Sensitive and eager to learn, I am not ashamed to ask.
Source: The Analects of Confucius, Gongye Chang XV.
Zi Gong asked, "Why did Confucius call it Wen?" Confucius said, "I am quick and eager to learn, and I am not ashamed to ask questions. It is called' Wen'."
Interpretation: "People who are sensitive to human nature are more difficult to learn, and tall people are more ashamed to ask questions. Therefore, it is difficult for people to' diligently' cover the funeral law. " Confucius' writings are nothing more than writings. " ?
Idiom origin:
Although Kong Wen's virtue is not good-"Confucius took his great-uncle's wife ill and married her. The disease spread through the first wife's wife. Wen Zi was very angry and would attack it. When visiting Zhongni, Zhong Ni was wrong, so he went his own way. When he arrived in the Song Dynasty, Wen Zi left a hole in his sick brother's room, but it was still regarded as "Wen" (posthumous title, who had a very high position in the funeral ceremony), which inevitably made Zi Gong wonder. Confucius, on the other hand, distinguished right from wrong, did not deny his valuable advantages, and told Zi Gong the cause of his death-although he was smart and had a high position, he was not ashamed to ask questions, which was beyond the reach of ordinary people.