Zeng Shen smiled at this time: "Zilu is short-tempered and impatient, and he often raises the bar with Mr. So! The gentleman was very worried about him, and always had to ask more questions, asking him if he understood? Don't pretend to understand! ”

"Why are you saying this? To arrange these into the "political chapter" in the Analects? Le Ge asked.

Zeng Shen shook his head at Le Ge and smiled bitterly: "Uncle Le! You still don't understand what I mean? I know you know, you deliberately pretended not to understand to test me, let me interpret it to you! Right?"

"Where?" Le Ge said with a serious face: "This time I really didn't pretend!" I really don't understand! Say it! What's going on? Did you weave in all this extraneous content? These! Should they all be arranged into 'learning and writing'? ”

"Uncle Le! You're testing me! ”

"Nope! Say it! ”

"Uncle Le! You're testing me! I think! Is this education? As a teacher, it is necessary to decide on different education methods according to the situation of the students. Isn't it? ”

"Yes!"

"So! As kings and rulers? They should be just as much of a gentleman as they should be noticing, huh? Otherwise? How do you pay attention to education? If you don't know education, how can you be a good king and ruler? Isn't it? ”

"Oh?" Le Ge looked suddenly enlightened and said: "After you pull like this, you have come from the aspect of education to the aspect of government and governance!" Hey! Have you got a set? ”

"Said the gentleman! Those in power must also know how to educate! ”

"Oh?"

"If the rulers and officials do not understand education and people's hearts, how can they promote and implement policies and laws? Isn't it? Zeng Shen explained.

"Hey, hey! Your! Zengzi! I'll serve you! Lege exclaimed.

"Uncle Le! So that's how I'm done? ”

"Hmm!"

"Uncle Le!" Zeng Shen joked: "This is what Uncle Le nodded and admitted, saying that this is not redundant and cumbersome, this is the text!" So! That's how I finalized it! Uncle Le! ”

"That's it! Let history do the talking! Let future generations scold me for singing instead of scolding you Zengzi! Okay, right? Le Ge looked like he was willing to be a sinner in history, and nodded towards Zeng Shen.

"Ahem, ahem!" Zeng saw this, looked at Le Ge, and smirked in agreement.

"Say! Read on! Read on! I'm listening! Lege urged.

"Good!" Zeng Shen picked up the bamboo slip and looked at it seriously. Moreover! I also picked up a pen and scribbled on the bamboo slips. After some movements, he put down the bamboo slip and looked at Lege.

"Say!"

"Zi Zhang Xueganlu. Zi said: If you hear more and are suspicious, and be cautious about the rest, you will be few. See more and less, and be cautious about the rest, and regret it. Words are scarce, deeds are regretful, and Lu is in it. ”

Lege's brows furrowed and he asked, "What do you mean?" It's crepe again! Interpret it in the vernacular! ”

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Shen said.

The meaning of this paragraph is: Zizhang wants to learn how to be an official and seek a fortune. Mr. said: Listen more, put aside doubts first, and be cautious about what you are sure of, so that you can make fewer mistakes; Look more, put aside the doubts first, and do it cautiously if you are sure, so that you can reduce regrets. Speak less negligently, do things less regretfully, and the official position is here. ”

"Who is Zizhang?"

"Zizhang?" Zeng Shen said: "Zi Zhang's surname is Sun Mingshi, and the word Zi Zhang is a student of Mr. ”

Zi Zhang: Born in 503 BC - year of death unknown?), compound surname Zhen Sun, famous teacher, the word Zi Zhang. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Chen Guoren, one of the twelve philosophers of Confucius, was worshiped by Confucianism.

Zizhang was brave and martial, clear and not kitsch, and was rated by Confucius as "extreme temperament", but he made many friends. He advocates that "when a soldier sees danger and death, he sees the righteousness, sacrifices and respects, and mourns", and attaches importance to his own moral cultivation.

In the twenty-seventh year of Tang Kaiyuan (739 AD), he was posthumously named "Chen Bo", and in the second year of Song Dazhong Xiangfu (1009 AD), he was crowned "Wanqiu Marquis". In the sixth year of Zhenghe (1116 AD), he was renamed "Marquis of Yingchuan". In the third year of Xianchun in the Southern Song Dynasty (1267 AD), he entered the title of "Chen Guogong" and was promoted to the tenth philosophical position. Soon he was also called "Chen Gong". In the ninth year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1530 AD), he was renamed "the grandson of the sage".

