Sanyi Sports Chess

Hong Kong Adventures in 1982

Traveling through the fields of a peasant woman

Youzi asked Zengzi: "Have you asked about funerals, Master?" He said: "I have heard that funerals want to get poor quickly, and death wants to decay quickly." Youzi said: "This is not what a gentleman says." Zengzi said: "Shen heard it from the Master." Youzi said again: "This is not what a gentleman says." Zengzi said: "Shen and Ziyou heard it." Youzi said: "Yes, then the Master said it for a reason." Zengzi told Ziyou this. Ziyou said, "How wonderful! Youzi's words are similar to yours. Once upon a time, when the Master was living in Song, he saw Sima Huan making a stone coffin for himself, which took three years to complete. The Master said, 'If it is so, then it is better to decay quickly than to die.' The desire to decay quickly was what Sima Huan said. When Nangong Jingshu returned, he would bring treasures with him to the court. The Master said, 'If it is so, then it is better to become poor quickly than to be buried.' The desire to become poor quickly was what Jingshu said." Zengzi told him what Ziyou said. When Youzi was talking to Youzi, Youzi said, "Yes, I have always said that this is not what the Master said." Zengzi said, "How do you know this?" Youzi said, "The Master made a four-inch coffin and a five-inch outer coffin in Zhongdu, so he knew that he did not want to decay quickly. In the past, when the Master lost the position of Sikou of Lu and was about to go to Jing, he first asked Zixia and then Ran You, so he knew that he did not want to become poor quickly."

Jinmo Waiting for a Good Time

Even if there are delicious dishes, if you don't eat them, you don't know their taste; even if there are the ultimate truth, if you don't learn it, you don't know its goodness. Therefore, only after learning can you know your shortcomings, and only after teaching can you know your difficulties. Knowing your shortcomings, you can reflect on yourself; knowing your difficulties, you can strengthen yourself. Therefore, it is said that teaching and learning complement each other. "The Book of Changes" says: "Learning is half done." Is this what it means!

If love could be predicted

Duke Huan entered the gorge, where sheer cliffs hung high into the sky and the waves rose swiftly. He sighed and said, "Since I am a loyal minister, I cannot be a filial son. What should I do?"

Fish Chain

When someone asked Wang Changshi about the brothers and followers of Jiang Fei, Wang replied, "All the Jiangs are capable of supporting themselves."

I am the common villain in the novel

In this month, trees are in full bloom, so he orders the hunters to go into the mountains and cut trees, but not to cut them down. Do not start earthworks, do not unite the princes, do not mobilize the people, do not do big things, so as to shake the nourishing energy. Do not issue orders and wait, so as to hinder the work of Shennong. Floods are rampant, Shennong will hold back his work, and if you do big things, there will be natural disasters. In this month, the soil is moist and hot, and heavy rains occur from time to time. Burning and cutting water will help kill weeds, just like using hot soup. It can fertilize the fields and make the soil strong.