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Chapter 11 Self-cultivation (2)

Duty is two words, wonderful.A gentleman must not be ignorant of his duties in holding his body, and if he knows his duties, he will not be harmed in the slightest.A sage-king governs by making the people fulfill their duties, and if they fulfill their duties, they will be honored, disgraced, dead, and alive without any complaints.A son kills his father, and a minister kills the king, all of which start from ignorance of duty.

Two soft and silent, together, one soft and silent, accept.Two rigidity will be broken, and it will be excited; one rigidity will be damaged, and it will accumulate.Therefore, "Yi" takes one rigid and one soft.It is said that in order to accomplish the affairs of the world, and to harmonize the virtue of one body, a gentleman respects it.

Don't say that there is nothing wrong with people's reputation.The morals of the world are still vigorous, and everyone has a history.The history of the human heart is true, but I have the history of the heart and then I am not afraid of the history of the human heart.

Fornication and anger are great evils, you can't control your anger inside, and you can't care about others outside, how can you cultivate it?
Or say: "Cultivation alone without anger?" Said: "The anger of the sages is farewell."

There is no one who is wise and foolish, it is reading or not reading; there is no other for misfortune and good, it is for doing good or not being good;

The magnanimity of the ancients is not just for reason, but it is very useful.Hongqi is used to cultivate virtue, to save resentment and anger is to nourish qi, and to eliminate hatred is to far away misfortune.

Reading on weekdays, the only time to be an official is to spread.Try to see and hear the poor, and what you want to do in your life one by one. Only when the political affairs you manage are in their proper place, and the people you rule in their proper place, is it full of natural weight.

It is a person who hinders the world only to see that the eyes are not satisfactory.People can't do what I want, and I can't do what I want.I am the only one who is unsatisfactory, and there are thousands of people who are unsatisfactory.Alas!
There is no one who can't be liked by thousands of people but not in danger.That's why the wise can be in harmony with the world, and the perfect man is not hindered by the world.

Sex, function, name, and power, these four are the big things in the universe.Sexuality and position belong to the self, and those who belong to the self must not be exhausted; names and positions are based on the superior, and those who are superior must keep it.

At first he sees that I pollute the world, he is a bandit Zhi; later he sees that the world pollutes me, he is a boyi; finally he sees that the world does not pollute me, and I do not pollute the world, he is a Laozi.

There must be a city in the heart, and a gate in the mouth.If there is a city, you will not go out, if there is a gate, you will not go out.

A gentleman does not make progress in life, but does not pay attention or exert effort.Those who don't pay attention or focus on it are just worthy of their efforts.Able to be ashamed and vigorous, saints can come.

If you have a word of Tao, you will understand it; if you have a word of virtue, you will be able to practice it.Words of virtue are smooth, and words of virtue are kind.Words of righteousness are like a shop of all kinds of goods, and words of virtue are like a merchant of all kinds of goods.Those who have the way are not allowed to speak, and those who are virtuous have nothing to say, although it is true that they do not speak.Therefore, it is said: Those who are virtuous must have words.

Scholars should speak concisely and calmly, follow things and follow things, this is the self-cultivation in speaking.

Or ask: "I don't complain anymore, I'm afraid I should pay more attention to things and people?" He said, "These two things are so complicated, how can we take care of them? There is a simple way, just in your own home. What I do on my body, every thought, word, and thing is checked to the point that I am not right. I don’t need to pay attention to misfortune, good fortune, bad reputation. I have no way to seek misfortune, and misfortune comes from God’s delay; I have no way to cause destruction, but Destruction comes from someone's fault, and I don't interfere at all. If blessings and reputations are what I deserve, I will not be happy; if I am lucky, I will feel ashamed. Besides, the sky also has power, and people have knowledge. I don’t know the end, but I have to understand him, but there is one important thing, I’m afraid I can’t be good at animals. This is a little lacking, self-complaining and too busy, and that doesn’t take care of others. Confucius said that there is no complaint at the top and no embarrassment at the bottom. , it is the principle of not wanting to be unreasonable; Mencius said that one should not be ashamed and one should not be ashamed.

The principles of heaven are inherently incorruptible, but I treat them with sparseness; people want to be good, but I want to be close to them;Therefore, when scholars and Tianli get along with each other, at the beginning, they respect each other like a teacher and protect them, and when they become close, they become like flesh and blood, and after a long time, they become one.Although people want to take advantage of the space and enter, there is no way.

Don't be full of energy, avoid fullness, and avoid exposure.

The five external enemies: sensuality, interest, fame and status, adversity, safety, and the five internal enemies: anger, liking, entanglement, anxiety, and accumulated habits.The gentlemen of the world are overwhelmed by this confusion all day long, and what the little brave man pays is what the great brave man does.

