Abstract

"Analects • advanced" first chapter "advanced in the music, Savage also; backward in music, is also a gentleman, such as use of, then I from the advanced." This sentence is not always the solution was excluded Note understand. In particular implications for the savage gentleman contrast, there is no in-depth discussion. This paper argues that a comparison to clarify the meaning of this chapter is to understand the intentions of the key. As the savage gentleman contrast in the "Analects," which appears only once, therefore, must be discussed with the Confucian classics. Mencius is an important representative of the Confucian, the writings handed down to grasp the savage gentleman contrast, reflects the depth of the different aspects of Savage gentleman, to further clarify the original intent of Confucius, a great help. This paper introduces the ideas of alienation, indicating that the impact of ritual for a gentleman, has formalized the trend of bad music to bow collapse; This is a common phenomenon backward, backward is not from Confucius, as is inevitable. Savage without alienation, and its commitment to good but if the have; advanced in a savage ritual-like characteristics, it is Confucius from the advanced. In order to understand what the explicit meaning of the phrase "The first to come to observing ritual propriety and playing music were the simple folk; those who came later were the nobility. In putting ritual and music to use, I would follow those who came to them first. "said by Confucius in the Analects is, it is necessary to acknowledge first the implications of the contrast between ye-ren and jun-zi, which appears just once in the whole book. This article analyzes some important usages of ye-ren and jun-zi in the Pre-Qin Confucian works, and concludes that there exists a proper contextual meaning in the Analects by introducing the concept of alienation. As a result, the implication used in the Analects should be as follows: ye-ren is the one who performs the rituals out of himself, whereas jun-zi as prescribed