A man without faith does not know what he can do(rén ér wú xìn，bù zhī qí kě)

A man without faith knows not what he can do

It is also a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is R é n é RW ú x ì n, B ù zh ī Q í K ě y ě, which means that if a person doesn't speak his credit, he really doesn't know whether he can do it. That is to say, people can't do without credit. It comes from the Analects of Confucius.

original text

Confucius said, "if a man has no faith, he doesn't know what he can do. How can we do it? Source: The Analects of Confucius: for politics

translation

Confucius said: "if a man loses his credit or does not keep it, he does not know what else he can do. Just as the cart has no wooden pin connecting the shaft and yoke, and the cart has no pin connecting the bar and the crossbar, how can it walk? "

notes

Credit: credit. Qi: pronoun, he. yes, yes. 輗 (n í): a wooden pin connecting the shaft of an ox cart to the yoke. "Zhu Zi Ji Zhu" is called "big car", which means the car that can be carried on the flat land. He who tied the crossbar at the end of the shaft to drive the ox Yu è: a wooden pin connecting the shaft of a carriage to the yoke. "Zhu Zi Ji Zhu" is called "small car", which means field car, military vehicle and vehicle. The end of the shaft bends upward, and the hook weighs the horse. " Why: why, why. Zhi: syllable auxiliary word, no real meaning. "Zhu Zi Ji Zhu" says that "if the car has no trust, it can't be done. If people have no trust, it's still true." China is one of the earliest countries to build cars. It is said that cars appeared in the era of the Yellow Emperor about 5000 years ago. no matter what the shape of ancient vehicles is, the structure is generally divided into three parts: loading, running and driving. The loading part is the carriage of the ancient car, which was called "Yu" in ancient times. The running part of the ancient car is composed of wheels and shafts. The axle is a component which can fix the wheel, carry the carriage and transmit the power. the driving force of the ancient vehicle is basically livestock, and the function of the driving device of the ancient vehicle is to connect the running part with the livestock. The driving part of the ancient car mainly consists of "Yuan" and "Ge". The shaft is a slightly curved long wood, one end of which is connected with the axle, the other end of which is perpendicular to the "yoke"; the two ends of the yoke are fastened on the horse neck with rope rings. The shaft and yoke are linked by wooden pins. The wooden pins of cart (ox cart) and cart (carriage) are called Bi. There are no big cars and small cars, so the force of livestock can not be transmitted to the axle, so the car can not run naturally.

unscramble

The explanation in ShuoWenJieZi is "faithfulness, sincerity". Trustworthiness means keeping promise and keeping promise. The basic meaning of faithfulness is to keep promise, to practice promise and to be free from deception. In the Analects of Confucius, Confucius talked about "faith" many times. [1] the disciple asked Confucius how to govern the country. Confucius said that there should be three points: enough food, enough food; enough soldiers, enough army; enough trust, and the trust of the people. The disciple asked, if one item has to be removed as a last resort, which one? Confucius replied, "go to the army.". Then the disciple asked, if there is still one item to be removed, which one? Confucius said, "go and eat. The people will not stand without faith. " It can be seen that in Confucius' view, getting people's trust is more important than anything else. [2] "I think about myself three times a day: are you unfaithful to others? Do you believe in making friends? Is it hard to pass on Faithfulness is the basic content of self-cultivation. We should reflect on it every day. [3] to be respectful, tolerant, trustworthy, sensitive and beneficial for political leaders. "If you believe in it, you can do whatever you want." That is: people will trust you only if they are trustworthy. Therefore, in the Analects of Confucius, "Xin" has multiple meanings. Faith is an attitude. It's natural to keep the way of heaven, and we should abide by it. Mencius said: "sincerity is the way of heaven; sincerity is the way of man." "Faith" is a kind of practice. Although the uncertainty principle tells us that the result of the behavior itself can't completely match the promise, it can't deviate too far. The ancients often advocated "do more and speak less". Maybe there is a reason in this respect. It's impossible to take back "what's said, what's spilled", so we should avoid this embarrassing situation. There is an idiom called "eat your words and be fat". It says that there was a minister named uncle Meng in the state of Lu in the spring and Autumn period. He used to eat his words. At a banquet held by Duke AI of Lu, he wanted the minister to make a serious fool of himself and said, "Mr. Zheng is getting fatter and fatter." I didn't expect to reply solemnly: "eat your words and be fat", which means that I always don't abide by the "letter", and I always eat my words, so I'm getting fatter and fatter. "Faith" is a kind of interpersonal relationship. People often use "one promise and one thousand gold" to measure the value of "faith". In fact, it's more than a thousand gold. It's worth a person's life. "Faith" is a link between people. Without "faith", there is no effective cooperation. The child in the "wolf comes" allusion regards "faith" as a plaything, which leads to serious consequences. "Faith" is so important in people's life, so how to realize the concept of "faith"? keep the rules of "faith" in your heart. "Faith" is realized by "practice", so we should do more and talk less, and keeping faith can improve our reputation; greed often makes people "betray" and no longer keep faith, so we must not lose the "bottom line of life". to others, help others more, don't plant thorns; cooperate more, don't tear down the platform. Win the trust of others, at a critical moment, others are willing to help you, the so-called "more help to those who have gained, less help to those who have lost." in real life, "dishonesty" is inevitable, so what should we do when "dishonesty" is broken? "Dishonesty" in mind, then, it is necessary to correct their own trajectory of behavior, not recklessly, so as to lose the opportunity to correct, the so-called "Prodigal return gold do not change", with time and behavior to correct other people's cognition. "Dishonesty" is caused by the misunderstanding of others. At this time, don't rush to explain. The more you explain, the more confused you are. Give others time to understand you, and don't shirk responsibility. "dishonesty" lies in the poor effect of your own behavior. At this time, you should be brave to take responsibility. Your mistakes are not only your own "mother of success", but also a "mirror" for others to learn from. Some people's fanatical behavior in the Cultural Revolution tormented their hearts, and some of them apologized. This is a responsible attitude towards themselves, society and history, which is easy to be forgiven by others. Brandt's amazing kneeling, how many enmity, who can say! "dishonesty" lies in others. At this time, there is no need to explain, let alone "anger comes from the edge of courage". Tolerance of others is also an effective way to release their inner pressure, which is beneficial to health, not to mention that they will have "dishonesty" time! "Faith" comes from the heart and is shown in social life, which makes our heart purer and closer to "ordinary and great".

application

For the first time in Wu Chengen's journey to the West in the Ming Dynasty, stone ape sat on it and said, "you guys, if you don't believe me, I don't know what I can do." Only then do you say that those who have the ability to come in and go out without hurting their bodies will worship him as king. "

Chinese PinYin : rén ér wú xìn，bù zhī qí kě