For mysterious diseases, the medicine is easy; for the disease of Yingfa, the medicine is deep;Not far away, it's not as good as coming to the trial.

Striving from the beginning to the end is a thief of cultivation; slowing down and rushing to the end is a thief of responding; impetuousness is a thief of animal virtue; speaking harshly is a thief of dealing with others.

Those who are famous will be fake.

It is the same family to be a big official, and the same family to be a good person.

Seeing righteousness and not doing it, but entrusting it to disobey the public, this is the great precept for those who practice it.If you are willing to be pragmatic and escape from fame, you will not suffer from incompetence, and I will hate myself.

Respectful and modest, these four characters have good intentions; insult and arrogance, these four characters have evil intentions, and it is easy for people to know.As for laziness, laziness, and arrogance, these four characters are unintentional and deaf, and the precepts in the alchemy book are fierce for those who are lazy and respectful, and those who are negligent in governance are divided into survival and death. "University" uses the same theory of arrogance and laziness, but Zeng Zi uses arrogance and arrogance to connect the words?The disasters that cover the world all arise from the four characters, and the sins of the whole body are all born from the four characters.If you are lazy, you will do nothing; if you are lazy, you will forget everything; if you are lazy, you will be lazy; if you are slow, you will delay everything;

The ancients approached the people like harnessing a rotten rope, making people feel like receiving a great sacrifice.The ancients did not let things out, and they did not forget the distant ones. How about the intimacy and importance of the present?Therefore, it is said that there are no crowds, no big or small, no dare to be slow, these nine characters are not disrespectful.The three characters of "don't disrespect" are not only the distinction between saints and madmen, but also the relationship between survival, chaos, death, misfortune and fortune, and it must not be easy.Those who are calm and responsive, begin to know it.

The biggest sin in a person's life is selfishness and selfishness.

The ancients said cautiously, not daring to use up every cloud.Today's people only do the rest, and it's not a big mistake. They just falter, know what's wrong with their mouths, and don't beat others more than others.

If you really benefit from it, you don't need one point very much, and the nine points have nothing to do with it, but those who desperately forget their lives and endure humiliation to get it are all nine points.How could he wake him up?Ridiculous!

To be poor is not to be ashamed, but to be poor is to be poor without ambition; to be humble is not to be evil, to be hateful is to be humble and incompetent;

When a sage hears good words, he is happy but afraid of them, so he speaks the same words with them, and expresses his sincerity with joy; Induce the truth of its advice.Why?It is also beneficial for me to improve Jinde.This is called ultimate knowledge.

The ancients recruited hermits, and today they reward quiet retreats. Our party can be ashamed. The ancients lived in seclusion and cultivated the Tao, and came out as a last resort.

Check it when you are happy, check it when you are angry, check it when you are lazy, and check it when you are presumptuous. This is a major rule of self-examination.When people come here, they can't think of it, don't care about it, and if they make a mistake, they can't regret it.

It is used to govern chaos.In the world, a gentleman uses things to rule, and a villain uses things to make chaos; a person who is virtuous uses things to rule, and Qi is used to make things chaotic.

Difficult to control the bottom is arbitrary, difficult to prevent the bottom is a habitual disease.The focus here is to put the needle on the acupuncture point and start at the itchy place.

The pilot inspector speaks a few sentences all day long, and then he sees what he wants.

Ye engraved wood is like a giant tooth, there is no writing in ancient times, and it is used to record the number of things done in a day.When one thing is done, one moment is gone; when all things are done, one is done, which is called practice.More things will be engraved as before, and major events will be engraved in a big way, which is called a great cause.If there are many things, there will be many engravings, which is called Guangye.Scholars, farmers, industrial and commercial firms have different businesses, which are called regular businesses.Farmers and scholars will change their engravings, which is called Yiye.The ancients never had a jobless life, and there was never a day when they didn't practice their careers. Therefore, the ancients practiced the truth, and there was no time for laziness and desolation.If there is nothing to do every day, one day will be restless, fearing that the karma will not be cultivated and procrastinating will not be possible.Now I am also dizzy, my limbs are out of control, and I have no one to go to the animals all day long for the sake of leisure, because I have no job.In the two lives, there is nothing to be seen, and there is nothing good to be called. It is shameful to borrow food and clothing from others, and to die in idleness.

