He is almost the same as that year, and in the same way. Humble is shameful, and being an official is close to contempt. Alas, the teacher's way has gone. Witch doctors are highly skilled musicians, and gentlemen disdain them. Today, his wisdom is out of reach, which is strange and embarrassing.
Translation: About his age and moral knowledge. He is ashamed of his low position, which is almost flattering. Alas, the fashion of learning from teachers can't be restored, so I can see it. Witch doctors, musicians and craftsmen are all people that gentlemen despise, but now their knowledge can't keep up with them. It's really weird.
A Brief Introduction to Shi Shuo
Talking about Teacher is an argumentative essay written by Han Yu, a writer in Tang Dynasty. This paper expounds the truth of learning from teachers, satirizes the world that is ashamed of being a teacher, educates young people and plays a role in changing the atmosphere. Through repeated comparison and demonstration of positive and negative examples, this paper discusses the necessity and principles of learning from teachers, and criticizes the bad habit of being ashamed to learn from teachers in society at that time.
It shows extraordinary courage and fighting spirit, and also shows the author's spirit of expressing opinions independently regardless of the secular world. Although the full text is not long, it has profound implications, distinct arguments, rigorous structure, thorough reasoning and strong persuasiveness and appeal. In addition, the combination of duality and parallelism in prose also helps to strengthen the momentum of the article.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-On Teachers