Analects 14:24
The Master said “The ancient scholars studied for their own
improvement. Modern scholars study to impress others”
As I have understood from these analects, ancient scholars
are the past scholars who work hard for years to master their chosen craft and
they work hard to improve their works. Modern scholars are the present scholars
who do work to impress others. Some students for example, are the modern
scholars. Some students studies to impress their parents, they memorize things
to pass quizzes or exams, they memorize things without putting it in the heart,
so after the exam or quiz, the learning that they have studied are gone, unlike
when you study with heart and passion, the learning that you have memorize and
studied will remain in you forever and you can apply it. Another example are
the writers or our writers in the present time, writers on our present time are
writing different and many irrelevant articles, they write articles or work to
show that they have done something to impress others. Past writers are the writers
who write with passion and dedicated with their craft to improve their skill
and they have undergone many difficulties to improve themselves and their works,
unlike our modern writers, they just write to impress others.
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