Several people walk together, and one of them must be my teacher. Choose the advantages of others to learn and correct their shortcomings (if I have them).
Good: good, advantages.
Its: stands for "them".
It is recorded in The Analects that Gong Sunchao once asked Zi Gong about defending the country. Where did Confucius learn his knowledge? Zi Gong replied that the ancient sage's preaching remained among the people, and the sage knew the bigger point, while the wicked knew the smaller point. There are ancient saints. "Why didn't the master stop learning and often invited teachers?" ("The Analects of Confucius Zhang Zi")
He learns from everyone anytime, anywhere, and anyone can be his teacher, so there is no fixed teacher. There are many records in The Analects of Confucius, such as Confucius entering the ancestral temple and "asking everything" (The Analects of Eight Shu);
Zaiyu slept during the day, and Confucius said, "I started with others, I listened to what I said and believed what I did;" Today, I am also a person, listening to his words and observing his actions. Giving and changing are. " ("The Analects of Confucius Gongye Chang")
Zi Gong told Confucius that Zi Gong could only "smell one and know two", but Yan Hui could "smell one and know ten". Confucius said, "Buddha is as good as it is." I'm just like you. "("The Analects of Confucius Gongye Chang ")
All embody this spirit. This spirit and attitude is worth learning.
Everyone knows that "Confucius is a masterpiece" (Mencius Zhang Wan). However, according to historical records, "Confucius was lonely" (Book of Rites on Business) and "poor and humble" (Historical Records of Confucius). According to the family and etiquette at that time, although Confucius was "nine times out of ten" (politics). So where did Confucius' thought and knowledge of "Golden Sound and Jade Virtue" come from?
Zi Gong's answer to this question is: "Why doesn't master learn?" And why are there so many teachers? (Zhang Zi) Confucius himself further explained the ways and methods of "how to learn": "In a threesome, there must be a teacher. Choose good and follow it, but change it if it is not good. "Good scholars learn from teachers, but there are always teachers everywhere. Good people are teachers in front, and bad people are teachers behind. He can learn from others' strengths, learn from others' strengths, be rich in natural resources, choose the bad and go, and choose the good and follow.