Xiao Xuan said to Nian Tianqi: "Brother Tianqi, do you know the origin of the name Yuelai?"

"I don't know. "Reading the apocalypse is very single.

"The name of this joy comes from the sentence of Confucius, 'It is also pleasant to have friends from afar.' ’”

"Confucius?" Nian Tianqi was stunned.

"That's right, since I pursued the principle of 'pushing the Confucian clan and suppressing the hundred schools' in the Han Dynasty, Confucius's doctrine has spread all over the country, and my Han has since become a great power.

In the opening chapter of the "Analects", Zi said: "When you learn and learn it, don't you also say? There are friends from afar, isn't it also pleasant? People don't know and are not embarrassed, aren't they gentlemen?' is that three-year-old children can be catchy, don't you know?" Xiao Xuan looked at the apocalypse in surprise.

"Although I am not from the Han Dynasty, I have heard of the name of Confucius. "Nian Tianqi has come back to his senses at this time, and it seems that it is not just him who has crossed this nobody!" "I didn't expect this Yuelai Inn to have this origin." ”

"However, in every city, there can only be one inn with this name, so it can only be the one who uses it first.

Because of this, people who often walk outside know that the one who can call the Yuelai Inn must be the oldest inn in the city, and the oldest inn may not be the inn with the highest specifications, but it must be a more regular place.

So this inn is the most suitable place for us. Xiaoxuan said happily.

When Nian Tianqi and Xiaoxuan moved in, it was already dark, this secular world was not comparable to the Vast City, as soon as night fell, it was not suitable for those who were blind to go out shopping, and they entered the city to rest.

The two booked a suite inside and outside, ate something simply in the inn, asked for two bath buckets, adjusted the water temperature, and came to a bucket bath beautifully.

In the Tianzi suite, the two of them were half lying comfortably in the bathtub, the steam was swirling in the suite, Xiao Xuan was in the apocalypse outside, and there was a screen in the middle, and the two were chatting while taking a bath.

"Xiao Xuan, you mentioned the opening chapter of Confucius's "Analects" "Xueer" earlier, so do you know what it means?"

Xiaoxuan was originally the daughter of a wealthy family, and since she was a child, a famous teacher taught this sage the learning, and she blurted out: "This is not simple, Confucius is saying that it is very happy to learn and practice it at the right time?"

Isn't it also happy to have friends from afar?

Isn't it also a gentleman's behavior that others don't understand me, but I don't resent it?"

"Well, it's not bad, but this is just what Mr. taught you, do you have your own understanding?"

Xiao Xuan paused, probably thinking, and then asked suspiciously: "What do you understand?

Nian Tianqi rubbed his body and said with a smile: "Just understanding the classics of Confucius literally, that is equivalent to not reading the Analects. ”

"What is paraphrasing?" Xiao Xuan was even more puzzled.

Paraphrasing is to connect with the context and the environment of the time in which the Master lived, including the food, clothing, housing, transportation, learning, and even entertainment of the people at that time, and then explain the translation, how can the wisdom of the sages be so simple. Apocalypse said as he recalled.

"Then how should this "Xueer" article be translated?" Xiaoxuan is indeed a good student.

Nian Tianqi proudly flaunted: "Learn and learn from time to time, and it is very fun." In the era of Confucius's life, 'shi' often referred to the appropriate time or a certain time, and with the change of language, the meaning of 'shi' was closer to the often;

The word 'learning' not only refers to learning, but also to completing learning...... At that time, the six arts of gentlemen were courtesy, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy and mathematics. After learning the skills of archery, it is natural to practice repeatedly, and just reviewing the knowledge in books is not 'practice'. ”

"Would you be happy when you study and then do an internship?"

"Continuing with archery as an example, Mr. taught, we learned, and then we 'practiced' with bows and arrows by ourselves, which is also practiced, but will we be happy just like that? I think most people can't get happiness from it, and even feel tired, so is it because the Master is at a high level that he is not tired?

Obviously, this is not the case, and if the Master learns archery, then he should be most happy to suddenly encounter a foreign enemy and fight the enemy with a bow and arrow, so that the true use of archery can be used.

We can also think about it from another angle, if this is happiness, then how can learning cause the most unhappiness?

Is it not to review your homework after studying?

Is it because you didn't practice after studying?

It's not, it's after learning, there is no place to use, and learning in vain is what makes people the most unhappy. Apocalypse said that he stopped here, leaving time for Xiao Xuan to think.

After half a ring, Xiao Xuan realized: "It seems that this is really the case." And what's next?"

Nian Tianqi organized the language before he said: "So the paraphrase of this sentence is: Isn't it a happy thing to learn and gain something, and finally let yourself show what you have learned at the right time?"

In the same way, if it was just a friend who had come from afar, why did the Master say it?

Why is it connected to the previous sentence?

Obviously, the "joy" in the "joyful" here is not ordinary happiness.

Therefore, this sentence should mean that like-minded friends come from afar, communicate together, learn together, and improve together in addition to friendship, and also gain something. ”

"If it forms a semantic progression with the previous sentence, then the paraphrase has a new interpretation: after learning something, even if you can't show what you have learned, there are like-minded people who come from afar to communicate, and find that our way is not alone, and this friend of the same way may have the opportunity to realize the same ambition and learning on his behalf, which can be regarded as making up for the regret in his heart, isn't it also a very happy thing?" Tianqi paused again to leave time for Xiao Xuan to think.

After a while, he said: "So the last sentence 'people don't know and are not ashamed, and they are not gentlemen', can be translated as a matter of course: because we don't really apply what we have learned, we are not known and understood by others, but even so, what we have learned makes us not angry, this is a good character and cultivation, isn't it to reach the realm of a gentleman?"

Therefore, the Master is saying that as long as you study hard, or have the opportunity to show your ambitions, or have like-minded people to do this, or improve your self-cultivation, no matter what, there will be benefits and no harms. In this way, the three sentences are done in one go, not in fragments.

This is also why the opening paragraph of the "Analects" is this paragraph, which is the first to grab people's voices and clarify the meaning at the beginning, nothing more than this!"

"Brother Apocalypse, how do I feel that I have never read the Analects!" Xiao Xuan's words have the feeling that listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years.

"Didn't your husband teach you how to study the famous works of the sages back then?"

"Back then, ......" Xiao Xuan was suddenly silent.

Nian Tianqi immediately realized that he had mentioned something that he shouldn't have mentioned, his expression froze, and he didn't know how to comfort Xiaoxuan, so he had to stay silent.