Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 314 Pragmatism (Part [-])
"The Master said to Yan Yuan, if you use it, you will do it, if you discard it, you will hide it. I am the only one with you."

As expected, this topic is very correct, and it is a "whole chapter topic", that is to say, the entire chapter of the book is completely written as a topic.This chapter comes from "The Analects of Confucius·Shu Er", which is the seventh chapter of "The Analects of Confucius".

As we all know, "The Analects of Confucius" is a book in the style of quotations, which is the recollection of Confucius and some of Confucius's great disciples. 37 chapters, this title is one of the chapters.

The topic itself is also very simple. It is what Confucius said to his best student Yan Yuan (named Hui), which means: When the country uses you, you should use your own talents and ideas to carry out your various ideas. ; When the country does not use you, you put away your ideas and assumptions.It seems that you and I are the only ones who can do this naturally and frankly.

Although this passage of Confucius seems simple, but first of all we must understand what he meant before we can talk about how to solve the problem.

What is the meaning behind his words?Let’s understand this passage in reverse: ordinary people lack knowledge, have no opinions on things, or are not firm enough even if they have opinions, or have other concerns. Less than "OK".

This "action", understood with a highly pragmatic modern thinking, is to display their talents and realize their political ideas.

Then there must be at least three prerequisites: one is to have correct political ideas; the other is to have ideas that have been practiced, are indeed beneficial to people and society, and can conform to objective reality and are feasible; There are talents and conditions to implement and realize these propositions; finally, there must be a "jun", which is the prerequisite of the prerequisites, because without this "jun", who would use you?

If there is no "jun" to use you, then you can only "give it up and hide it".From Gao Yushi's point of view, Confucius' phrase "If you give up, you will hide it" is actually the common emotion of Confucius and Yan Zi at that time. It is a frank expression of helplessness, and the two are just comforting each other.

However, the extended meaning of this sentence has a great influence on later generations of Confucianism: that is, to be able to "use action" and "let go of storage".

Pin the hope of "practice" on the "use" of the Confucians by the emperor, not on the self-struggle of the Confucianists or even on democratic elections, self-expression, self-propaganda, expanding influence, and winning over the masses.

And if you don't use it, it's "give up", what should you do if you "give up" it?You can only "hide", that is, eliminate your personal ambitions. Even if you have outstanding talents, you must be able to keep yourself safe and "hide".

Well, now that the original meaning of Confucius' original words and Confucius' "underlying meaning" are clear, we can start to think about how to solve the problem.

According to the fixed format of Zhiyi, you can only write two sentences at the beginning to summarize and analyze the topic. This is the so-called "breaking the topic".This is the most important and crucial item of the system.Whether an article is good or not, first look at the topic. If the structure of the topic is not enough and the concept is shallow, you can skip the rest of the article.

So what exactly is problem solving?The inscription is easy to understand, so there is no need to elaborate, but the word "bro" is worth pondering.

Specifically, what is "breaking" and how to "break" are two key points.According to the highly pragmatic thinking and understanding of future generations, this is a question of thinking methods.

The so-called breaking means analysis, but there are restrictions on topics, language, and the number of sentences.Therefore, this "breaking" and this analysis are not arbitrary and unrestricted analysis, but analysis under strict restrictions and under the constraints of various conditions. This kind of analysis can be expressed in one word, which is "breaking". ".

If you want to be more precise, it is to accurately split the topic into two, and then express it accurately, making it the outline of the full text.

And because the requirements of the system are very strict, and the title comes from the "Four Books", there are many other considerations.For example, if only one sentence is used as the title, then there must be a context.Therefore, it is stipulated that it can neither be committed nor committed.

Take Gao Gong’s question as an example, if he singled out the question “Use it to do it”, Gao Wu could not think of “If you give it up, you will hide it” when thinking about solving the question. Then it is not possible, it is not qualified.On the contrary, if you only say "If you give it up, you will hide it", naturally you can't think of the previous sentence, and Bufan is committing a crime.

But after all, Gao Gong considered Gao Pragmatic's age, and he was only a beginner, so this question is two sentences connected together, which is a problem with two aspects in itself, and it is easier to "break".Of course, it may also be based on Gao Gong's understanding of Mr. Dongye. Mr. Dongye may prefer this kind of dignified and upright questions, rather than taking the edge of the sword, so this is not Gao Yushi's understanding.

At this time, the paper has been spread out, the ink has been researched, Gao Yushi dipped his pen in the ink, and neatly wrote the two sentences that break the title:
"It is advisable for a sage to practice and hide, and to show it to those who are capable."

Gao Gong stood aside, seeing these two sentences, the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up slightly, revealing a slight smile.

These two sentences break the title, clearly breaking through "walking and hiding", and secretly breaking through "only me and you".Because all the titles are broken, regardless of the name of the sage or anyone, the character must be used, so Gao Pragmatic here uses the word "able person" to refer to Yan Yuan.

Seeing that Gao Gong didn't say a word behind him, Gao Yushi knew that his problem should be regarded as qualified, so he continued to write the problem without hesitation:
"It is not easy to follow the rules of Gai sage's travels and collections. Since Yan Zi knew it, we can talk to him."

For the title, three, four, or five sentences are acceptable.All the people who inherited the title directly called their names, so this sentence directly refers to Yan Zi.Breaking and inheriting are all based on the author's intention, and they are not breathless.

Then came the talk, Gao Yushi wrote:
"That's why it is specially called: life experience, there are only one or two ways to listen to others, and those who seek to be endless are often but rare. If you have something, you can be confident, or you can get it alone and have nothing. To be together, to be alone without words. This means that the song is self-contained, and I am fortunate to have words.”

Let's start with ten sentences. There is no fixed number of sentences, and it can be stretched arbitrarily.You can use words such as "Ruoyue", "Qifu", "Jinfu", and "Taste Si" for starting out. Gao Yushi uses "so special saying" here, and said to Yan Yuan in the tone of Confucius, "Life "The four sentences are starting, the three sentences of "迨yu" are reversed, and the two sentences of "this meaning" are combined.

But after the lecture, it is necessary to use the tone of Confucius, and this is also the time to start building the backbone of the full text.

　In other words, when I analyze history, many people say that it is redundant. If this is written in the name of the protagonist, will some people say it is boring?After all, I've found that many readers want to write nothing but the plot.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)