First, the original:
1, "Although there are fine dishes"
Although there are good dishes, I don't know its purpose; Although there is supreme Tao, learning, I don't know its goodness. It is to learn and then know the deficiency, and to teach and then know the difficulty. If you don't know enough, then you can reverse; Advance despite difficulties, and then strive for self-improvement. So teaching and learning are also beneficial. This is what I mean when I am halfway through the "opposite Ming" theory!
2. Avenue trip
When the avenue prevails, a public spirit will rule the world. Choose talents and abilities, practice beliefs and cultivate mutual understanding. An old friend is not only a relative, but also an only child. In this way, the old will have an end, the young will be useful, and the young will be strong. Those who are sorry, widowed, lonely, widowed and disabled will be provided for, and the men will be divided and the women will return.
If the goods are abandoned on the ground, there is no need to hide them on yourself; You don't have to do it for yourself. Therefore, it is not prosperous to seek closure, and it is not prosperous to steal thieves, so it is not closed to the outside. It means Datong.
Second, translation:
1, "Although there are fine dishes"
Although there is delicious meat, I don't know its taste until I taste it; Although there is the best truth, you don't know its benefits unless you study. Therefore, only after learning can we know our own shortcomings, and only after teaching people can we know our own confusion. Know your own shortcomings so that you can reflect on yourself later; Know your own confusion, so that you can encourage yourself later.
Therefore, teaching and learning are mutually reinforcing. In Redemption, preaching others accounts for half of your study. This sentence is truth.
2. Avenue trip
The road is implemented, and the world belongs to people. Select and recommend people with both ability and political integrity, stress honesty and cultivate a harmonious atmosphere. Therefore, people should not only love their parents, but also love their children, so as to ensure that the elderly will not die, the middle-aged will give full play to their talents and serve the society, and the young children will grow up smoothly.
Let the elderly without wives, husbands, children who lost their fathers in childhood, elderly people without children and disabled people who can't do things be supported. Men have jobs and women have homes. Property, I hate throwing it on the ground, but I hate it not necessarily because I want to take it for myself.
Strength, don't like it is not out of their own, but willing to contribute more is not necessarily for their own self-interest. Therefore, the conspiracy will be banned, it will not rise, and theft and insurrection will not rise. Therefore, the door of every household will be opened from the outside, not locked from the inside. This is called Datong society.
The theme of A Passage to the Avenue
On the basis of expounding the basic characteristics of Datong society, the bright future of Datong society is pointed out. Everyone here can get social care, live and work in peace and contentment, and do their best. This is the lofty social ideal of Confucianism.
This paper compares the real society with the ideal Datong society, thus logically pointing out that many phenomena in the real society, such as conspiracy, theft of property, chaos, etc., will no longer exist in Datong society, and will be replaced by a peaceful and stable situation in which outsiders are not allowed to enter.