"If you don't learn etiquette, you can't stand" has only six simple words, but it has profound meaning. Confucius said, "How can you be a man without courtesy?" Master is indeed a master. The teacher taught and educated people in this way 2500 years ago, and I admire him very much. Etiquette is a necessary quality for a healthy person. If a person can't do it well, he is only a flawed person despite his hypocrisy.

But here, "if you don't learn etiquette, you can't stand." It is "courtesy" rather than "reason". Now we are talking about how not to learn etiquette, but who will read the Book of Rites and understand the traditional etiquette? Some people say it's all from the past. But why does this become the past instead of the present and the future? We just threw it away, and we didn't go to school!

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"If you don't learn etiquette, you can't stand." ? Source, original text and translation

"If you don't learn etiquette, you can't stand." From Confucius' The Analects of Confucius and Ji's Chapter XVI.

Original text:

Chen Kang asked Yu Bo-yu, "Does Zi have a different opinion?" Yes, "Not yet. When you taste independence, carp tend to go beyond the court. Say,' How about learning Poetry?' Yes:' Not yet.' "If you don't learn Poetry, there is nothing to say." Cyprinus carpio retired to learn Poetry. Some day, when it is independent, the carp will rush through the court.

Say,' How about learning etiquette?' Yes:' Not yet.' "If you don't learn etiquette, you can't stand." Cyprinus carpio retired to learn etiquette and learned both. "Chen Kang retired and rejoiced:" Ask one and you get three. Smell poetry, smell ceremony, and smell the gentleman's distance. "

Translation:

Chen Kang asked Bo Yu, "Have you heard any special teachings from the teacher?" "No," replied Bo Yu. Once he stood alone in the class, and I walked quickly through the court. He said,' Did you learn Poetry?' I replied,'No.' He said,' If you don't learn poetry, you won't know how to speak.' I go back to study Poetry.

Another day, he stood alone in the class again, and I walked quickly through the court. He said,' Have you learned the ceremony?' I replied,'No.' He said,' If you don't learn etiquette, you won't know how to stand up.' I'll go back to study etiquette. These are the only two things I've heard. Chen Kang went back and said happily, "I asked a question and got three gains. First, I should learn poetry, second, I should learn etiquette, and third, gentlemen don't favor their children."

Source of reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-If you don't learn etiquette, you can't stand.