In a word(yī yán yǐ bì zhī)

In a word

In a word, Pinyin yiyanyibizhi is extended and generalized in one sentence.

Pinyin

yiyanyibizhi

explain

Generalize in one sentence.

example sentence

The teacher said these words, is let us correct the study attitude, studies assiduously. He has said so many things, in a word, to call attention to diligence and thrift.

source

original text

In the Analects of Confucius: Confucius said, "three hundred poems, in a word, are called" thinking without evil. "

notes

Three hundred poems: Poems refer to the book of songs. There are 305 poems in this book. Three hundred poems are just the whole number. cover: the meaning of generalization. Thinking without evil: This is a sentence in the book of songs · Lu Song · Fu, where "thinking" is an ideological explanation. The latter is more appropriate.

translate

Confucius said: "three hundred chapters of the book of songs can be summed up in one sentence, that is," pure thought. "

extend

The book of songs, which is often referred to as the book of songs, was only called the book of songs in ancient times. After Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, the word "Jing" was added, which was called the book of songs. Together with Shu, Yi, Li and Chunqiu, they are called Wujing. The book of songs we see today has a total of 311 chapters, six of which have titles but no contents. There are actually 305. The main idea of the quotation is that Confucius said: "three hundred poems, summed up in one sentence, are" thinking without evil. " Thought, auxiliary word, nonsense. The book of songs is the only poem about horses in the book of songs. It ends with "thinking of innocence, thinking of masu (C ú)" It means that the horse has no evil ideas and runs as fast as it can. By analogy, Confucius said "thinking without evil" means "no evil thoughts". in the era of Confucius, there were not many books for students to read, and the book of songs was used as a teaching material after being collated and processed by Confucius. Confucius studied the book of songs deeply, so he summed it up with "thinking without evil". The explanation of the book of songs in the Analects of Confucius is based on the principle of "thinking without evil".

Chinese PinYin : yī yán yǐ bì zhī