Jade without polish is no tool(yù bù zhuó，bù chéng qì)

Jade without polish is no tool

If jade is not polished, it will not become a utensil. Later, it means that people can't become useful without training and training.

Once upon a time, there was a man named Bian he in the state of Chu. One day, he found a piece of jade in the mountain that had not been polished, so he presented it to the king li of Chu at that time. Unexpectedly, the jade craftsman in the Palace said it was just an ordinary stone. King Li was angry and ordered his subordinates to convict Bian he.

After the death of King Li, King Wu succeeded, and Bian he offered the jade to King Wu, but he was still convicted. Bian he held the stone in despair and cried for three days and nights at the foot of the mountain. When King Wen knew this, he invited Bian he to the palace and ordered the jade craftsman to make a good stone. He found that it was a fine jade, so he named it "heshibi." From this story, we can know that a piece of fine jade needs to be polished and forged to show its value. Therefore, human beings also need good education to become a useful person.

Idiom explanation

[idiom]: jade is not carved, not a tool [Pinyin]: y ù B ù Zhu ó, B ù ch é ngq ì [explanation]: carved: carved. Jade can't be an object without carving. It means that people can't achieve without education and learning.

Idioms and allusions

[source]: "the book of rites · the book of learning": "if jade is not polished, it will not become a tool. If people do not learn, they will not know." Is it necessary for a gentleman to learn if he wants to turn the people into the common customs? If jade is not polished, it is not a tool. If you don't learn, you don't know what is right. Therefore, the ancient king, the founding of the people (2), teaching first. "Duoming" says (3): "reading is always based on learning (4)" This is what it is called! Although (5) there are good dishes, but (6) food, I don't know its purpose; although there are supreme Tao, but I don't know its goodness. Therefore, learning and then knowing the deficiency, teaching and then knowing the difficulty (7). If you know the inadequacy, you will be able to reflexive. If you know the difficulty, you will be able to improve yourself. Therefore: teaching and learning are mutually beneficial (8). "Duimeng" said: "learning half (9)" this is called! Jade can't be used to make utensils without being polished. It means that people do not understand the truth without learning. Therefore, in ancient times, when kings established the country and governed the people, they all regarded education as the most important thing. "Shuo Ming" said: "always thinking about learning." That's what I mean. Even if there is delicious meat, if you don't eat it, you won't know its sweetness; even if there is the best reason, if you don't study, you won't know its benefits. Therefore, only by learning can we know our own shortcomings, and only by teaching others can we know what we can't understand. Know their own academic deficiencies, so that after self reflection; feel confused, so that after self encouragement. Therefore, teaching and learning promote each other. "Shuo Ming" says: "teaching is half of learning." That's probably the truth. (1) this section is selected from the book of rites, Xueji. (2) Jun: it means ruling. (3) Dui Ming: the title of the ancient book of history, also known as Shuo Ming and Dui Ming. Duitong "Shuo" refers to the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the prime minister Fu said. (4) end of reading: always thinking. (5) although: even if. (6) f: No. (7) sleepy: I can't understand. (8) promotion. (9) learning half: the first "learning" sound Xi à o, meaning to educate others, the second "learning" sound Xu é, meaning to learn from others. Jade is born, but it has to be polished to be useful. To illustrate the importance of learning with this principle is probably more practical than Locke's "white paper theory". Locke believes that the human mind is born like a piece of white paper. Later, through the accumulation of experience and learning, he drew all kinds of pictures on the white paper. Jade is obviously different from white paper. White paper has nothing, and jade contains potentially useful ingredients and values. The traces on the white paper are mechanically added by external forces, while the polishing of jade is to give full play to his potential. On the one hand, Confucianists recognize the talent and talent that people have (unlike a blank paper with nothing), on the other hand, they emphasize that the development of talent and talent must be fully demonstrated through the process of learning. After this premise is determined, the remaining problem is the specific methods and skills of excavation, and the specific operation mode.

Discrimination of words

This is called "jade without polish is not a tool". The fourth chapter of the complete biography of Shuoyue written by Qian Cai in Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : yù bù zhuó，bù chéng qì