Translation of The Analects of Confucius and Zhang

The theme that I once sat with Gong Xihua was the center of the conversation, and the center of the article was about ambition. Talking about ambition, in our words today, is talking about ideals.

What I once said is completely different from others. If he doesn't talk about politics, he is running the country; I don't talk about alliances. I portray a scene and describe a scene: "Mo Chun, the spring dress has been finished, the champion is five or six, the boy is six or seven, bathing and performing, singing and dancing in the wind." Judging from the poetic scene description, Zeng's ideal is expressed in twists and turns; It looks so carefree, carefree and even a little wild, but it has aroused the infinite admiration of Confucius; Confucius said, "Me and Canon!" Clearly expressed his ideological tendency.

Zeng's genius lies in his ability to combine two political ideals with moral ideals, which can be understood as both the sustenance of political ideals and the pursuit of moral cultivation, giving readers room for thinking.