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"Persuasion" Warring States Xun Situation

Gentleman: Learning is not enough. Blue, taken from blue, and blue from blue; Ice, water for it, and cold for water. Wooden straight middle rope, róu (róu) thought to be a wheel, its curved in the gauge. Although there is (yòu) pù, those who do not stand up, they will make it so. Therefore, the rope of the wood is straight, the gold is sharp, and the gentleman is erudite and the daily reference is self-conscious, then he knows and acts without fault.

I have tasted and thought all day long, and it is better to learn what I have learned. I tasted and looked forward to it, and it was better to ascend to the heights of Hakataya. Ascend and move, arms are not elongated, and those who see are far away; The wind is blowing, the sound is not added to the disease, and the smell is prominent. The false horse, the non-profitable foot, but the thousand miles; The fake boat is not able to water, but not the river. Junzi sheng (xìng) is not heterogeneous, good at falsifying things.

Mountains of soil, wind and rain; The water is deep, and the dragon is born; Virtue is accumulated, and the gods are self-satisfied, and the sacred heart is prepared. Therefore, there is no accumulation of steps, and there is no way to go a thousand miles; Without accumulating small streams, there is no way to become a river and a sea. Qi Ji jumped, can not ten steps; Ten horses, the merit is not to give up. Perseverance and abandonment, decaying wood does not fold; Perseverance, gold stone can be skeletonized. The worm has no claws and teeth, the strength of the muscles and bones, eating the soil, drinking the yellow spring, and using the heart. Crab six kneeling and two claws, non-snake eel's cave has no sustenance, the heart is also impatient.

Vernacular translation:

People of moral character say: Learning cannot be stopped. Indigo, extracted from bluegrass, but darker than bluegrass; Ice is made of water condensation, but it is colder than water. The wood is straight enough to conform to the straightened ink line, if it is bent into a wheel with fire, then the curvature of the wood (it) meets the standard of the compass, and if it is dried by the wind and the sun, it will no longer be straight, because it has been processed, so it becomes like this. Therefore, the wood is measured with ink thread, and then it can be straightened by the processing of assistive devices, and the metal products such as swords can become sharp when they are sharpened on the whetstone, and the gentleman learns extensively, and checks and reflects on himself every day, then he will become smart and witty, and his behavior will not be wrong.

I used to think all day, but I didn't gain much from a moment of learning; I used to lift my heels and look into the distance, but I didn't look as wide as I did when I climbed up high. Climb to a high place and wave, the arm is not lengthened, but people can also see it in the distance; Shouting in the direction of the wind, the voice did not increase, but the person who listened could hear it more clearly. People who use chariots and horses, the pace is not fast, but they can reach thousands of miles away; People who use the oars of ships are not necessarily good at swimming, but they can cross the Yellow River of the Yangtze River. There is no difference in the nature of a gentleman, but he is good at using external objects.

The pile of soil and stones became mountains, and the wind and rain rose from here; The waters converge into the abyss, and the dragon is born from here; By accumulating good deeds and thus cultivating noble virtues, the spirit can reach a very high realm and the thoughts of the saints will be possessed. Therefore, without accumulating a step and a half of travel, there is no way to achieve a distance of thousands of miles; Without accumulating small amounts of flowing water, there is no way to converge into rivers and seas. Once the Maxima leaps, it is less than ten steps away; The inferior horse-drawn carriage can go very far for ten days, and its success lies in non-stop walking. An object was carved but finally abandoned, and the rotten wood was also carved continuously. If you keep carving, then the gold stone can also be carved successfully. Earthworms do not have sharp claws and strong bones, but they can eat the soil upwards and drink the spring water downwards, because it is dedicated. The crab has six legs and two crab claws, but if there is no snake or eel's burrow, it has nowhere to hide, which is because it is impetuous.

Appreciation of works:

During the Warring States period, the slave system further collapsed, the feudal system gradually formed, and history underwent epoch-making changes. Many thinkers proceeded from different positions and angles, expressed different ideas on the social changes at that time, and gradually formed different schools of Mojia, Confucianism, Taoism and Dharma, which were historically called "Hundred Sons and Hundred Schools". The sons and hundreds of families have written books and made statements, publicized their own ideas, and criticized others, and a situation of "a hundred schools of thought contending" has emerged. Important representatives of Confucianism during the Warring States period were Mencius and Xunzi. Mencius preached the idea of defending the ruling class by "those who work hard, and those who rule by laborers", while Xunzi believed that the existence of nature is not subject to the will of man, but people can use subjective efforts to understand it, conform to it, and use it to avoid evil. His protégés Han Fei and Li Si became important representatives of the Fa at the end of the Warring States period.

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