Original text Zilu, Zeng Xi, Ran You, and Gong Xihua were sitting there. Confucius said: "I think one day is long for you, so I don't know. Ju Ze said: 'I don't know!' If I know you, how can I do it?"
Zi Lu led you and said to him. : "The country of a thousand chariots is taken between the big countries, and it is added with divisions and troops, so it is hungry and careful. If you do it, after three years, you can be brave and know the way."
< p>The Master sighed."What do you think of me?"
The answer is: "The square is sixty or seventy, such as fifty or sixty. If you ask for it, it will be enough for the people in three years." "It's like a gentleman."
"Chi, what's the matter with you?"
He said, "If you can't do it, I'd like to learn from the ancestral temple." Duan Zhangfu, I would like to be Xiaoxiang Yan."
"Dian, what's the matter with you?"
Drumming and singing, he said to him: "There are three differences. "Zhe's writing."
Confucius said: "What's the harm? Everyone has their own ambitions."
He said: "The spring clothes are ready, and the crown is five or six." There were six or seven boys bathing in Yi, singing in the wind and returning home."
The master sighed and said, "I am the third son."
Out, after Zeng Xi. Zeng Xi said: "Master, what are the words of the three disciples?" ? ”
Said: “If you serve the country with courtesy, you won’t give in, so you just ask for it, which is not a state. Is it true that sixty or seventy is not a state?” If Chi is not a state, what can he do if he is not a prince? "
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Zilu, Zeng Xi, Ran You, and Gong Xihua sat with Confucius. Confucius said: "Because I am a little older than you, don't stop because of me (I won't say it when I am older). You always say: 'No one knows me!' If someone knows you, what are you going to do? "What?" Zilu replied without thinking: "A country with a thousand chariots is sandwiched between big countries, often invaded by foreign armies, and there is famine inside. If we let I will govern, and in three years I will be able to make everyone brave and good at fighting, and also understand the principles of life." Confucius smiled after hearing this.
Confucius asked again: "Ran Qiu, how are you?"
Ran Qiu replied: "A country with a length of sixty or seventy miles, or fifty or sixty miles, if we let I will manage it and make the people rich in three years. As for improving rituals and music, I have to ask Gao Ming." Confucius asked again: "Gong Xichi, how are you?"
Gong Xichi replied: "I dare not say that I can do it, but I am willing to learn. When doing sacrifices in the ancestral temple, or when the princes gather to meet the emperor, I am willing to wear a formal dress and wear a Hat, be a little complimenter."
Confucius asked again: "Zeng Dian, how are you?"
At this time, Zeng Dian's voice gradually became thinner. Then with a clang, he put down his harp, straightened up and replied: "I and the three of them have different talents!"
Confucius said: "What does it matter? We are just talking about our own ambitions." That’s all.”
Zeng Dian said: “In late spring, I have already put on my spring clothes. I went to the Yi River to take a bath with five or six adults and six or seven teenagers. I blew the wind and sang songs all the way back."
Confucius sighed and said, "I agree with Zeng Dian's idea!"
Zilu, Ran You, and Gong Xihua. All three people went out, Zeng Xi stayed behind. Zeng Xi asked: "What do the three of them say?"
Confucius said: "They are just talking about their own ambitions."
Zeng Xi said: "Why do you think so?" Where is Xiao Zhongyou?”
Confucius said: “One must be courteous in governing a country, but he was not at all courteous in his words, so I laughed at him.
Could it be that what Ran Qiu was talking about was not a national matter? How do you know that Zongheng Sixty, Seventy or Fifty or Sixty Miles is not about national affairs? Isn’t Gong Xichi talking about national affairs? Worshiping in the ancestral temple, gathering alliances among the princes, and meeting the emperor, what else are they talking about but the important events of the princes? If Gong Xichi can only be a small person of praise, then who can be a big person of praise? ”