Sun Tzu's art of war is relatively easy and belongs to professional technology, but its traditional concept is also very strong.
The Analects of Confucius is profound and difficult to understand. Even if you understand the specific meaning, it is not easy to really understand its meaning. You need to know the reality of social life in order to understand it. The following is a comment on The Analects:
But reading old books can't count on grammar books, because grammar doesn't conform to the language reality of Chinese and ancient characters. Needless to say, "grammar" began in Ma Jianzhong's Ma Shi Wen Tong before 1898. A century later, there are still different views on what kind of "tentative grammar system" Chinese mainland used. For specific questions, please refer to Li's Grammar of Chinese Transformation, but experts still have to maintain the legitimacy of the subject, so they are embarrassed to fully explain the absurdity of grammar.
The meaning of the word "read first" is clear and self-evident.
Literacy should be based on Erya, Dialect and Shuowen Jiezi, supplemented by the use cases of the same word in the classics, which can be referred to the old notes of Han and Wei Dynasties. In addition, the glyphs of unearthed bamboo slips and silks are also of great reference value, and the understanding of Confucianism is also beneficial.
If you are really afraid, you can start with the history of thought, the history of Confucian classics and the history of Analects of Confucius, and then look at the results compiled by predecessors.
Suggest to see:
The history of pre-Qin thought or the ideological part of pre-Qin history.
The history of thought includes the history of China thought and the history of western or European thought.
Classical history of Confucianism in China.
The history of communication between China and the west, also known as the history of communication or cultural exchange, is the spread of western learning to the east.
The above are all themes, so you need to read more, and you can't believe one side of the story.
Li's educational philosophy
Tang Minggui's History of the Analects of Confucius
Huang Huaixin's Collection and Interpretation of The Analects of Confucius
Yang Shuda's Analects of Confucius Shuzheng
Thirteen Classics Dictionary, The Analects of Confucius Filial Piety Volume
Xu Zhongshu's Chinese Dictionary
Old pre-Qin books: Zuo Zhuan, Book of Rites, Mencius, Xunzi, Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals, Family History of Confucius and Historical Records.
Specific research sequence:
First, be familiar with the text, copy a chapter of The Analects of Confucius on each page, and leave it blank for collating, taking notes and recording feelings.
Second, read carefully and recite as much as possible.
Third, according to the above reading order, while reading the relevant chapters and sentences of The Analects, make notes and feelings.
Fourth, investigate the meaning of words, summarize the understanding of the meaning of words, and then conduct research. Look at the research results of word books and bamboo slips first, and apply the old use cases first.
I look forward to discussing specific issues with you during my study.