The theory of music in Xunzi is about the influence of music on people. The ancients called it music ceremony, which is also an important part of ethics. Music ceremony will make people's ambition noble, and people who follow the etiquette system will develop their virtue. People who follow music rites are alert, gentle and calm, and the world is peaceful, so music rites are also a way of managing people in ancient times. I think the core of it is the sentence "a gentleman enjoys his way, but a villain enjoys his desire." If you want to control your desires by Tao, you will be happy and not chaotic; If you want to forget the Tao, you will be confused and unhappy. "It tells a balance between morality, morality and desire, which is often the most difficult to control in our lives. A gentleman uses morality to control his desires, so that he can be happy without fooling around; If a villain forgets morality to satisfy his desire, he will be confused and unhappy.

For example, when I was a child, I was very playful, and I liked playing games, which gave my parents a headache until my dad said, "You just keep playing, don't study, and play until you don't want to play." Now that you mention it, I don't want to play. Then why is this? Because from my heart, it is not a good behavior to be playful. If there is no restraint and restraint, there will be no real happiness. If you really continue to play, you will only be empty in the end, because this happiness is not sustainable and will be confused. Therefore, a kind of relaxation and recreation is not only beneficial to physical and mental health, but also can make happiness efficient.

This state can also be seen everywhere in life, especially when I graduate from college. My inflated material desire and money desire are completely unequal to my ability, and then I am full of confusion about the future. As my teacher said, "Your generation is synonymous with confusion and impetuousness. I only want one word from your, being practical." Now it seems simple to think about the word "practical", but it is difficult to do it. Just like a person who is determined to lose weight, he meets a barbecue stall on the way to fun run, and his desire overcomes his reason. Finally, he is only confused on the way to lose weight.

Let's talk about the confusion of my generation. All external environments, such as house prices, prices, consumption desires in big cities, etc., will make people lose their hopes for the outside world, because they who know the reality can't see their future clearly, so they will give up easily, just like you can always run after a person until you can't see the figure in front of you no matter how you run. This is where the confusion lies. When you are not running, when you can't see the end point, the end point is still in that position and has never changed. What has changed is just your own determination.

Then a new word will be mentioned here, lie flat. It means that everyone is going to the finish line, and they can't compete for the ranking. Why don't I walk comfortably to the finish line and run to the finish line desperately? I won't criticize the correctness of this attitude, it is also the product of confusion and thinking. However, if we return to the moral bondage mentioned in Xunzi, we can get such a conclusion. Because it is a race, which is bound by morality and sportsmanship, I have to run forward, not walking or lying down. It is true that my body and mind have been relaxed for a while when I stop, but that is not the purpose of my participation in the race. A race without a purpose is doomed to confusion.

So, once you have a goal, you won't be confused as long as you move forward.