What do you mean, if a person does one thing, he will do one thing?

It means doing what should be done and not doing what should not be done. People should assess the situation, decide whether to accept or reject, choose important things to do, not to do or temporarily not to do things that should not be done, indicating that they have principles and a bottom line.

It first comes from the Analects of Confucius: "If you can't go to the Bank of China, you will go crazy. Crazy people are enterprising, and arrogant people are inaction. "

Vernacular interpretation: Confucius said: "I can't find anyone who pursues the golden mean to associate with him, so I can only associate with crazy and stubborn people." Crazy people

If you dare to do it, you will not do it for something. "?

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Original text:

Zi Gong asked, "Who is this?" Confucius said, "It is shameful to do one thing, so that you can be a scholar in all directions." Yue: "Dare to ask second." Yue: "Clans are called filial piety, while township parties are called brothers." Yue: "Dare to ask second." He said, "You must keep your promise, and your actions will bear fruit. What a little man! Suppression can also be a second time. " He said, "What about politicians today?" Confucius said, "Hey! A man who is fighting, what is enough? " Confucius said, "If you don't join the Bank of China, you will be crazy! Crazy people are enterprising, and arrogant people are inaction. "

Translation:

Zi Gong asked, "How can I be called a scholar?" Confucius said: "I have a sense of shame in doing things, and I can only be called a scholar if I go abroad to complete the mission entrusted by the monarch."

Zigong said, "What about the inferior ones?" Confucius said, "People in the clan praised him for being filial to his parents, while people in the village said that he respected his brother."

Zi Gong asked again, "Excuse me, who is waiting?" Confucius said: "When you say you will do it, you must stick to it and stick to your opinion, no matter right or wrong. That's a villain. But it can also be said that it is a first-class taxi. "

Zi Gong said, "What do you think of the current rulers?" Confucius said, "Alas! Where can these people with small abilities count? "

Confucius said: "I can't find anyone who pursues the golden mean to associate with him, so I can only associate with crazy and stubborn people." Crazy people dare to do things, stubborn people refuse to do some things. "

"Madness" and "stubbornness" are two diametrically opposite qualities. First, reckless, enterprising and aggressive; One is to retreat and dare not act. Confucius believes that BOC is neither biased nor crazy. People's temperament, style and virtue are not biased towards any one aspect, and the two opposing sides should be tolerant and complementary to each other, so as to conform to the doctrine of the mean.