Those who speak are not guilty;
Those who hear it are a warning.
——"The Book of Songs·Zhou Nan·Guan Ju·Preface"
Writing Guidance
"The speaker is not guilty, and the listener is warned." From "The Book of Songs" 》Preface. This means that as long as the person giving the opinion is well-intentioned, he is not guilty even if the opinion is incorrect. Even if the person listening to the opinion does not have the shortcomings and mistakes mentioned by the other party, it is still worth taking a warning.
This sentence also tells us to be "strict in self-discipline and lenient in treating others" in life. Those who point out their opinions and methods should bear no responsibility, but those who listen can learn something valuable from them. In a large group, you must dare to speak out your own shortcomings and mistakes, communicate more with the group, so that you can correct and improve yourself, and remind everyone not to make such similar mistakes, and establish an atmosphere of mutual learning. Only in this way can you Improving the overall quality of a collective is conducive to the establishment of an efficient and learning group.
Knowing Sentences and Discussing Matters
The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in the history of Chinese literature. It contains 305 poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, about 500 years ago (formerly From the 11th century to the 6th century BC), there are another 6 poems with titles but no content, that is, with goals but no words, which are called Sheng poems. The Book of Songs in the pre-Qin Dynasty was called "Poetry", or the whole number was called "Poetry Three Hundred". It was revered as a Confucian classic during the Western Han Dynasty and was first called the Book of Songs, which is still in use today.
Knowledge Treasure Box
"Shang Shu·Yu Shu·Yao Dian" once said: Poetry expresses aspirations, songs speak forever, sounds follow forever, and rhythms are harmonious. "Even though "Shun Dian" is by no means a text of the Three Dynasties, it may have come from the Warring States Period, or even later, but the idea of ??"poetry expressing ambition" must have been around for a long time.
"Zuo Zhuan·Xiang Gong 27 "Years" records that Wenzi told Shu Xiang: Poetry is about expressing aspirations; by the Warring States Period, "Zhuangzi·The World" and "Xunzi·Ruxiao" also said respectively that "Poems are about Taoism, and poetry is about aspirations." The "ambition" mentioned here refers to the ambition and embrace closely related to self-cultivation and governance, that is, politics and education. It belongs to the category of rationality. It can be seen that pre-Qin poetry theory has not yet clearly touched on the emotional characteristics of poetry and has not expressed inner emotions. The conscious understanding of "poetry's fate" is therefore one-sided and incomplete.