The ancient slanderers are also loyal and honest.Zhu Lin's language, how vague!The rumors of public opinion are still telling the truth.This is not the case in future generations, the complaint is here, and the slander is there.He knows that the person he complains is not necessarily wrong, and his slander is not enough to act, but he has another argument. His ability to discern and attach will be enough to obliterate the reality of my grievances, inspire people's hearts of faith, and enable those who have been slandered I cannot avoid the scourge of slander, but I escape the crime of slander.Alas!Today's slander, although ancient gentlemen, should avoid it.There is no other way for sages to slander, but only self-cultivation, and their misfortunes and blessings are heard.

To deal with benefits requires people to be gentlemen and I to be villains; to be famous requires people to be villains and me to be gentlemen.The sages give up profits and give up their names, so they are indifferent and calm, and do not rebel against the world.

He is extremely reserved in teaching and carefully checked, there is no natural root in it, and his true state is naturally revealed when he is in a hurry and suddenly.It is the gentleman who is cautious and alone.There is only this in the independent school, and it is only this when it is sent out, why bother to defend, why hesitate?
The sage does not blame others for what is beyond his power; the sage does not blame himself for what he cannot do.

Or ask: "Confucius's black clothes, lamb fur, plain deer fur, yellow fox fur, are there any righteousness and non-element?" He said: "This is a very good question. Be careful in cultivating a gentleman, rather than lose the frugality. If we talk about the Dazhong Zhizheng Dao, if you get it, you are rich, but you are frugal and not polite. Although you are far away from those who do not have money and do nothing, but you are not in the middle, you are equal. , as long as it makes sense."

To widow kindness is to be thin, to hurt kindness is to be engraved, to do everything is to be severe, and to be over is to be fierce.These four are the deep precepts of generosity.

"Book of Changes" says "Tao helps the world", and my Confucianism career is called doing Dao to help the time, to help the world and the people.Saints are not cheap.If the boat capsizes, but the boat remains intact, is it possible to save the boat?
Therefore, those who are the world know that they have their own body, and they cannot be the world if they have their own body.

All things live in contentment and die in insatiability.

Those who are too respectful and full of secrets are all known as sinners of religion.The way of a sage has its own righteousness.People from the original land in the other country are afraid of being ridiculed, want to advance and seek glory, and humiliate themselves and lower their ambitions.Although a gentleman who is straight and clear, has no strength to be a pillar, he will inevitably follow the tide, and his pillar will be offended.Husband!Flattery and vulgarity, if there is no one who maintains balance, he will try his best to restore it. When will the world go back to normal?
Be aware of human feelings at all times, and follow the principles of heaven.

The more you study, the more you feel that you are not growing; the more you check, the more you feel that something is wrong; what?If you don't pay attention to being a person, you can see everything at home.Just pay attention to upwards every day, seeing that my family is full of illnesses.That some good?At the beginning, you only see faults in human desires, but after a long time you see faults in heavenly principles, and when there are no faults in natural laws, then you can do it in the middle.It is also unnatural, not muddy, hard to paint, and negligent to go out of this border.A saint can stand without fault.Therefore, scholars are lucky if they have one good thing, and they are lucky if they have one good thing.Those who walk in haste see that the road is far away but do not move forward; those who work in haste see that there is too much grass and it is not good for weeding.

The great defense of etiquette and righteousness is worse than the thought of everyone.For example, a person who walks along a path breaks a path on the flat ground just to walk a few steps for a while, and later people follow the old trail and form an unstoppable avenue.Therefore, when a gentleman is surprised by everyone, he will remain calm for a while, and his talent will hinder the need for etiquette and righteousness, and his face will change in astonishment.Husband!The so-called roundaboutness of the people does not take it seriously.

The invincible provocateur who opened the world begins with the people who live with it.

For the beauty of great conduct, filial piety is the first; for the beauty of fine conduct, integrity is the first.These two are the duties of a gentleman.However, Shen Sheng who does not distinguish is not as good as Shun who does not tell; Li on the well is not as good as a goose who is fed.These two are the tasks of filial piety and honesty.

Good fortune, misfortune, and fortune are the views of heaven, and it is the view of man to win praise and praise.These three are not competing with each other.

Don't offend the easy law, don't offend the difficult reason.A gentleman just doesn't offend Lier.

Everything that belongs to me is part of the inside; everything that is in the sky and among people is part of the outside.Scholars want to know the difference between inside and outside, and if they lack one point inside, they are not good enough, and if they get one point outside, they should be content.

Listening to words and watching deeds is the way to learn from others; enjoying what you say without asking them is the way to learn goodness.

People nowadays hate to hear good words, and they will say: "If he can speak but can't do it, what's the point?" This is also Fusi.I listen to words because what they say is beneficial to my ears.Gou is beneficial to me, whether the virtuous people are good or not?Those who have poor clothes will sell Wenxiu; those who eat dross will sell meat, will they be discarded by others?

