The purpose of the university is to carry forward the aboveboard moral character, make people innovate and reach the most perfect state. Only by knowing what you should achieve can you be firm; With determination, you can be calm and calm; Only when you are calm can you feel at ease; Only when you feel at ease can you think of glory; Only by thinking about glory can we gain something. Everything has roots and branches, and everything has a beginning and an end. Knowing this truth from beginning to end is close to the law of development of things. In ancient times, if you want to carry forward the aboveboard character in the world, you must first manage your own country; To govern the country well, we must first govern the family and clan; If you want to manage your family and family well, you must first cultivate your own character; If you want to cultivate your character, you must first correct your mentality; If you want to correct your heart, you must first make your heart sincere; If you want to make your ideas sincere, you must first acquire knowledge; The way to acquire knowledge is to know and study everything. Knowledge can only be acquired through the understanding and research of everything; Only after acquiring knowledge can the mind be sincere; Sincere heart, square heart; With a correct mind, we can cultivate our own character; Only through the cultivation of character can we manage the family and family well; Only when the family and clan are well managed can the country be well managed; Only when the country is well governed can the world be peaceful. From the head of state to the common people, everyone should be self-cultivation-oriented. If this is fundamentally disturbed, it is impossible for families, families, countries and the world to be well governed. You can't put the cart before the horse, and you want to do a good job regardless of priorities!
"Gao Kang" said: "It can carry forward the bright character." "Tai Jia" said: "I don't forget the nature of this light." Yao Dian said: "It can carry forward lofty morality." These are all to promote their aboveboard character.
The motto of King Shang Tang carved on the bathtub is: "If you can update it every day, you should keep updating it every day." Kang's Patent said: "Encourage people to discard the old and adopt the new. The Book of Songs said: "Although the Zhou Dynasty was an ancient country, it was endowed with a new destiny. "So, people with high moral character have nowhere to pursue perfection.
The Book of Songs says: "The capital and its surroundings are places that people yearn for." The Book of Songs also said: "The yellow bird is called Mianman and lives on the mountain." Confucius said, "Even the yellow bird knows where it should live. Can people be inferior to a bird? " The Book of Songs says: "A king of letters with high moral character is always aboveboard, solemn and cautious." To be a monarch, be kind; To be a courtier, be respectful; Children should be filial; Father should be kind; When dealing with people, you should keep your word. The Book of Songs says: "Look at the curved bank of the water, with lush green bamboo. There are gentle gentlemen who study the knowledge of processing bone implements and learn from each other constantly; Self-cultivation is like polishing beautiful jade and pondering it over and over again. He is solemn, cheerful and handsome. Such a gentle gentleman is really unforgettable! " Here, "learning from each other like a bone tool" refers to the attitude of learning; Here, "polishing beautiful jade, pondering repeatedly" refers to the spirit of self-cultivation; To say that he is "solemn and cheerful" means that he is cautious and timid; To say that he is "handsome" means that he is dignified; He said, "Such a gentle gentleman is unforgettable!" "It means that his moral character is very noble and has reached the most perfect state, so it is unforgettable. The Book of Songs says, "Ah, the kings of the previous generation are really unforgettable! "This is because the monarchs and nobles can follow the example of the previous generation of kings, and they are close to their loved ones, and ordinary people are also blessed, enjoy and benefit. Therefore, although the former kings have all passed away, people will never forget them.
Confucius said: "I, like others, listen to the lawsuit in order to try the case and prevent it from happening again." Call for grasping the root, so that people who hide the real situation dare not say sweet words, which makes people fear.
This is called grasping the root, and this is called the apex of knowledge.
Making your heart sincere means not deceiving yourself. Just as you hate rancid smells, you should love beautiful women, and everything comes from the heart. Therefore, people with high moral character must be cautious even when they are alone.
People with low moral character do evil in private, but when they see people with high moral character, they hide their evil deeds and brag about them. As we all know, others see themselves as clearly as you see your heart, lungs and liver. What's the use of covering it up? This is called inner truth, and it will definitely show up externally. Therefore, people with high moral character must be cautious even when they are alone.
Ceng Zi said, "Isn't it scary to watch with ten eyes and point with ten fingers?" ? ! "
Wealth can decorate the house, but morality can cultivate the body and mind, make the mind broad and healthy in Shu Tai. Therefore, people with high moral character must make their ideas sincere.
It is said that to cultivate self-cultivation, we must first correct our mentality, because anger can't correct our mentality; With fear, it is impossible to be right; With preference, it is impossible to be correct; You can't be right if you have concerns.
A bad heart is like a heart that is not on you: although you are looking, you don't seem to see it; Although listening, I don't seem to hear it; Although I am eating, I don't know what it tastes like. Therefore, to cultivate self-cultivation, we must first correct our mentality.
The reason why we should cultivate ourselves before running a family and family is because people have a preference for their loved ones; There will be partial hatred for people you hate; Be biased against those who are afraid of themselves; Will be biased against those who sympathize with themselves; You will be prejudiced against people you despise. So few people can love a person and see his shortcomings, and hate a person to see his advantages. Therefore, there is a proverb: "No one knows the bad of his children, and no one is satisfied with the good of his crops." This is why you can't manage your family and family well without self-cultivation.
The reason why we should first manage our own family and clan is that there is no one who can manage others without managing their own family. Therefore, educated people are educated in governing the country at home: filial piety can be used to serve the monarch; Respecting the elderly can be used as an official; Good for children can be used to rule the people.
Kang Hao said: "It's like taking care of a baby." Sincere pursuit, even if you can't reach your goal, it won't be too far away. You know, people who learn to raise children before they get married!
