Hometown-I don't know where the source is. Anyway, Confucius said that hometown is also a thief of virtue. I won't go into details about other relevant records, such as Mencius' explanation.
Usually, this word is interpreted as a hypocrite. However, there is a wrong formulation that should attract the attention of future generations. This is the wish to write hometown as hometown. Why do you want to write like this? My reasoning is absolutely because they know nothing about their hometown. It seems that I can't correctly explain the original words here, so I am wrong and interpreted as honesty. This is ridiculous.
The countryside is actually the shrinking reading of rural primitive people.
Township is an administrative unit in ancient times. It is similar to a village now, but the level may be higher than that in the countryside now. The concept of ancient hometown does not mean village. People live in crowded places. Every village may have a place where people discuss with each other, called a township school. This may also be where they study and work for the government.
Original-refers to a place that is high, wide and flat and suitable for people to live in leisure. Primitive people used this meaning to describe those people with high prestige and high social status in the village. Who has high prestige in ancient villages? Generally speaking, it refers to being a government official or a non-government official, or having some knowledge, or quitting from a higher government department, or evolving from witchcraft in an earlier period. These people come to the village, or people who are famous in society and among the villagers. It can be seen that they are also elderly people. Some people just rely on. Some people also take part in some mass affairs activities, while others are serious about running errands. Spring and Autumn Period and before, it has always been the name of an official position. Its status is very high. It is equivalent to the emperor's adviser. Laozi, the author of Tao Te Ching, was called a primitive man according to this official position. During the Qin and Han dynasties, the official name of primitive people may have been cancelled and changed to the old name of [three old people].
Virtue-in ancient times, it did not explain today's morality, but it was equivalent to merit. This virtue is not manifested through personal behavior, but through the role of government public services and contributions to society. However, in Confucius and the society at that time, the general understanding of virtue was abstract, which was summarized on the basis of moral merit, social development, national contribution and people's concern. Confucius
Why did Confucius call his hometown a German thief? In fact, this is the reason. Confucius believed that the virtue of primitive people in the village actually gained social fame and prestige only by virtue of the position and knowledge power provided by a certain social government. This virtue is called thief. A thief is stealing a reputation.