Why are these people tough on the outside but fragile on the inside? (色厲內荏)
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 can only engrave the
characters on the thin bamboo.
Because it is very difficult to engrave
these characters, when Confucius students record these words taught by
Confucius, they often only engrave the most important points that they consider
to be the most important.
Therefore, when future generations of
scholars read these words, they often have different interpretations of these
words because of their different personal life experiences.
There is a passage in this book.
Some scholars believe that the meaning of
this passage is that you observe whether there is such a person around you.
This kind of person looks harsh on the outside, but is very fragile on the
inside.
These people didn't steal, but they were
uneasy inside, just like a thief was afraid of being discovered by others.
There are different interpretations of this
sentence.
Some scholars think that the meaning of
this passage is why some people look harsh on the outside, but are very fragile
on the inside.
This is because these people have an
attempt to steal. So they will be afraid.
There are different interpretations of this
sentence.
Some scholars think that the meaning of
this passage is to look at those who only care about immediate interests and
not for the sake of others. These people usually behave justly on the outside,
but on the inside they are thinking about how to do something stealing.
The meaning of this idiom is to describe a
person who is stern on the outside and cowardly on the inside.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Do you know this type of person? What do
you think of this type of person?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains
色厲內荏(Why are these people tough on the
outside but fragile on the inside?)
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。
所以這些學生們只能把字刻在削薄的竹片上。
因為刻這些字非常的困難，所以孔子的學生們在記錄孔子教導他們的這些話語時，往往只會刻下他們認為最重要的重點。
因此後代的學者們在讀到這些文字的時候，往往會因為個人生活經驗不同，對這些話有各自不同的解讀。
這本書中有一段話。
有些學者認為這段話的意思是你們觀察自已身邊有沒有這種人，這種人外表看起來很嚴厲，但內心卻非常的脆弱。
這些人沒有偷盜，但是內心卻是不安，就好像一個小偷怕被別人發現一樣。
這句話有不同的解讀。
有些學者認為這段話的意思是為何有些人外表看起來很嚴厲，但內心卻非常的脆弱呢。
這因為這些人他們有著偷盜的企圖。因此他們會害怕。
這句話還有不同解讀。
有些學者認為這段話的意思是你們看看那些只顧眼前利益不為他人著想的人啊。這些人外表通常表現得很正義，但內心卻是想著如何做一些偷盜的事情啊。
這句成語的意思是形容一個人外表嚴厲而內心怯懦。
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。
你有認識這種類型的人嗎?你對這類型的人你的評價如何呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫
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