? If your parents are here, you must travel well if you don't travel far. ? If your elderly parents are still alive, try not to go too far away, so that no one knows about their parents' recent situation and can't be filial. Even if you are going away, tell your parents when to come back, where to go and what to do, and don't let them worry too much. Today, many people interpret it as: If parents were still alive, they would stay a few miles in Fiona Fang to take care of them. They think this is foolish filial piety, but in fact they misunderstood Confucius.
? Only women and little people are difficult to raise? This is the biggest misunderstanding of Confucius, which many people think is the pedantic thought of Confucius saints in a society where men are superior to women. Putting women and villains together is the biggest insult to women. In fact, this sentence is just taken out of context. This sentence should be, Confucius said, "only women are difficult to raise." If you are near, you will feel inferior, and if you are far away, you will complain. " The women here do not refer to all women, but specifically to the "male and female servants" around the "master", that is, the people who are favored by the "master" around him. It is intended to remind the emperor that if he wants to govern the country well, he must stay away from slanderers and traitors around him.
Although our misunderstanding is understandable, we should not take it for granted. If we want to understand a sentence correctly, we should not rely on superficial words. We should know the author's age and personality, and then try to figure out what his intention is. Only by maintaining a scientific and rigorous learning attitude can our learning ability be continuously improved and we can bravely climb the peak of knowledge? Mount Everest? .