Zi said: "If you can't go with it, you will be crazy!" The mad are enterprising, and the ruthless are not doing anything. ”

"Hehehe! Are you starting to talk about moderation? Lege laughed.

Zeng Shen said: "Yes! Uncle Le! ”

"Explain it specifically!"

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Shen explained: "Mr. said: I can't find a person who pursues the golden mean to associate with him, so I can only associate with the mad and the ruthless." The madman dares to act, and the ruthless is too restrained. ”

"One too left! One is too right, and it is not among the mean! Lege laughed.

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Shen said: "Madness and ruthlessness are two opposing qualities: one is adventurous, enterprising, and daring; One is to retreat and not dare to act. Mr. believes that the Bank of China is not biased or biased. People's temperament, style, and virtue are not biased in any one aspect, and the two opposing sides should contain each other and complement each other, so as to conform to the mean. ”

"Hmmm! You read it well! Lege praised.

"Thank you! Thank you Uncle Le! ”

"No thanks! Read on! ”

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Shen said.

Zi said: "The southerners have a saying: 'People are impermanent, and they cannot be witch doctors.'" 'Good man! "If you don't perpetuate your virtue, you may be ashamed." Zi said: "It's just not occupied." ”

"What do you mean?" Lege asked habitually.

Zeng Shen explained: "Mr. said: There is a saying among southerners: 'If a person does not have perseverance in doing things, then he cannot be a witch doctor.'" That's a great saying! If you can't stick to your virtue for a long time, you will inevitably suffer humiliation from others. The gentleman said, "This sentence means that those who do not have perseverance do not need to take divination, so as not to bring shame on themselves." ”

"What do you mean?" Lege asked puzzled.

Zeng Shen further explained: "Mr. said two meanings here: one! People must have perseverance in order to achieve a career. Two! One must be virtuous or risk disgrace. This is what he asks of himself, and it is also a warning to his students. ”

"What does this have to do with divination?" Lege asked.

"It's not divination, it's a witch doctor!" Zeng Shen corrected.

"What is a witch doctor?"

"Witch Doctor! He who heals people with divination. Zeng Shen explained.

Do not perpetuate its virtue, or inherit the shame: these two sentences are quoted from the Book of Changes, Heng Hexagram, and Words.

Lege still doesn't understand a little, so! He looked at Zeng.

Zeng Jian Lege didn't seem to understand, so he had to interpret it again: "What does Mr. mean: If you don't have perseverance and can't persevere?" You can't do anything, not just being a witch doctor. Sir is quoting a southerner, not a witch doctor. It's not that you can't be a witch doctor, it's any profession. ”

"Oh?" Lege nodded at this time, indicating that he understood.

Zi said: "The gentleman is harmonious but different, and the villain is the same but not harmonious." ”

"Hehehe!" Lege replied with a smile.

Zeng Shen explained: "Mr. said: A gentleman can maintain a harmonious relationship with the people around him, but he must go through the independent thinking of his own brain to deal with everything, and he never wants to follow the crowd and blindly go along with it; On the surface, the villain pursues to be completely consistent with others, but in essence he is selfish and cannot maintain a harmonious and friendly relationship with others. ”

"To the point! Very good! Go on! Le Ge replied.

"Thank you! Thank you Uncle Le! Zeng Shen said.

"Read on!"

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Shen Dao. ”

Zigong asked: "The villagers are all good, how is it?" Zi said: "No, too." "The villagers are evil, what is it?" Zi said: "No." Those who are not as good as the villagers are good, and those who are not good are evil. ”

"What do you mean?"

Zeng Shen explained: "Zigong asked Mr.: The whole township likes and praises him, how is this person?" The gentleman said, "This does not determine whether this person is a good person or not." Zigong asked again: The whole village is disgusted with him, how is this person? The gentleman said, "This does not determine whether this person is a wicked person or not." It should be like this: if the whole village thinks that he is a good man, then this person is a good man; The whole village thinks that he is a wicked man, then this person is a wicked man. ”

"Don't you think: it's still a little inappropriate and biased? Sometimes it's not like that! But! Most of the time! Le Ge said.

