Brief Introduction to the Content of the Lectures of The Analects of Confucius

The most prominent feature of Li Li's book is that it is easy to explain in simple terms and speaks implicitly. Perhaps, this should also be the characteristics of studying the Analects of Confucius. Because the Analects of Confucius, as a record of phonological system, has its own style that is easy to understand and profound in meaning.

For example, if you open the Analects of Confucius Lecture Notes, it begins with The Analects of Confucius: "It's better to keep pace with the times, isn't it?" Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? Ignorance and dissatisfaction are not gentlemen? "So, what can interpret this proverb that seems to be well known in the vernacular? Look at Li Li's solutions one by one. Li Li first explained the original meanings of "learning", "learning", "being a friend" and "being happy" from the perspective of philology, and pointed out that people should learn but be poor, make friends happily and peacefully, and treat a gentleman with honor. Then he pointed out three levels of this passage and told the whole content and spirit of The Analects of Confucius, the relationship between people and hearts, and the relationship between people. Confucian culture mainly solves these three problems: man and heart, man and man, man and heaven. " Achieve a harmonious state, harmony between people and heart, harmony between people, and harmony between people and heaven. " He also pointed out that these three sentences at the beginning of The Analects of Confucius echoed the last three sentences in Yao Yue Pian, the last article of The Analects of Confucius, namely, "I don't know my life, I don't think of a gentleman; I don't know the ceremony, I don't think it is standing; If you don't know what to say, you can't know people. " "So, the Analects of Confucius begins with these three groups of relationships and ends with these three groups of relationships. Harmony between man and nature and harmony between man and heart are not only the core of The Analects of Confucius, but also the core of the whole China culture. "

Look, how well Li Li speaks! Not only can we find out the profound philosophical connotation in some sentences that don't seem to have much meaning at first glance, but we can also make a detailed analysis of the Analects of Confucius as a system and as a system of China culture. This is of course related to Li Li's extensive and meticulous education in the fields of Chinese studies and Confucianism.

Argumentative essays like The Analects of Confucius are hard to be lively and interesting. Some of the classic documents that we can see translated into modern vernacular are mostly hard translations and literal translations, and it is inevitable to chew wax. Look at Li Li's books. The language is not just colloquial. Obviously, Li Li wants to maintain a relaxed and friendly language feature, which is consistent with the language style of The Analects. At the same time, Li Li also interspersed a lot of traditional cultural knowledge in the lecture notes. Such as the origin of "weak crown"; The origin of "Four Books"; First, talk about the star of "Beichen" and ancient astronomy, and then talk about the origin of "Wei Zi Palace" and "Forbidden City"; Talking about "thinking innocently" involves the theory of "sadness" in Huangdi Neijing, the theory of emotion in Yue Ji, and Cai Yuanpei's theory of aesthetic education replacing religion ... It is boring without quoting classics, but there are interesting episodes and rich proofs in lively chat and dialogue. What is rare is that such rich knowledge and profound textual research are natural, natural, friendly and readily available.