The translation and original text of "Xue Yi" are as follows:
Original text:
Yi Qiu is a person who is good at chess throughout the country. He asked Yi Qiu to teach two people to play chess. One of them concentrated on the game, but Yi Qiu listened. Although the other listened, he thought that a swan was coming, and wanted to help him and seize it with his bow. Even though I have learned from him, I am not as good as him. Why is his wisdom like this? He said: This is not the case.
Translation and annotation:
Yiqiu is the best Go player in the country. Let Yi Qiu teach two people to play Go. One of them concentrates on learning and only listens to Yi Qiu's teachings; although the other person is also listening to Yi Qiu's teachings, he thinks that a swan is coming and wants to draw his bow and arrow to kill it. *Come down. Although I learned chess with the previous person, my chess skills are not as good as the previous person. Is it because his intelligence is not as good as the previous one? He said: That's not the case.
Appreciation:
It tells us that we should not do things half-heartedly, but must learn to concentrate in order to achieve success in our studies. Concentration is a prerequisite for doing things. Under the same learning conditions, people who study with concentration will definitely learn better than those who are half-hearted. Different learning attitudes determine different learning effects. Learning must be concentrated in order to achieve excellent results.
About the author:
Mencius (372 BC - 289 BC), whose name was Ke and whose courtesy name was Ziyu (to be tested, is also known as Ziche or Ziju. Press: Che, In ancient Chinese, the modern character "Che" also sounds like "Ju", so Ziyu, Ziche and Ziju are all the characters of Mencius).
Han nationality, a native of Zou State during the Warring States Period, and a descendant of Lu Guoqing's father. Mencius inherited and carried forward Confucius' thoughts and became a generation of Confucian masters second only to Confucius. He had a comprehensive and huge influence on later generations of Chinese culture. He was known as the "Senior Sage" and was collectively called "Confucius and Mencius" with Confucius. A famous thinker and educator in ancient China, and a representative figure of Confucianism during the Warring States Period. Mencius and his disciples wrote the book "Mencius".