People are not saints, who can be faultless

People are not saints, who can be faultless

People are not saints, who can be faultless. Source: the second year of Xuangong in Zuozhuan: "no one has any faults. If we can change our past, we can be good." It means that ordinary people are not saints and sages, who can not make mistakes? There is no better way to correct mistakes. (from Shiji, not Confucius)

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If a man is not a saint, he can do nothing wrong. If we can change the past, we can do nothing good. [interpretation] ordinary people are not saints and sages, who can not make mistakes? There is no better way to correct mistakes. [source] in the second year of Xuangong in Zuozhuan, it is said that "no one has any faults, but the past can be changed, and there is nothing good about it." You don't have to blame yourself. [story] in the spring and Autumn period, Duke Ling of Jin Dynasty was very cruel and killed innocent people indiscriminately. His ministers Zhao Dun and Shi Ji went to the palace to admonish him. Duke Ling of Jin had a cold attitude and was reluctant to admit his mistake. Shi Ji said: "people who have no fault, past can change, good Mo Dayan." Jin linggong couldn't listen at all, so he sent someone to assassinate Zhao dun. People rose up to fight, Zhao Chuan will be extremely vicious Jin linggong killed.

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Source: the second year of Xuangong in Zuozhuan. A man who has no faults can be improved by the past. No, No. Who, who. Ordinary people are not saints and sages. Who can be without fault? story: king linggong of Jin is cruel in nature and often kills people with an excuse. One day, the cook sent bear paw stew, he cruelly put the cook to death on the spot. At the same time, the body was seen by two upright ministers, Zhao Dun and Shi Ji. After they learned about the situation, they were very angry and decided to go into the palace to admonish the Duke of Jin Ling. Shi Ji went to court first, and Jin linggong saw from his look that he had come to kill the cook for himself, so he pretended not to see him. It was not until Shi Ji walked forward three times and came to the eaves that Jin linggong glanced at him. He said lightly, "I already know what I've done, and I will correct it in the future." When Shiji heard him say this, he said with a gentle attitude: "who has no fault? If there is a fault, it is best to correct it. If you can accept the minister's correct advice, you will be a good monarch. " However, Jin linggong didn't really know his own fault, and his cruel behavior remained the same. Zhao Dun, the prime minister, repeatedly admonished him, but he did not listen. On the contrary, he was very disgusted. He sent an assassin to assassinate Zhao dun. Unexpectedly, the assassin did not want to kill the honest and loyal Zhao Dun, but rather committed suicide. Seeing that this was not successful, Duke Ling of Jin changed his method and pretended to invite Zhao Dun to the palace for a banquet, preparing to kill him during the banquet. However, Zhao Dun was rescued by the guards, and his plot failed. Finally, the evil king was killed by Zhao Dun's younger brother Zhao Chuan.