Confucius was a famous thinker in ancient times on the mainland, the founder of Confucianism, Confucius taught more than 3,000 disciples in his lifetime, and after the Western Han Dynasty proposed to "depose a hundred families and respect Confucianism alone", Confucius was pushed to the literary giant. When Confucius was educating his students, he never scolded, but he said a sentence that made the students ashamed of themselves, that is, "rotten wood cannot be carved." This sentence is well remembered by the world, but there is still the second half of the sentence, but it is ten people and nine people do not know.
Decaying wood can not be carved also
Confucius in a lecture, all the students are sitting there in a formal manner, suddenly, Confucius found an empty seat, and the owner of the empty seat is the owner of the "rotten wood can not be carved also" - Zaiyu, without exaggeration, Zaiyu is a rare genius, but the genius is always arrogant, at the beginning, Zaiyu also listened to Confucius lectures in a serious way, but after a long time, Zaiyu's jumping thinking stood out, compared with other students, it was a bit out of place.
Confucius did not see zaiyu's figure in the class, so he did not even go to class, he went directly to find Zaiyu, and when he arrived at Zaiyu's home, he found that he was still sleeping, and Confucius said angrily, "Rotten wood cannot be carved." The most emotional thing in this sentence is to hate iron not steel, and in modern times, it is also the mantra of many teachers.
In fact, Zaiyu is not a person who does not learn and has no skills, and to be able to worship under the name of Confucius as a student can see that Zaiyu still has advantages. Zaiyu is active in thought and is a person with his own thoughts, and Confucius's teaching method makes Zaiyu a little uncomfortable, making Zaiyu feel that Confucius's teaching method is somewhat rigid.
The tone of the second half of this sentence is even more serious, "The wall of dung shall not be polluted."
The walls of dung shall not be defiled
This sentence means that like a wall in a dung pit, it cannot be painted, and most of the time it is to describe the student as having reached the point of being hopeless. If the teacher says this, you can imagine how angry the teacher is.
If it was only because of Zaiyu's absence from class this time, Confucius would not have been so angry to say this sentence, although Zaiyu was a student of Confucius, he often did not listen to Confucius seriously, and often debated with Confucius in class. Confucius also tolerated Zaiyu for a while, and finally broke out when Zaiyu did not go to class.
Since Zaiyu did not go to class and slept at home, Confucius was disappointed in Zaiyu, and said that Zaiyu did not believe what he said, and there was still a saying in later generations: "To take people with tolerance, to lose the son of Yu; to take people by words, to lose Zaiyu", it is Confucius. The "Zi Yu" in the sentence is also a disciple of Confucius, because he looks ugly, so he is not valued by Confucius. However, Zi Yu eventually became a well-known saint.
"Rotten wood can not be carved also", this sentence is not absolute, more is to show the power of the teacher, the characterization of people is not but the teacher alone can make up his mind, people can not be disguised, the sea is invincible, Zaizhi and Ziyu, to later become a generation of saints, so to look at a person in an all-round way, not a single behavior. If you want to see more content, you can continue to pay attention to the grand view of Traditional Chinese Studies, and you can leave a message and communicate together!