Every time I go to the bookstore, there are all kinds of books that teach people how to be a man, how to deal with life setbacks and how to deal with things. These so-called "chicken soup for the soul" caters to the necessary understanding and spiritual comfort that people who are in "spiritual collision" in today's complex society need. Among these books, I think Professor Yu Dan's The Analects of Confucius is the most worth reading.
I remember when I was in middle school, The Analects of Confucius and Zhuangzi were all profound things in my eyes, although I memorized them in the education of adding ducks. Why not keep pace with the times? Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? People who don't know and don't care are not as good as gentlemen, such catchy sentences as "people who don't know and don't care about their own politics" and "people who don't have foresight will have near worries", but their understanding of these words is superficial and casual. Perhaps, without Yu Dan, I wouldn't think of the Analects in my mind, I wouldn't think of reading the Analects to guide my life, and I wouldn't understand why the sages said "rule the world with half of the Analects". After reading Professor Yu Dan's book, I know the greatness of Confucius, and I also know that the profound Analects of Confucius was not out of reach in the past. Professor Yu Dan said: "What The Analects tells you is always the simplest." "The real meaning of The Analects of Confucius is to tell everyone how to live a happy life that we need in our hearts." Therefore, when I read this book carefully, I was deeply impressed by Professor Dan's wonderful exposition of modern society and modern people's life through The Analects!
As an ordinary person like me, I don't want to make any comments on Professor Dan's experience in The Analects. For me, I just need to read, understand and experience. So, just record some wonderful parts I read here and share them with you! Perhaps, you and I will inadvertently get some inspiration and help from it!
As we all know, The Analects of Confucius is a classic quotation of Confucius compiled by Confucius disciples. What practical significance does it have for our modern society and modern people's lives? Can we still inspire our thoughts today? Can it still touch our hearts today? Recently, I read The Analects of Confucius by Professor Yu Dan of Beijing Normal University, and I felt a lot. Professor Yu Dan interprets the Analects of Confucius from seven aspects: Chinese world outlook, outlook on life, ways of dealing with life, ways of making friends, ways of personality cultivation, ideals and outlook on life. Combining his profound classical cultivation, he uses women's unique delicate feelings.
Don't think that Confucius' Analects of Confucius is out of reach, so we must look up now. The truth of this world is always simple, just like the sun rises in the east every day; Just like sowing in spring and harvesting in autumn. What The Analects tells you is always the simplest. The real meaning of The Analects is to tell everyone how to live a happy life that we need in our hearts. To put it bluntly, The Analects teaches us how to get spiritual happiness in modern life, adapt to daily order and find personal coordinates. This is the enlightenment from Professor Yu Dan's The Analects of Confucius. The book interprets classics in vernacular, wisdom in classics, life in wisdom, humanity in life, and humanity precipitates people's hearts. Through more than 2,000 years in just visiting, we can experience the classic ordinary wisdom. Compared with Yi Zhongtian's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, her language is not as humorous as Yi Zhongtian's, but it is definitely worth thinking about.
Professor Yu Dan's understanding of The Analects of Confucius is based on the way of heaven and earth. Since Pangu created heaven and earth, this change has finally reached a state called "God is in heaven, and holiness is on earth". She said: these six words are actually the personality ideal of China people: there is an idealistic sky, which can soar freely without compromising many rules and obstacles in the real world; He also has the ability to be down-to-earth and expand his behavior in this land. ..... idealism and realism are our worlds. With such a big world outlook, this paper expounds the way of mind, the way of living, the way of being a gentleman and the way of being a friend, and comprehensively interprets the thoughts of Confucius and The Analects and their needs for modern people, ordinary people and modern society.
We have received the Confucian ethical education of "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith" since childhood. From Kong Rong's respect for pears at the age of three to Fan Zhongyan's sense of hardship, which is "worrying about the world first, and enjoying the world later", all show the inseparable infiltration of Confucianism in the process of national growth. For thousands of years, the world is still willing to respect Confucius and take his words as the motto and the principle of self-cultivation. I think this has something to do with Confucius' "Being straightforward and serving people, why not!" It is closely related to thought.
