Source: The Analects of Confucius Zhang Zi-Anonymous in Pre-Qin Dynasty
Xia Zi said, "I am knowledgeable and determined, and I am eager to ask questions and think about them. Benevolence is among them. "
Xia Zi said: "Being well-read and able to stick to one's ambition, ask questions seriously and think more about current events, benevolence is one of them."
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1, the creation background of The Analects of Confucius, Zhang Zi
The Analects of Confucius is a collection of quotations from Confucius and his disciples, compiled by Confucius' disciples and their disciples. The Analects of Confucius Zhang Zi has 25 chapters. Among them, the famous sentence is: "Don't save when you see danger, don't be afraid when you see danger"; "To be an official is to learn, and learning is to be an official"; "The fault of a gentleman is still the food of the sun and the moon"; "His life was glorious, and his death was sad."
2. Introduction of Zhang Zi, the author of The Analects of Confucius
Confucius (September 28th BC1year-April BC1year), surnamed Kong, was born in the late Spring and Autumn Period (now Qufu, Shandong) and his ancestral home was Li Yi (now Xiayi, Henan), an ancient thinker and educator in China. ?
Confucius initiated the wind of private schools and advocated benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith. There are 3,000 disciples, including 72 sages. He led some disciples to travel around the world for thirteen years, and revised the six classics of Poetry, Book, Rite, Yue, Yijing and Chunqiu in his later years. After the death of Confucius, his disciples and re-disciples recorded the words and deeds, quotations and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples and compiled The Analects. This book is regarded as a Confucian classic.