"What is the meaning of the word "zi" in "zǐ bú xué duàn ?

Zi Bu Xue Broken Loom [zǐ bú xué duàn ?jī ?zhù]

Zi: Meng Zi, name: Ke, character: Zi He, a native of Zou during the Warring States period, and in later times, honored as the "Sage of Asia".

Interpretation:

Est: former, ancient

Choose Neighborhood: choose a neighbor to live in

Zi: Meng Zi, first name Ke Ke, second name Zi He, a native of Zou during the Warring States period, and later, honored as "The Sage of Asia".

Loom: machine, loom; loom, shuttle.

Mengmu (孟母)：Mengzi's mother, surnamed the Equuschick, was a virtuous woman.

Backstory:

Meng Zi's father died at a very early age, and Meng's mother moved her home near her father's grave to educate Meng Zi with what she knew. Because of the cemetery around, there were often people crying and shouting, and Meng Ke followed the example of those people; they walked around and Meng Ke followed them. When Meng's mother saw this, she thought, "This is not a very desirable place to live. So, Meng mother moved once again, to the edge of the marketplace. Because the hawkers wanted to make money and were desperately trying to solicit business, Meng Ke also shouted like the hawkers, and when she saw this, she thought, "This is not a good place to live." Meng mother moved once again, this time, she moved to the school, because often there will be literati come to the school to bow and kneel, Meng Ke then asked Meng mother to go to school and study, Meng mother said, "This is the ideal place."

Meng Ke was very playful, and once, when he came home from skipping school, Meng mother said angrily, "Why are you back before school is over?" Meng Ke didn't dare to make a sound. Meng mother angrily broke the shuttle on the loom. She said, "If the shuttle is broken, the cloth can't be woven. The same applies to study; day by day, little by little, more by more, you can achieve success." Mencius listened to his mother's words and from then on studied hard and became a great man.

From:

The Three Character Classic

The Three Character Classic, is a traditional Chinese textbook for enlightenment. Among the ancient Chinese classics, the Three Character Classic is one of the most accessible readings. The Three Character Classic is based on exemplary materials, including literature, history, philosophy, astronomy, geography, human ethics, loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, etc., and the core ideas include "benevolence, righteousness, sincerity, respect and filial piety." While memorizing the Three Character Classic, you will learn about common sense, traditional Chinese culture and historical stories, as well as the principles of doing things in the stories.

In terms of format, the Three Character Classic is catchy, and because of its popular, smooth and easy-to-remember text, it is known as one of the three major readers of traditional Chinese monks' schooling along with the Hundred Surnames and Thousand Character Classic, collectively referred to as the Three Hundred and Thousand.

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