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你如果问我:中国古代的思想家中哪一个最伟大?我说肯定是孔子。你如果问我:中国古代的书籍中哪一部最重要?我说肯定是孔子的《论语》。做一个中国知识分子,尤其是二十一世纪的中国知识分子,不能不读《论语》。但它不是“圣经”,不是“一句顶一万句,句句是真理”,不是宗教信条。它只是孔子在同他的学生们上课闲谈时说的话,学生们随时记下来,凑在一起就成了这本书,想不到它流传了两千多年,一点也没有过时,也许还会流传更多的年月,因为它充满了真诚和智慧,的确是世界文化的瑰宝。
If you ask me: Which of the greatest thinkers in ancient China was the greatest? I said it must be Confucius. If you ask me: Which of the most ancient Chinese books is the most important? I say it must be Confucius’ Analects. To be a Chinese intellectual, especially Chinese intellectuals in the 21st century, cannot but read The Analects. But it is not a “biblical”, not “a sentence of ten thousand words, a sentence is a truth,” not a religious creed. It is just what Confucius said while chatting with his students in class. The students keep it down and make it into a book. I can’t think that it has been circulated for more than 2,000 years. It is not obsolete at any time, and it may even be passed on. Many years and months, because it is full of sincerity and wisdom, is indeed a treasure of world culture.