"Don't be good at music" uses the rhetorical device of adverbial postposition, which means that there is nothing better than music. The whole sentence means: there is nothing better than music if you want to change the social atmosphere and change the folk customs.

from: The Book of Filial Piety by Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period

Original text: Confucius said: "Dear people, they are not good at filial piety; Teach the people to be courteous and smooth, and not be good at it; Change customs, be good at music; It is not good at courtesy to rule the people. "

Confucius said: "Salvation should be the first step in governing the country and leveling the world. There is nothing better than filial piety to teach people to love each other. There is nothing better than teaching people to be respectful and obedient, and there is nothing better than music if you want to change the social atmosphere and change the folk customs. There is nothing better than courtesy to stabilize the physical and mental health of the chief executive and govern the people of a country. "

Extended information:

The Book of Filial Piety focuses on filial piety and focuses on the Confucian ethics. It affirms that "filial piety" is the norm set by heaven. "Filial piety is the essence of heaven, the meaning of the earth, and the trip of people." It is pointed out that filial piety is the foundation of all virtues, and that "a man's trip is greater than filial piety", the monarch can govern the country with filial piety, and his subjects can manage their homes with filial piety.

The Book of Filial Piety links filial piety with loyalty for the first time, holding that "loyalty" is the development and expansion of "filial piety" and generalizes its social function, holding that "filial piety can reach the gods, spread all over the world and be pervasive". The requirements and methods of "filial piety" have also been systematically and detailedly stipulated.

it advocates that "filial piety" runs through all human behaviors, and "the body is covered with skin, and the parents dare not harm it", which is the beginning of filial piety; It is the end of filial piety to "stand on the road and make a name for yourself in future generations to show your parents". It links the maintenance of patriarchal clan hierarchy with serving the monarch, and holds that "filial piety" should "begin to serve the relatives, serve the monarch in the middle, and finally establish itself."

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