What do you mean, "If the sky doesn't die, what's the matter with people?" ?

If God doesn't destroy this culture, what can the Kuang people do to me?

Original text:

The son was afraid of Kuang and said, "Since King Wen is gone, where is Wen?" The day will be lost, and the deceased will not be with Sven; If the sky does not fall, what will the people do? "Taizai asked Zigong," What is the relationship between a master and a saint? How many more can there be? Zi Gong said: "The general who consolidates heaven and earth is sacred, but he is also versatile. Hearing this, Zi said, "Does Taizai know me?" I am cheap, so I can despise. How many gentlemen are there? Not much. "

Vernacular translation:

When Confucius was besieged in Kuang Di, he said, "After Zhou Wenwang died, didn't the etiquette and music culture of the Zhou Dynasty reflect on me?" ? If god wants to destroy this culture, then I can't master it; If God doesn't destroy this culture, what can the Kuang people do to me? "

Taizai asked Zigong, "Is Confucius a saint?" Why are you so versatile? Zi Gong said, "It was God who made him a saint and made him versatile. Confucius listened and said, "How can Taizai know me?" Because of the humble status of teenagers, I know a lot of humble skills. Will a gentleman have so many skills? Not much. "

This article is from The Analects of Confucius by Zi Han in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Extended data writing background:

The Analects of Confucius puts forward different views. He noticed that the ten articles before and after this edition of The Analects were different in style and appellation. The first ten articles recorded Confucius' answers to the question of respecting the public and mourning the public, all of which were called "Confucius to the Japanese" to show respect for the monarch. Answering the doctor's question is called "Confucius", which means it is different from jun, and "it depends on public opinion."

The Analects of Confucius was written in the early Warring States period. Because Qin Shihuang burned books to bury Confucianism (called Fang warlock in ancient times), he was good at offering sacrifices and fortune telling. ), there were only three kinds of books orally taught and obtained from the wall of Confucius' residence in the Western Han Dynasty: twenty Analects of Confucius orally taught by Lu people;

Twenty-two articles of The Analects of Confucius were orally taught by Qi people. Many chapters and sentences in the twenty articles are the same as those in The Analects of Confucius, but there are two more "Ask Your Knowledge". The Analects of Confucius, an ancient text found in the double wall of Confucius' residence, does not contain two copies, so ask the gentleman to know. However, Zi Zhangwen of Medicine Month is another book, so there are two Zi Zhangpian, which are different from Qi Lun and Lu Lun in terms of more than 400 words.

The Analects of Confucius has been regarded as "the rule of the Five Classics, the throat of the Six Arts" since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "ousted a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone", and it is the first-hand material for studying Confucius and Confucianism, especially primitive Confucianism. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu combined Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius and Mencius into four books, which made his position in Confucian classics improve day by day.

During the life extension period of the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial examination began to select scholars with the "four books". From then on, until the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty, the imperial examination was abolished, and The Analects of Confucius has always been the golden rule pursued by scholars.

About the author:

Confucius, a native of Kong Qiu, Zhong Ni, was born in Lu Yi (now Nishan Town, Qufu City, Jining City, Shandong Province), a famous thinker, educator and founder of Confucianism in the late Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. His thoughts had a far-reaching impact on China and the world.