A family is kind, and a country will be kind; A United country will unite; When a person is greedy and violent, a country will be in chaos. Its connection is so close, as the saying goes: a word will be bad, and one person will rule the country.
Yao and Shun ruled the world with benevolence, and the people obeyed it. Jie fights violence with violence, and the people follow it. The ruler's order is contrary to his own actual practice, and the common people will not obey it. Therefore, sages always do it first. Then ask others to do it; Don't do it yourself first and then ask others not to do it. It is impossible not to let others do whatever they want without this forgiveness. Therefore, to govern the country, we must first manage our own family and family.
The Book of Songs says: "Peach blossoms are delicious and have dense leaves. The girl got married and brought the whole family together. " Let the whole family live in harmony, and then the people of a country can live in harmony. The Book of Songs says, "Brothers live in harmony." Brothers live in harmony, and then people in a country can live in harmony. The Book of Songs said: "The appearance and behavior are solemn and serious, which is an example for the four countries." Only when a person is worthy of being imitated as a father, son, brother or younger brother will people imitate him. This is the truth that governing the country must first govern the family and govern the family.
The team said that if we want to pacify the world, we must govern the country well, because the superior people respect the elderly, the ordinary people will be filial to their parents, the superior people respect their elders, and the ordinary people will respect their brothers; People in the upper class sympathize with orphans, and ordinary people will follow suit. Therefore, people with high moral character always lead by example and push themselves and others' "way of being human".
If you hate a certain behavior of your boss, don't treat your subordinates with this behavior; If you hate a certain behavior of subordinates, don't treat your boss with this behavior; If you hate a certain behavior of the person in front, don't treat the person behind with this behavior; If you hate a certain behavior of the person behind, don't treat the person in front with this behavior; If you hate some behavior of the person on your right, don't treat the person on your left with this behavior; If you hate some behavior of the person on your left, don't treat the person on your right with this behavior. This is the so-called "instant way".
The Book of Songs says: "The monarch and the minister are the parents of Shu Ren." He likes what people like, and he hates what people hate. Such a monarch can be said to be the parents of the people. The Book of Songs says: "The towering Nanshan stands tall. Master Daxian, the people are looking up to you. " People who rule the country must be cautious. A little bias will be overthrown by everyone. The Book of Songs said: "When Yin didn't lose the hearts of the people, it was still reasonable. Please take the Yin Dynasty as a warning. It is not easy to keep the destiny. " In other words, if you win the hearts of the people, you will get the country, and if you lose the hearts of the people, you will lose the country.
Therefore, people with high moral character pay attention to cultivation first. Only when there is virtue can someone raise it, and only when there is support can the land be protected. Only when there is land can there be wealth, and only when there is wealth can there be supply and utilization. Virtue is the foundation, and wealth is the end of the branch. If the inheritance is regarded as an external thing and the end of the branch is regarded as an internal inheritance, it will compete with the people for profit. Therefore, when kings gather wealth and goods, people's hearts will be separated; When the king distributes his wealth to the people, the people will gather together. It's like if you speak irrationally, people will answer you with unreasonable words; The source of wealth and goods is unknown, and one day it will be lost inexplicably.
Kang Hao said: "Destiny will not be consistent." In other words, if you do good deeds, you will get your destiny, but if you don't do good deeds, you will lose your destiny. The Book of Chu said: "Nothing in Chu is a treasure, but goodness is a treasure." My uncle said, "Exiled people have nothing but kindness."
"Qin Shi" said: "If there is a loyal and honest minister, although he has no special skills, he is broad-minded and tolerant, and others have skills, such as himself; He is convinced that others have both ability and political integrity, not only verbally, but sincerely. Using such people can protect my children and people and benefit them! On the contrary, if others have technology, they will be jealous and disgusted; Others have both ability and political integrity, but he tries his best to suppress and crowd out, and he can't tolerate it anyway. Using this kind of person can not only protect my descendants and people, but also be very dangerous! " Therefore, people with benevolence will exile such intolerant people to the land of four barbarians and prevent them from living in China. This shows that sages have a clear love and hate, and they cannot select talents, and they cannot be reused after selection. This is contempt: it is wrong to find evil people without driving them away. It's against human nature to like things that everyone hates and dislike things that everyone likes. Disaster is bound to befall you. Therefore, for the monarch, there is a right path: loyalty, then everything; If you indulge in luxury, you will lose everything.
There is also a correct way to make money; More people produce, less people consume; Those who produce are diligent, while those who consume are thrifty. In this way, wealth will always be sufficient. Caring people help others to cultivate their own virtue, and unkind people do not hesitate to make money at the expense of their lives. People who are not in the upper position like benevolence and righteousness, while people in the lower position don't like loyalty and righteousness; People who do things without loyalty but give up halfway; There is no property in the treasury that does not belong to the monarch. Meng Xianzi said: "With four carriages, there is no need to raise chickens and pigs; Sacrifice ice to doctor Qing's house, so don't raise cattle and sheep again; Don't adopt a vassal who plundered the wealth of the people from the vassal's house with a hundred chariots. It is better to have a retainer who steals things than to have a retainer who plunders people's wealth. "That is to say, a country should not take wealth as its interest, but should take benevolence and righteousness as its interest. As a monarch, he still devotes himself to collecting money, which must be induced by villains. The monarch thinks that these villains are good people and let them handle state affairs. So, natural disasters and man-made disasters came together. Although there are talents at this time, there is no way to save them. Therefore, a country should not take wealth and goods as its interests, but should take benevolence and righteousness as its interests.