Zeng Shen said: "Yes! Sir is talking about most of the time、Normal! ”

"Hmmm! Read on! ”

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Shen said.

But! Zeng Shen further explained: "Zigong uses 'likes and dislikes' as the basis to comment on a person. And Mr. thinks: should be 'good and evil' as the criterion to judge a person! ”

"Hmmm! The two have different criteria for judging, so the results are different! Go on! Le Ge replied.

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Shen said.

Zi said: "A gentleman is easy to do but difficult to say." If you don't say it, you don't say it; and its making people also, instrumental things. The villain is difficult and easy to say. Although it is not said by the way, it is also said; and it makes people also, beg for preparation. ”

"What do you mean?"

Zeng Shen explained: "Mr. said: Even if the gentleman is very smooth and successful, you can't see his joyful expression. If you don't please him in the right way, it's hard to see his joy. However, when he uses people, he always uses what he can and never favoritism; Even if the villain does not succeed, you can see his joyful expression. If you don't please him according to the right path, you will be liked by him. But when he hired people, he was seeking perfection and reproach. ”

"It's a bit of a tongue-twister! Let's take a closer look! Le Ge said.

"Yes! Uncle Le! "I have responded to the Dao." Mr. also put forward another difference between a gentleman and a villain: as a gentleman, he is not picky about people, and he does not easily express his preferences, but when selecting talents, he is often able to use what he can, and will not blame him for everything. A gentleman is upright and keeps his true colors. The villain is hypocritical and contrived, one in front of one and one behind the other! ”

"Good! Read on! ”

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Shen said.

Zi said: "The gentleman is not arrogant, and the villain is arrogant but not arrogant." ”

"What do you mean?"

Zeng Shen explained: "Mr. said: The gentleman is calm and calm, frank but not arrogant and rude, and the villain is arrogant and rude but not calm. ”

"It's the difference between a gentleman and a villain!"

"Yes! Uncle Le! "I have responded to the Dao." The difference between a gentleman and a villain in demeanor and mentality. ”

"Hmmm! Good! Read on! ”

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Shen said.

Zi said: "Rigidity, Yi, wood, and benevolence." ”

"What do you mean?"

Zeng Shen explained: "Mr. said: strong, resolute, simple, and cautious, these four virtues are close to benevolence. ”

"Hmm!"

Zilu asked, "How can you be described as a man?" Zi said: "Cut and cherish, Yi Yi is like a gentleman." Friends are very good, brothers are Yiyi. ”

"What do you mean?"

Zeng Shen explained: "Mr. Zilu asked: How can I be called a scholar? Mr. said: Mutual assistance, supervision, encouragement, getting along and being harmonious, can be regarded as a scholar. Friends urge each other, and brothers get along with each other. ”

"It's about how to cultivate morality!"

"Yes! Uncle Le! ”

"Read on!"

Zi said: "A good man has taught the people for seven years, and he can also be killed immediately." ”

"What do you mean?"

Zeng Shen explained: "Mr. said: It only takes about seven years to educate the people with benevolence and virtue, and the people's ideological consciousness can be improved. The ideological consciousness of the common people has been enhanced, and they can stand up to the army and make the country peaceful. ”

"Hmm!" The song answered. "Only in this way can we achieve that all people are soldiers."

"Sir advocates the victory of virtue over soldiers, not the victory of virtue over virtue."

"Hmmm! Read on! ”

Zi said: "To fight without teaching the people is to abandon it." ”

"What do you mean?"

Zeng Shen explained: "Sir said: If you do not educate the people with benevolence and virtue, but use the law of severe punishment to suppress the people and make the people tremble, that is tantamount to abandoning them. ”

"Good! This is 'for politics'! Le Ge replied.

"Thank you, Uncle Le! Thank you! Zeng Shen said gratefully.