The Analects of Confucius finally conveys an attitude, a simple and warm attitude towards life. Taste life, cultivate one's morality and cultivate one's sentiment, the purpose of which is to spend this reincarnation in a happy life. Live with an indifferent attitude, an open mind, a detached temperament and a relaxed attitude, and integrate your emotions and life into a natural state. Only in this way can you remain pure to your ancestors and find inner peace, just like Confucius taught us the secret of a happy life.
After several nights of comfortable reading, I think Yu Dan's The Analects is undoubtedly a good book. Because she gave me too many feelings, I had a close contact with a saint in my busy modern life. This once praised saint was treated by heaven and earth because of the change of sovereignty in successive dynasties. However, the truth in his mouth is so eternal. This time, he gave us a spiritual baptism and the growth of human nature through the mouth of Professor Yu Dan. Of course, it is relatively easy and rich to read The Analects and gain insights from other people's experiences. Writing these feelings into words is really endless. Below I will say a few feelings that are very beneficial to my work and study and share them with you.
I remember teacher Yu Dan telling such a story in the book: there is a very beautiful statue of Buddha carved with granite in a temple. Many people come to worship in front of the statue every day, and the steps leading to this statue are also granite collected from the same mountain. The steps protested against the statue unconvinced and said, "We are brothers. Why should people step on us and worship you?" What's so great about you? The Buddha simply said: because you only took four knives to get here today, and I took thousands of knives to become a Buddha ... a simple story woke me up like a dream. As a college graduate who has just stepped into his post, he is often full of resentment about some arrangements in his work. He always thinks, I can do that, too. Why do you just let me do this boring job? I don't think it's personal. We often hear such complaints from our friends at the reunion after graduation. I think the more important problem is that our mind is not open enough, and we lack the depth and open-minded attitude to think about problems. We are eager for success and blindly compare with others. We always compare ourselves with others' disappointments, and we can't accept others' glories. Yes, how well the book is written. The Buddha statue can be worshipped by thousands of people because it has passed thousands of tests. As a young worker, we still have a lot of experience to accumulate and skills to test. How can you be so impetuous? This is what The Analects of Confucius brought me.
There is another one that impressed me deeply. Zi Gong said, "Poor but not flattering, rich but not arrogant?" Confucius said, "Yes, if you are not poor, you will be happy. It is good to give gifts if you have money. " Zi Gong said, "As the poem says, it is incisive and polished. What is it? " Confucius said, "If you give it, you can speak in poetry. Tell people who know the past. " What does Confucius call a higher realm of life? A person is not only content with poverty, not only does not flatter, Dont Ask For Help helps, but also has a clear joy in his heart. This kind of happiness will not be deprived by a poor life, nor will it be arrogant because of being rich. He is still a happy, rich and polite gentleman. What a high pride this is! Although it embodies feudalism and Confucianism, it attracts and shocks me that a person can keep his dignity and inner happiness in poverty without being bewitched by a rich life. Maybe many people will say, this is just talk, no one can do it! When I think about it, I sadly find that I can't convince people with this idea with facts. However, this natural, peaceful and positive attitude is definitely worth pursuing. Only those who are willing to accept imitating the mentality of saints can become truly extraordinary and successful. Our thoughts always determine our actions. How wide our hearts are, how wide our roads are. In today's impetuous social atmosphere, as a young man, we must learn this peaceful mentality to create a better and brighter tomorrow!
The wisdom of a saint is the wisdom of a saint. I am so happy after tasting it; The wisdom of a saint is the wisdom of a saint after all. After tasting it, I find myself so inadequate. Fortunately, there is such a book, a lamp guiding me and alerting me. Keep me awake when I'm in a hurry. I believe that inner growth is the growth of human nature, and only when human nature grows can I become an extraordinary person. I will use the wisdom of saints to guide my work, study and life, and I will also use the inner warmth of saints to illuminate the whole life!