You have to respect those who are younger
than you(後生可畏)
The famous book (The Analects of Confucius)
was not written by Confucius himself.
It was the students of Confucius who
recorded what he said to the students and compiled them into a book.
Confucius lived about 2,500 years ago, when
there was no paper.
The students engraved the words of
Confucius on thin slices of bamboo. Because engraving these words is very time
consuming. So these sentences are very concise.
A few sentences from this book are as
follows.
You have to respect those who are younger
than you,
A young man has plenty of time to learn and
train himself to be a moral man.
If that young man does this, he may surpass
you in future achievements.
You should take the time while you are
young to learn and train yourselves to be virtuous people.
There are a lot of people who don't do
these things when they're young, and when these people get into their 40s,
they're rigid and stagnant.
It will be difficult for these people to
achieve great things in their lifetime.
This idiom is often used to describe a
young man who surpasses those who are older than him.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
What values do you think a person's
achievement can be measured against? Are there specific actions you can take to
make yourself a better person?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
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後生可畏(You have to respect those who are
younger than you)
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。
這些學生們把孔子說的話刻在削薄的竹片上。因為刻這些字非常的耗時。所以這些語句都非常的精簡。
這本書中有幾句話如下。
你們要尊重那些年紀比你輕的人，
一個年輕人有很充足的時間學習與訓練自已成為一個道德高尚的人。
如果那個年輕人這樣做，那他未來的成就就可能會超過你。
你們應該趁著年輕的時候把握時間學習並且訓練自己成為一個道德高尚的人。
有很多人在年輕的時候沒有做這些事情，而這些人到了40幾歲之後，他們就會僵化與停滯不前。
這些人們的一輩子將很難有大的成就。
這句成語通常被用來形容一個年輕人的成就超越那些比他年長的人。
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。
你認為一個人的成就可以用那些價值標準來衡量呢?你是否有用具體的行動去讓自己成為一個更好的人呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
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