Sharp tools make good work(gōng yù shàn qí shì，bì xiān lì qí qì)

Sharp tools make good work

If a craftsman wants to do his work well, he must sharpen his tools first. It is very important to do a good job. According to the Analects of Confucius, Wei linggong: Zi Gong asked for benevolence. Confucius said, "if a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools. Ju is also a nation. He is a sage of his officials and a benevolent friend of his scholars. "

Idiom explanation

As a verb, instrument means tool. to do a good job, the tools must be sharp first. Preparation is very important to do a good job. good: done. Sharpen: sharpen. If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools. If a craftsman wants to do his work well, he must first make his tools sharp. Metaphor to do a good job, it is very important to prepare tools.

Idioms and allusions

Zi Gong asked for benevolence. Confucius said, "if a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools. Ju is also a nation. He is a sage of his officials and a benevolent friend of his scholars. " ——Confucius (spring and Autumn period) Analects of Confucius · Wei linggong allusions 1. From the Analects of Confucius Confucius said: "if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen the tools. Ju is also a nation. He is a sage of his officials and a benevolent friend of his scholars. " It's not easy to live in Chang'an. Speaking of this, Confucius raised a question about the use of the Analects. Zi Gong asked for benevolence. Confucius said: if a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools. Residence is a state. He is a sage who works as a doctor and a benevolent man who is a friend. Zi Gong asked how to cultivate benevolence. Confucius said, "if a craftsman wants to do a good job, he must sharpen his tools first. Living in a country, we should serve the wise among the doctors and make friends with the benevolent among the scholars. " "If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools." These are also two famous sayings, which we often quote from Confucius in the Analects of Confucius. Confucius told Zigong that if a person wants to complete his work, he should prepare his tools first. So what is the tool for benevolence? To live in this country and contribute to this country, we must make friends with high-class society, even political leaders and the backbone of the government; we must make friends with all kinds of virtuous people in this country. In other words, we should first understand the internal situation of this country and have a good relationship, then we can get the opportunity to contribute and achieve the goal of benevolence. On the surface, craftsman's work and ideological and moral cultivation are not related to each other, but in essence, they have something in common. In the Analects of Confucius, Kong Anguo's annotation is quoted as saying: "workers use sharp tools to help, and people use good friends to help." as the saying goes, "sharpening the knife does not mislead the woodcutter.". If a craftsman grinds his tools well before working, he can easily operate them and get twice the result with half the effort. So is his ideological and moral cultivation. Choose people with high moral character to associate with and make friends with them. Influenced and influenced by them, your ideological realm and moral cultivation will be improved invisibly. In fact, this is what Zeng Zi said in Yan Yuan that a gentleman should "help benevolence with his friends". "If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools." These are also two famous sayings that we often quote from Confucius in the Analects of Confucius. Confucius told Zigong that if a person wants to complete his work, he should prepare his tools first. Such as the idiom: "sharpening the knife does not miss the firewood cutter". To accomplish a task, we must plan and arrange in advance, so that we can steadily do it well.

Discrimination of words

Practical use use the eight words "if you want to do a good job, use the tools first" to explain its meaning in a concise way. example example: since there is nothing today, even if Dayu is reborn, he should stop. Let's take a simple example: Zhang San and Li Si both want to go up the mountain to cut firewood, but their axes are a little blunt. Zhang San ignored them and went up the mountain with his axe, because his axe is not good for them. What they cut is fine firewood Li Si is different. He uses a sharpening stone to sharpen the axe first. Although he starts slower than Zhang San, his preparation is done at home. He cuts wood quickly. When the sun went down, Zhang San came down with a small bundle of firewood, but Li Si came down with a big bundle of firewood it can be seen that with good preparation, you can get twice the result with half the effort! To do anything, we need to lay a good foundation and have enough ability to gain. Baidu Encyclopedia content is shared by netizens. If you find that your entry content is inaccurate or incomplete, you are welcome to use your entry service (free) to participate in the correction. Go to & gt; & gt;

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