Qi Jingtao often borrowed Lao Qi's collection of books, and after discovering Mr. Nan Huaijin's works, he often borrowed them to read. Especially in the days when the hot spring resort was training, there were thousands of parties to train the students in the basic courses. Qi Jingtao finally had a whole period of leisure time, and he felt that he had nothing to do, so he almost read through Mr. Nan Huaijin's writings.

Qi Jingtao has read the book "Analects of Distinction" for a few days, and he knows a thing or two about the author. Xu Manli asked, right in the middle, smiled and said: "Mr. Nan Huaijin, a contemporary cultural celebrity! Some people say that he is also a Confucian, not a Confucian, a Buddha but not a Buddha." ”

"Oh, it's so mysterious, Mr. Nan Huaijin, I don't know. I've read through the Analects, Brother Tao, which passage are you tasting today?" Xu Manli continued to interrogate reluctantly.

Qi Jingtao's cold sweat is about to come out, this girl is endless. I remember turning the page of the book in my hand, and blurted out without thinking, "Wouldn't it be nice to have friends from afar?"

"Oh, so soon you only recognize me as a friend, but my friend has come back from a long business trip, and you two don't seem to be happy at all. Xu Manli looked back at Su Min, who was still concentrating on watching TV, and seemed to grasp the unusualness.

Qi Jingtao felt that his whole body was sweating, this girl was evil today, why is she so pestering? He stood up with the book, looked at Xu Manli with a smile and said, "I have always understood this sentence of Confucius as well. But Mr. Nan has a different statement. I think it makes a lot of sense. Alas, the books of these years have really been read in vain. ”

Xu Manli was interested, clasped her hands to her chest, shrugged her shoulders, looked at Qi Jingtao and said: "Zi said: Learn and learn from time to time, don't you also say it? There are friends from afar, and you are happy? People don't know and are not ashamed, and they are not gentlemen? What the teacher taught me is the meaning I just understood, and that Mr. Nan can still explain a flower? Brother Tao said, 'There are friends from afar, are you happy?'

Su Min, who was pretending to watch TV in the living room, but had been pricking up his ears to listen to the conversation between the two, couldn't sit still, turned around, knelt on the sofa, and looked at the two people talking about learning inside and outside the door with great interest.

Qi Jingtao himself was also interested, good books can't be hidden, good books have to be shared with confidants and book friends to have fun, he watched Xu Manli drop the book bag: "What Mr. Nan said, Confucius is a saint, and his students can't say such a plain saliva at the beginning of such an important work as the Analects. Zi said: When you learn and learn it, don't you also say that there are friends from afar, and you are happy? People don't know and are not ashamed, and they are not gentlemen?

This passage was included in the middle school textbook, and according to the explanation taught by the teacher, the son once said: Isn't it also a happy thing to learn and learn from time? Just like having a friend from afar, isn't it also a thing to be happy about? Isn't it also a sign of a gentleman's behavior if a person doesn't know this truth and is not angry with him? Isn't it very simple and easy to remember?"

"Yes, isn't it worth being happy to have friends from afar?" Xu Manli said playfully, and glanced back at the little woman who left the TV screen behind her.

"What I have been tasting today is this sentence, the point is not to learn and learn, but 'Friends from afar, happy?' Mr. Nan's explanation is: When a person is thinking about the world and the country, and future generations, it is when he is lonely and desolate, and a confidant comes, which is a very happy thing. And the word 'far' in 'friends from afar' is very important and is the most worthy of in-depth analysis. ”

"Far, far, far, far away, far away, far away, far away, far away, isn't it just a word that means distance. In Confucius's time, how far did it take to walk for ten days and half a month? Hehe, it's a long way, right?" Su Min involuntarily inserted into the discussion.

"Hehehe, the problem lies in the understanding of 'far'. Far away is not necessarily the 'far' that indicates the distance of space, a friend from afar.

This is not the meaning of the Analects, his word 'far' is to describe the rarity of a confidant. We have an old saying: 'You have a confidant in life, and you have no regrets in death.' 'Anyone who has been a person all his life, including your family, is not necessarily your confidant, so if you can have a confidant, you can die without regrets. Even if a person does something vigorously for a lifetime, he may not be able to get a confidant who knows you completely, especially if he is a scholar.

So the second sentence follows: It is a pleasure to have friends from afar - you should not be afraid that no one will know, and slowly someone will know that this person is far away. This 'far' is not necessarily the 'far' of space, but may also be the 'far' of time.

Confucius's knowledge began to rise 500 years after the death of Confucius, and it began to rise greatly by the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Dong Zhongshu promoted Confucius, and Sima Qian wrote the "Records of the Historians," praising Confucius very much. Confucius has been very lonely in the past 500 years, so he knows that 'it is very happy to have friends from afar.' ”

"Is this Mr. Nan's explanation?" asked Su Min stupidly.

"Yes, this is Nan Huaijin's new interpretation of this well-known sentence after reading the subset of scriptures and histories and then discussing the Analects?" Qi Jingtao expressed Mr. Nan's views from memory according to the script, and while admiring Mr. Nan Huaijin in his heart, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems to make a lot of sense, no wonder Brother Tao needs to read the book upside down, count you as passing!" Xu Manli smiled with satisfaction, she didn't intend to embarrass this pair of gentlemen and ladies who seemed to have made a breakthrough, she finally had a complete merit and could retire.

"Would you rather be friends or confidants with me?" Qi Jingtao asked cheaply.

"Confidant, what is a confidant between a man and a woman? Does Brother Tao still want to have a confidant? Sister Min doesn't mind?" Xu Manli's face showed a trace of confusion, how easy is it between a man and a woman to become a confidant? The so-called confidante is just a synonym for vassal elegance. From ancient times to the present, how many of the so-called confidante stories praised by the world are pure confidants?

Su Minjie doesn't mind, can she not mind? How many women can be so open-minded that they can talk to their men and other younger and more beautiful women, and replace them with confidantes instead of being jealous? The woman who can become her man's confidante is absolutely superior to her own irreplaceable side, and she definitely occupies an irreplaceable place in the hearts of her own men.

It's just that at this time, she can't express the slightest mind, but wants to show the deep enthusiasm of sisterhood. Su Min was embarrassed to continue to pretend to sit in the living room, what did the inexplicable sports competition on the TV have to do with her? She resolutely left Qi Jingtao to read his book, and pulled Xu Manli back to her room to mutter, talking about their private words.