Thousand Characters

Chapter 26

[Original text]

The nature is quiet and the mood is easy, and the heart is tired.Keep the truth and be full of ambition, and move by the meaning of things.Adhere to elegant exercises, and be proud of yourself.

【Note】

Sex: the nature of innateness.Emotion: The manifestation of nature, which has seven forms: joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, evil, and desire.God: spirit.Truth: nature, origin.Zhi: mind, will.Fuck: sentiment.縻: Originally refers to the rope used to tie cattle, and is extended to tie and tie.These four sentences tell us that if a person wants to maintain the five basic virtues of benevolence, righteousness, reason, wisdom, and faith in his heart, he must reflect on what he does and the various thoughts in his heart every day, so as not to be deceived by the outside world. Confused by some bad things.When we are not confused by bad things outside, good luck will naturally come to us.So far, "Thousand-Character Essay" has finished its narration about how a person views his body and how to improve his moral cultivation, which is also the core of "Thousand-Character Essay".The following sections will begin to describe the country, its political system, and the great rivers and mountains of the motherland.

【Interpretation】

If a person's mind can be calm and indifferent, then his mood will be comfortable and comfortable; on the contrary, if his heart is restless, his spirit will be tired and sleepy.If you stick to your natural goodness, you will be able to enrich your heart; but if you focus on pursuing material pleasures, your natural goodness will be changed.Stick to the noble sentiments, and good luck will come to you naturally.

【allusion】

Tao Kan kept his legacy Tao Kan was a great general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and he was very loyal.When he was governor of Jingzhou, he entertained Yin Hao, Yu Yi and other famous people in Wuchang, reciting poems, composing Fu, and talking about knowledge.After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Yin Hao raised his glass and said toast for Tao Kan's suppression of the rebellion.After Tao Kan thanked him, he drank his glass of wine in one gulp.Afterwards, Yu Yi also raised his glass to toast Tao Kan's suppression of Su Jun's rebellion last time.Su Jun used to be a general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He was dissatisfied with the reduction of his military power by Yu Liang, the minister ordered by Emperor Cheng of Jin Dynasty. He rebelled and captured Jiankang "Taicheng" where the imperial court was located.Tao Kan was ordered to lead an army of [-] from Wuchang City down the mighty river, surrounded Stone City, captured and killed Su Jun, and rescued Jin Chengdi.Tao Kan made outstanding contributions in this counter-insurgency, which is something to be happy about.Ordinarily, when Yu Yi made a toast, Tao Kan should happily drink the glass of wine, but Tao Kan claimed that he had enough wine and could not drink any more.Yin Hao suggested: "Everyone is happy today, and the general should drink to his heart's content!" Unexpectedly, the general Tao Kan, who has always been galloping on the battlefield, burst into tears, and choked up the rules of his mother's life: every time you drink, three glasses are for you. and said that he could not violate the prohibition of his first mother.Then, he recalled a past event in his youth.Tao Kan's father, Tao Dan, was originally a famous general of Sun Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, but unfortunately died young.Tao Kan's family was poor when he was young, and he relied on his mother's spinning and weaving for his livelihood. Later, he became a small "Yuliang official" in Xunyang County.Mother was very strict with Tao Kan's family education.Once, in order to honor his mother, Tao Kan asked someone to bring some salted fish home.Unexpectedly, Mother Tao returned it intact, and attached a stern letter, scolding Tao Kan for taking other people's things.Another time, when the Xunyang County Government held a banquet, Tao Kan got drunk.After waking up, his mother wept and blamed him for drinking too much and failing to make contributions to the country, and asked him to promise that he would be strict with himself from now on and drink no more than three glasses.After Tao Kan finished talking about the past, he went on to say that although the Su Jun Rebellion had been quelled, China had not yet been unified, and there was still a long way for the man to serve the country, and he could not violate his mother's legacy.After listening to Yin Hao and Yu Yi, they were deeply impressed by his behavior of obeying his mother's precepts.

(End of this chapter)