Please translate Six Classics of Restoring Sight, a book that involves a hundred schools of thought. It can't be virtuous and vulgar, but it is still an art, and it can be paid at its own expense.

It means: understanding the meaning of the Six Classics and reading hundreds of books, even if it can't improve moral behavior and inspire customs, it is like a kind of self-financing. From the eighth chapter of Yan Family Instructions, titled Mianxue, the original text is as follows:

Fu Ming's "Six Classics" refers to a hundred books, but it is still an art and can be self-funded. Father and brother can't always live together, and the country can't always protect itself. Once you are displaced and there is no one to protect you, you should ask for help.

As the saying goes, "Every little makes a mickle, it is better to be a bookkeeper." Those who are easy to learn and valuable never read. This world, regardless of ignorance, wants to know many people and has a wide knowledge, but refuses to study. It is still hungry, but lazy to cut clothes.

Translation:

Understanding the meaning of the Six Classics and reading hundreds of books, even if it can't improve moral behavior and inspire customs, is like a kind of self-financing. My brother can't always rely on me, and my hometown can't always be protected. Once I am displaced and there is no one to protect me, I will do my best.

As the saying goes, "accumulation is better than skill." Learning skills is valuable, and reading is unparalleled. Whether he is stupid or smart, people in the world want to know more people and see more things, but refuse to learn. It's like cooking to meet their needs and trying to cut clothes warmly and lazily.

Basic introduction

Confucius, the founder of Confucianism in China, compiled poems, books, rituals, changes, music and the Spring and Autumn Period in his later years, which were later called the Six Classics.

Jing Yue has been lost, so it is usually called the Five Classics. The Book of Rites: The Han Dynasty refers to the Book of Rites, and the Book of Rites in the Five Classics after the Song Dynasty generally refers to the Book of Rites. In the three-character classic: "The Book of Changes, the Spring and Autumn Rites, and the number of six classics are more important." Rites refer to big gifts and small gifts, but one of them was lost and renamed the Book of Rites.

These six ancient books were not written by Confucius, but existed long before Confucius. Confucius just did some sorting work on them.

These six ancient books, preserved from ancient times to the present, were owned by the royal family and nobles before Confucius, and were highly valued by the rulers of past dynasties. These six ancient books are included in the textbooks listed by Shen Shushi when he talked about educating the prince in "The Country is in Danger at the Beginning and the Business is in Danger".