Know what it means that pines and cypresses wither after cold?

Perception: People who practice monasticism are tenacious, can endure hardships and be tortured, and will not change their original intentions.

Every year when the weather is coldest, I know that most other plants are dying, and only pine and cypress are tall and straight.

Source: The Analects of Confucius Zi Han

Explanation of words:

1, annual cold: the coldest weather every year.

2, sculpture: through "withering", withering.

Introduction of works

The Analects of Confucius was written in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was recorded by Confucius' students and their retranslators. By the Han Dynasty, there were three editions of The Analects of Confucius (20), The Analects of Confucius (22) and The Analects of Classical Chinese (2 1). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zheng Xuan compiled and annotated a new book based on The Analects of Lu with reference to The Analects of Qi and The Analects of Ancient Chinese. After Zheng Xuan's annotations were circulated, The Analects of Confucius and The Analects of China Ancient Literature gradually disappeared.

The later editions of The Analects of Confucius mainly include: The Analects of Confucius by Wei in the Three Kingdoms Period, On Shu Shu by Liang Huang Kan in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, The Analects of Confucius by Zhu, The Analects of Confucius by Liu Baonan in the Qing Dynasty, etc.