Good today's idiom on the morning of February 11: 椽不斫 pronounced cǎichuánbùzhuó Meaning: Picking character tongtong 棌木 is also known as 柞木; 椽, a wooden strip placed on the purlin with a roof;

Good morning, February 11

Today's idiom: 椽斫 pronounced cǎi chuán bù zhuó

Meaning: The word "picking" is also known as the oak wood; rafters, the wooden strips placed on the purlin with a roof; the axe, the cutting. Rafters are made of oak wood without cutting. It means a metaphor for living poor and simple

Source: Han Fei, a literary scholar of the Warring States period, "Han Feizi • Five Beetles", the original sentence: "The king of Yao is also the world, Maozi is not qi, and the rafters are not cut." ”

Today's Morning Speech: Confucius Advocates "Not Shameful to Ask"

During the Spring and Autumn Period, a student of Shisheng Confucius was a Weiguo man named Kong Yuan (pronounced Yu), who was diligent and studious, and very modest. After his death, the monarch of the Wei kingdom gave him the title of "Wen" in order to honor him and let future generations learn from his studious spirit.

Another student of Confucius, Zigong, was also a Weiguo. He believes that Kong Yuan did not praise Kong Yuan as "Kong Wenzi" as people say, which seems to be a bit overrated. To this end, he asked his teacher Confucius for advice.

Zigong said: That Kong Yuan is nothing remarkable, why should he be given the title of "Wen"? Confucius replied: "Confucius is intelligent and studious, and has the courage to ask for advice from those who are inferior in status and knowledge without feeling ashamed, which is very remarkable, so we must give him the title of "Wen".

The author thinks that the valuable thing about Kong Yuan is that he does not seek advice from people who are lower in learning or status than himself as a shame, and he has been practicing the pattern of learning and listening to questions without shame all his life. Therefore, he was praised by the Weiguo Monarch and highly praised by his teacher Confucius. Here, Kong Yuan's shameless question has risen to great wisdom, and for us, there is also a great enlightenment: what the brain can measure is IQ, what cannot be measured is wisdom; what the eyes can see is the line of sight, what cannot be seen is the field of vision; what can be touched in the chest is the chest circumference, what cannot be touched is the chest... Long Qing