Taking what is good but not using it is still an ordinary person, why should you take it?For example, the abbot Bazhen didn't leave home, and he still starved to death.

The content of virtue is deep and dignified, the inside is more than enough, and the outside is silent.If the face and face are all spirit, that is, there are no mouths, and there are too many leaks, after all, it is superficial.For example, for countless people, a glass of wine can reach their faces.

Everyone has a sentence that is inexhaustible in their lives, but they are paying attention to it.Or ask, saying: "It's just the right medicine. For example, Zizhang only needs to get the word Cuncheng, Zaiwo only needs to get the word "Jinglao", Zilu only needs to get the word "Chosen", and Zixia only needs to get the word "Da". "

When a word is spoken, if it comes out of the mouth of you, it will be believed and followed; if it comes out of the mouth of Zhizhi, it will be repeated repeatedly, and people will doubt it.Therefore, there are those who speak, and there are those who value their words.Suxingfu people are those who value their words.Otherwise, we will be tired of talking.

Everyone in the world knows that it is okay to laugh at others, but it is difficult to laugh at the right place, and it is even more difficult to laugh at others.

Words that slander me can be heard, and those who slander me don't have to ask.Let me have this matter, although he doesn't say anything, there must be someone who speaks.I heard it and changed it, and I got another teacher who is not professional.Keep me from doing this, even though I don't know, there must be someone who can.If you hear it and get angry, it's one more thing you don't have to say.

The shrewd world is feared, but violent;

Only a greedy heart, the first is shameful and shameful.Goats and horses are related to water leather, flies and ants are related to fishy smell, and dung beetles are related to accumulation of dung.It is to control desires with a gentleman.

Discussions are crueler than laws and regulations, and people who discuss them are crueler than officials who govern prisons.The injustice of the law, Lai Qing's discussion to clarify it, even if he is dead, he is still alive;Therefore, a gentleman does not judge others lightly, and is afraid of injustice.But this matter offends the sky very much, and the retribution must be timely.

Although the door of the rich and powerful is a family acquaintance, it is necessary to meet rarely, as long as there are few whereabouts.Tasting love Tang poetry has the sentence "I don't know the Wuhoumen in the city of the emperor all day long", which can be a new method.

Hearing that there are injustices in the world, he will be filled with indignation and speak passionate words.

Being kind and mean is the test of short-term repair; deeds and words are silent, it is the test of misfortune; diligence, laziness, thrift and extravagance are the test of success or failure; eating and drinking men and women are the test of life and death.

What is the body and the body when the words are spoken?And died.The five flavors are suitable for the mouth, so how do you know the belly?And celiac disease.A small harm is a big one, and it is obvious, and every time people let it go, let it go, let it go out, and let it go in.

The whole body is covered, but the face cannot be hidden.The face is the public certificate.That is to say, those with good looks suddenly find it difficult to make preparations, and they don't realize that everything in their hearts is on their faces.Therefore, a gentleman has no shame and no tolerance.The Dada of the center is based on this, and the vision of the lungs and liver is based on this.This is what those who cultivate themselves fear.

Wei Bian's cloth clothes are the first clothes I wear in my life. As expected, I can repay them as much as I can in this life.What is Xuanmian?If a husband is ruined, what face will he have against the blue sky?It is a rotten thing in the universe, but it is proud to praise others, and the world admires it together, which is also a big surprise.

How many heroes and heroes can do good and die without success, just to pull themselves out of the customs.If you are not sympathetic to the slander of the masses, you must do what you must do, take the ancients as your friends, and take the world as your confidant, so why not let him slander and slander you?

For people who have no heart to praise the good, and who do not have the mouth to call the evil, you can also speak the truth and cultivate it.

The body is the public opinion of the Tao.The body carries the Tao to practice, but the Tao does not carry the body to practice.Therefore, if a gentleman's way is good, he will follow it to advance; if the way is not good, he will follow it and retreat.If the way is not working, you are constantly striving for progress. For example, Dajia Department Store does not sell its mountain accumulation, and does not take it home, but also hires money with empty money. The peddlers laugh at it, what is greed and contempt?Therefore, the source can only be distinguished by working language: if the way is good, you will be an official, if the way is not good, you will be pregnant.It's all wrong.

The most precious thing in the world is nothing more than human character and the participation of heaven and earth, friendship with the ancients, even emperors and emperors, the world is not easy to keep.Instead, they use their sensuality, wealth, wealth, and benefits to sell their personal qualities lightly, which is called self-deprecation.Merchants have to wait for the price of rare goods, what about the body of a gentleman?

Self-discipline is the first priority to advance people.If you can not protect your weaknesses, you will grow up to the end.

(End of this chapter)