It is not enough for a scholar to be ambitious enough to make those who can't stand it feel ashamed. What does this mean?

If a scholar is determined to pursue the truth, it is not enough to tell the truth, but he is ashamed to wear rags and eat coarse grains. This kind of person is not worth preaching to him.

Extended reading:

"Those who are determined by Tao are not enough, and those who eat sick food and clothing are ashamed" comes from The Analects of Confucius.

The Analects of Confucius is one of the Confucian classics and a collection of recorded essays, which mainly records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples in the form of quotations and dialogues, and embodies Confucius' political, aesthetic, moral and utilitarian values.

The Analects of Confucius are mostly quotations, but they are all rich in meaning, and some sentences and chapters are vivid. Confucius is the center of description in The Analects of Confucius, "Confucius' elegant demeanor overflows with epigrams"; There is not only a static description of his behavior in the book, but also a vivid description of his sexual temperament. In addition, centering on Confucius, The Analects of Confucius also successfully created some images of Confucius disciples. As early as the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, when Confucius set up an altar to give lectures, its main contents were initially established; After the death of Confucius, his disciples and re-disciples passed on his remarks from generation to generation, and gradually recorded the words and deeds of these oral quotations, so it was called "On"; The Analects of Confucius mainly records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, so it is called "language".