A journey of landscapes, a section of the heart, the passage of the year, how many pleasing scenery can you encounter? Life has become abundant from little by little; The text has become deep and heavy from free and easy. We choose the beginning of the story, but we can't grasp the end of the story, which may be the reason why life lasts forever and is beautiful! The silhouette of time, looming, warm and affectionate, if you are leaving; The palm blossoms, the heart lake ripples, and the depths of time are difficult to tell the past. After the sentimentality is over, you have to face life with a smile, find a sunny morning, step on the morning breeze, and collect the most precious affection that nature has given you. The encounters of life are all destined by us, in this case, we just need to live happily, and don't let fear stand in our hearts.

"Scholars can not be Hongyi, there is a long way to go", Zeng Zi told us that we can not be a man without lofty ambitions and strong will, even if the road is far away, we must carry the responsibility on our shoulders and go down step by step, so that life is down-to-earth. As we usually say, people must have a goal in life, and if there is no goal, they will be scattered. Although human life is a process, not a result, this process needs a direction. Without direction, it may be the rest of its life, or it is back to square one. With purpose, we are no longer duckweed, even if the surrounding environment does not make people feel safe, but the goal gives us confidence and a sense of belonging.

1. Half of the Analects rules the world

The Analects is a collection of quotation-style essays in the pre-Qin period of China, which mainly records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, and is compiled from the records of Confucius's disciples and his followers. Saying without doing is Confucius's consistent style of learning, what is saying without doing? That is, the wisdom and experience of the ancients are stated, and they are not added to their own thoughts. "Narrative" means to inherit the past and forge ahead into the future, to retain traditional culture, to pass on what is known; "Author" refers to one's own creation. As an educator, Confucius was well aware of the importance of saying but not doing. Because the essence that can be retained, there is no need to interpret too much, just teach it to students with confidence, if you add too much of your own things, once it is one-sided, it will mislead future generations.

In fact, the teacher is a typical profession of telling but not doing, and the teacher's task is to teach the students the correct knowledge that has been screened by the times, and the main purpose of the students entering the school is to learn such knowledge. The great thing about teachers is that they have a long way to go to pass on the most precious cultural knowledge to the next generation. But it also imposes strict requirements on teachers not to impose their own personal ideas on students, which is largely misleading. Therefore, no matter how innovative and reformed education is, we must ensure that we teach the right side to students.

There are 20 chapters in the Analects, which reflect Confucius's thoughts in a concentrated manner, and the core of his political thought, "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith", is reflected in the Analects. As a collection of the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, the Analects is very extensive in content, most of which involve the problems of human social life, and have a significant impact on the formation of the psychological quality of the Chinese nation and the norms of moral behavior. It not only provides a humanistic spirit and cultural home for the development of modern society, but also provides a value orientation for our life today.

Before the modern New Culture Movement, for more than 2,000 years of history, the Analects has always been a must-read for Chinese beginners. As an excellent collection of quotation essays, its words are subtle and timeless, and the meaning expressed is profound, just like Confucius's personality, full of wisdom, and little by little penetrates the world. The Analects of Confucius records the teachings of Confucius, some of which are simple answers, and they stop at the point; Some of them debated and talked eloquently; Some are varied and moving. A large part of the content of the Analects is to teach future generations how to behave in the world, and it is the same as the Book of Changes, Laozi and Zhuangzi are several source scriptures of the Chinese nation. The Analects is not only an important carrier of morality and culture, but also the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient sages in self-cultivation, enlightenment, and the unity of heaven and man.

The Analects was written in the early Warring States period, due to the burning of books by Qin Shi Huang to pit Confucianism, to the Western Han Dynasty only oral transmission and the book obtained from the wall of Confucius's residence. Later, after statistics, it was learned that there were 20 pieces of "Lu Analects" orally taught by the Lu State, 22 pieces of "The Analects of Qi" orally taught by the Qi State, and 21 pieces of "Ancient Analects" found in the wall of Confucius's house. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Prime Minister Zhang Yu carefully sorted out the "Analects", and according to the "Lu Analects", with reference to the "Qi Analects", another treatise, called "Zhang Hou Analects", this "Analects" became the authoritative reading book at that time. Zheng Xuan, a master of scripture in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, took the "Zhang Hou Analects" as the base and made the "Annotations on the Analects" with reference to the "Analects of Qi" and "Ancient Analects", which was the definitive version of the "Analects".

There are 20 extant Analects with a total of 512 chapters, of which about 444 chapters record the words that Confucius talked about with his disciples, and 48 chapters that record the words that Confucius and his disciples talked about each other. The content of the Analects is mostly dialogue, the language is simple but rich in meaning, and some sentences and passages portray the characters very vividly. Confucius is at the center of the Analects, which contains not only a dynamic description of his manners, but also an expressive portrayal of his personality and temperament. Focusing on Confucius, the Analects also succeeded in portraying the images of some Confucian disciples. For example, Zilu's straightforwardness and recklessness, Yan Hui's gentleness and virtuousness, Zigong's intelligence and eloquence, Zeng Hui's chic and refined, etc., can all be called distinctive personalities and leave a deep impression.

Confucius taught students according to their aptitude, considering their different qualities, strengths and weaknesses, and the specific situation of their moral studies, and gave different teachings, showing the valuable spirit of teaching people. For example, when the same disciple asked Ren, Confucius had a different answer, replying to Yan Hui as "restraining oneself so that everything is reduced to courtesy"; The answer to Ran Yong is "What you don't want to do, don't impose it on others"; The answer to Sima Niu is "Benevolence is prudent in speaking". Yan Hui was highly educated, so Confucius answered his program of "benevolence", and answered specific entries to Ran Yong and Sima Niu.

For another example, Confucius replied to Zilu: With a father and brother, how can he think of it and act on it? Because Zilu was rash, Confucius restrained it; Answer Ran You and let him do it immediately, because Ran You cowered when he encountered something, so Confucius encouraged him. This is not only a question of the educational method of teaching students according to their aptitude, but also contains Confucius's high sense of responsibility for his disciples.