Vernacular: People who studied in ancient times must have teachers. Teachers rely on him to impart truth, teach their research and answer difficult questions.
2. Nothing is expensive, nothing is cheap, nothing is long or short, the Tao is there, and the teacher is there.
Vernacular: No matter the position or age, the place where truth exists is the place where teachers exist.
3, the teacher's way has not been passed down for a long time, which is difficult to confuse.
Vernacular Chinese: The fashion of learning from teachers has been circulating for a long time. It's hard to make people have no problems!
4, saints are impermanent.
Vernacular: A saint has no teacher.
5. Disciples don't have to be inferior to teachers, and teachers don't have to be superior to disciples. They have a history of learning and professional skills, that's all.
Vernacular: Students are not necessarily inferior to teachers, and teachers are not necessarily more talented than students. It makes sense to understand first, and each has its own expertise, that's all.
Extended data:
Shi Shuo was written by Zhen Yuan when he was a doctor in imperial academy No.4 School in 17-18 years (80 1-802). In the seventeenth year of Zhenyuan (80 1), the author who was dismissed from Xuzhou and lived in Luoyang to preach and teach, was twice transferred to Beijing as a candidate, and was awarded the position of imperial academy's fourth doctor in October of that year.
At this time, the author is determined to use imperial academy as a platform to revive Confucianism and reform the literary world, so as to realize his ambition of serving the country. However, when I came to imperial academy to take office, I found that the imperial examination hall was dark, the government was corrupt, and the bureaucracy was full of drawbacks, which led many students to lose confidence in the imperial examination and relax their studies. At that time, the upper class looked down on teachers.
In the scholar-bureaucrat class, there is a concept of "being ashamed to be a teacher", which directly affects the teaching and management in imperial academy. The author is saddened by this and clarifies people's vague understanding of "seeking a teacher" and "being a teacher" by answering Li Pan's question.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Shi Shuo (Han Yu's article)