"Finally speaking of 'for politics'! Good! Lege applauded.

"Yes! Uncle Le! Finally, it's back to the theme of 'for politics'! ”

"Say!"

Wai Gong asked: "What is the people's service?" Confucius said: "If you are wrong, the people will obey; If you make mistakes, the people will not accept them. ”

"What do you mean?"

Zeng Shen said: "Lu Aigong asked: What can we do to make the people believe and believe? The gentleman replied, "The upright and selfless should be promoted, and the wrong administrative acts should be corrected, and the people will be pleased to submit to the king's decrees; If the king does not correct the wrong administrative acts, appoint those who are wicked and unrighteous, and put aside the upright and selfless, the common people will not submit to the rule. ”

"Good! Keep talking! ”

"Yes! Uncle Le! ”

Ji Kangzi asked: "What is it to make the people respect and persuade with loyalty?" Zi said: "If you are in the village, you will be respectful, filial piety will be loyal, and if you can't teach well, you will be persuaded." Or Confucius said: "Zixi is not a politician? Zi said: "Shuyun: Filial piety is only filial piety, friends are brothers, and there is government." Yes is also politics. Ridicule it for politics! ”

"What do you mean by that?" Lege asked.

"Sir!" Zeng Shen said: "This passage is very long, and it has to be said paragraph by paragraph." ”

"Say!"

Zeng Shen had no choice but to say: "Ji Kangzi asked: If you want the people to respect and work hard for those in power, how should those in power guide them?" Mr. said: Treat the people with a solemn attitude and give them a good impression, and they will respect you; Be filial to your parents and be kind to your children, and set a good example for the people, and they will be loyal to you. Propagating noble deeds and indoctrination and influencing ugly deeds will encourage each other and redouble their efforts. ”

"Oh?"

"Someone said to him: Why don't you go into politics? The gentleman replied, "The Book of Shang says: The best filial piety is to honor one's parents and love one's brothers." Promoting filial piety is equivalent to engaging in politics, so how can it be regarded as politics? ”

"Your husband thinks that he is promoting filial piety, which is equivalent to engaging in politics and governance?"

"Yes! The gentleman said: It is equivalent to engaging in political affairs! ”

"Oh?" Le Ge responded: "Keep talking!" ”

Zi said: People have no faith, and they don't know what they can do. The big car has no ni, the small car has no pestle, how can it work!

"What do you mean?"

"Mr. said: If you don't be trustworthy, you can't do it. It's like a big car without a car, a small car without a car, without a connection between a car and a car, how can the car walk? Still not falling apart? ”

"Good!"

Zizhang asked: "Can you know the tenth generation?" Zi said: "Yin is due to Xia Li, and the profit and loss can be known." Zhou is due to Yin Li, and the profit and loss can be known. It or the successor of Zhou, although it is a hundred generations, can be known. ”

"What do you mean?"

Zizhang asked Confucius: Can the etiquette system of the tenth generation be known in advance? Confucius replied: The Shang Dynasty inherited the etiquette system of the Xia Dynasty, check it! What has been repealed and added is known; The Zhou Dynasty inherited the etiquette system of the Shang Dynasty, check it! What has been repealed and what has been added is also known. In the future, the current liturgical system will be inherited, and it is predictable that it will be abolished and added. A hundred generations later, it is also possible to verify the current ceremonial system. Because! Everything is developed on the basis of inheritance! ”

"What do you mean? I didn't understand? ”

"The gentleman said, "If it is not a ghost, it is sacrificed, and it is also a flattery." If you don't do what you do, you don't have the courage! ”

"What do you mean? I didn't understand? ”

"The gentleman said, "It's not your ancestors, your elders, and the ghosts and gods that shouldn't be sacrificed, but you go and sacrifice them, that's flattery." Seeing something that should be standing up, but standing by and watching, this is cowardice. ”

"What do you mean? I didn't understand? Lege asked again.

Zeng Shen explained: "What Mr. said is: inheritance! It is said that everything is inherited, not random and imaginary. That's right, we're going to stick to it! Otherwise! It's a sign of cowardice. It's the same with politics and politics! Hold fast to the truth and move forward! ”