Zhong Ni's translation of water.

Xu Zi said, "Confucius spoke highly of water. He said, "water, water!" "What did Confucius take from the water? Mencius said: "The spring water from the source gushed out day and night, filled the hole, moved on, and finally flowed into the sea. This is true of all sources, and Confucius just took them.

If there is no source, like the rain in July and August, it rains very densely, and the ditches, large and small, are full of water, but they soon dry up. Therefore, reputation exceeds reality, and a gentleman is ashamed. "

Second, the original text

Xu Zi said: "Zhong Ni called it water:' water is water!'" "How to get it from the water? Mencius said: "The source gangsters don't abandon day and night; Yingke is backward and everywhere: take this if you have it. If there is no foundation; In July and August, the rain fell, the ditches were full and dry, and they could still stand! Therefore, I have heard that the gentleman is ashamed. "

Third, the source

Mencius

Extended data

First, the creative background

There are seven books in Mencius, which is a compilation of Mencius' remarks during the Warring States Period. It records the arguments between Mencius and other schools, the words and deeds of disciples, and the lobbying of princes. It was compiled by Mencius and his disciples (Zhang Wan and others). ).

Mencius recorded Mencius' thoughts on governing the country, political strategies (the debate between benevolence and Wang Ba, people-oriented, respecting the right and wrong of the monarch's heart, the people being the monarch, and the monarch following it) and political actions. Written in the mid-Warring States period, it belongs to Confucian classics.

Second, the appreciation of works

Mencius is magnificent, full of emotion, eloquent, infectious, spread to future generations and has far-reaching influence, and has become one of the classic works of Confucianism.

Mencius' language is clear, plain and simple, and at the same time it is refined and accurate. As an essay, Mencius is good at argument, more artistic and expressive, and has the nature of literary prose. Among them, the argumentative essay skillfully uses the method of logical reasoning, and Mencius skillfully uses analogical reasoning, often playing hard to get, repeatedly asking questions, and winding the other party into his own preset conclusion, such as Hui Liang and Wang Xia.

Momentum is an important style feature of Mencius' prose. This style stems from the strength of Mencius' personality cultivation. People with this lofty spirit can overwhelm each other mentally, despise political power, despise material greed, have extraordinary spirit, be upright, selfless and fearless. Rhetorical devices such as even sentences and overlapping sentences are widely used in Mencius.

Three. Brief introduction of the author

Mencius (about 372 BC-289 BC), whose name is unknown (Yu Zi, Zi Ju, etc.). They all came from fake books or were invented for later generations. They were from Zou, a native of Lu (now Zoucheng, Shandong) in the middle of the Warring States Period, not far from Qufu, the hometown of Confucius. He is a famous thinker, politician, educator, the successor of Confucius' theory and an important representative of Confucianism.

Zhong Ni is famous for its water.