others as a child also shows that "seeking knowledge" is also a brilliant art.
First, ask questions, be curious and ask more questions, and ask questions repeatedly if you are not sure.
Second, I will ask questions, which are very deep and valuable.
Third, it can arouse the voices of scholars and experts and inspire each other.
These are the important reasons why Xie Anbo praised the sage Ruan Guanglu.
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