He spread the news he heard without
checking.(道聽塗說)
The famous book (The Analects of Confucius)
was not written by Confucius himself.
It was the students of Confucius who wrote
down what he said to the students and compiled them into a book.
The time when Confucius lived was about
2500 years ago, when there was no paper.
So these students must condense these words
that Confucius said into short sentences, and then engrave them on thin bamboo.
There is a passage in this book.
Confucius said to the students,
If a person hears the truth but does not
practice it, then that person has lost an opportunity to improve his character.
But there are several scholars in future
generations. Disagree with this interpretation of this sentence.
These scholars said.
The first Chinese character of this
sentence is (Tao).
This Chinese character also means road.
So I think what Confucius wanted to express
was that after someone heard something unfounded on the road, the person spread
the news without verifying it. The character of this man is low.
In addition, some scholars believe that these
two explanations are incorrect.
These scholars believed that what Confucius
wanted to express was that when a person saw someone else make a mistake, that
person should remind himself not to make the same mistake instead of spreading
it around when he saw someone else make a mistake.
This idiom is used to describe some
unproven and unfounded words.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Which view do you agree with? When you
read, do you think about what the author wants to express and put forward your
own views?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains
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道聽塗說(He spread the news he heard without
checking.)
著名的(孔夫子論語)這一本書不是孔子自已寫的。
而是孔子的學生們，把他對學生說的話記錄下來並集結成冊。
孔子生活的年代大約距離現在2500年前，那個年代並沒有紙。
所以這些學生必須把這些孔子說過的話精簡成為短句，然後刻在削薄的竹片上
這本書中有一段話。
孔子對學生說，
一個人如果聽見了真理卻不去實踐，那這個人就失去了一個提昇自己品德的機會啊。
但後代有幾個學者。不認同這句話的這種解釋。
這些學者說。
這句話的第一個中文字是(道)。
這個中文字也是道路的意思。
所以我認為孔子想表達的意思是一個人在路上聽到一些沒有根據的話後、這個人不查證就散播這個消息。那這個人的品德低下。
另外有一些學者認為這兩種解釋都不正確。
這些學者認為孔子想表達的意思是一個人看見別人犯錯時，那這個人應該要提醒自己不要犯一樣的錯而不是在看到別人犯錯時到處去散播這件事。
這句成語被用來形容指一些沒有經過證實、缺乏根據的話語。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你認同那一種看法呢?你閱讀的時候會思考作者想表達什麼、並且提出自已的看法嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫
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