1, source
"The Analects of Confucius": "Xia Zi said: To be an official and be excellent is to learn, and to learn and be excellent is to be an official."
2. Definition of words
When things are done, you can sum up your experience, learn from it and make progress; If you learn well, you can apply this knowledge to your daily work. Confucius said that learning from time to time and being an official is one of the ways of Xi, that is, applying what you have learned to political practice. But there is no end to self-cultivation, and politics can better cultivate self-cultivation.
As Confucius said, there is no end to self-cultivation, and a person's life is a lifelong study. I hope that you will never give up studying whenever and wherever you have the chance.
3. English explanation
Good scholar? Is it okay? Is it? Coming? Ann? Official.
An example of being an official if you are good at learning:
1, "Learning to be excellent is an official", China people think that everything is inferior, and only learning to be excellent is an official. Therefore, it has always been the authentic way for literati to pursue official career, even in modern times.
2. The grim reality of "no one asked under the window for ten years, once famous all over the world" and "learning to be an excellent official" forced them to agree with the grim reality of "being a master only after suffering".
3. Nangong family has a scholarly family for generations. It is said that learning is excellent and being an official. However, the Nangong family has an unwritten rule that all Nangong children are forbidden to take part in the imperial examinations, let alone hold official positions.
4. If you study well, you will be an official. If you study well in this life, you will be an official. The first place in high school was not admitted to Peking University Tsinghua, and the second place was generally accepted; You can't be a rich man when you are first in college. You usually drop out of school.
What do you know? I only know how to indulge in debauchery, but I don't know that a gentleman should have the ambition to serve his country! Sages learn from clouds and become excellent officials. Students all over the world should serve the imperial court and share their worries for the saints!
6. Therefore, the doctrine of the mean has become the way of learning and is regarded as the ideal realm that a successful manager must achieve.