Chapter 1025 Continuing to Interpret "The Mean"

Zeng Zi explained: "Zilu asked what is strong. The gentleman said, "Is it the strength of the southerners?" Or is it the strength of the northerners? Or do you think it's strong? To educate people with a tolerant and gentle spirit, I don't care if people are rude to me, this is the strength of the southerners, and the gentleman of noble character generally has this kind of strength. Using weapons and shields as pillows, for my sole honor, after death, this is the strength of the northerners, and the brave and aggressive people have this kind of strength. Therefore, a gentleman of high moral character is gentle and obedient and does not follow the crowd. That's how strong it is! Neutrality and impartiality are really strong! The country's politics are clean and they don't change their ambitions, which is really strong! When the country's politics is dark, adhere to ethics and prefer to die, this is really strong! ”

Le Ge smiled: "Zilu has a reckless temperament, brave and aggressive, so your husband trained him: strong physical strength, strong mental strength." But the real strength is not the strength of physical strength, but the strength of mental strength. It's about persistence! The strength of spiritual strength is reflected in harmony and difference, and there is rigidity in softness; embodied in the golden mean; It is embodied in insisting on their own beliefs and not wavering, and would rather die than change their ambitions and ethics. Persistence is the last word! Persistence is really strong! ”

"Thank you, Uncle Le! Thank you! Zengzi thanked.

"Read on!"

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Zi responded.

Zi said: "Su Yin is a monster, and there will be a description in the future generations, and I will do it." The gentleman follows the way, and gives up halfway, and I can do it. The gentleman follows the mean, and he does not regret it when he does not know it, but only the saint can. ”

"What do you mean? Interpret it! Lege asked habitually.

Zeng Zi explained: "Mr. said: Look for hidden fallacies and heresies, do some strange things to deceive the world and steal his name, and someone in the future may come to write about him and set up a biography for him." But I'm never going to do that. There are some gentlemen who follow the right way of life to do it, but they give up halfway and do not persevere, and I will never stop. A true gentleman follows the golden mean, and even if he lives in obscurity and is not known, he will not regret it, which only a saint can do. ”

"It's both self-soothing and encouraging!"

"Yes! Uncle Le! ”

"Go on!"

"Yes!"

Drilling the horns of the bull and behaving grotesquely, these ways of being in the limelight, going to extremes, and deceiving the world and stealing fame do not conform to the golden mean, and they are naturally despised by saints.

The way of a gentleman is hidden. The foolishness of husband and wife can be related to knowledge, and even to the end, although the saints also do not know it. The husband and wife can be unscrupulous, and they can do it, even if the saints are also unscrupulous. Heaven and earth are so big, people still regret it. Therefore, the gentleman speaks big, and the world can't carry it; If the language is small, the world can not break it. "Poetry" cloud: "The kite flies into the sky, and the fish leaps into the abyss." "It's up and down. The way of a gentleman is to create a husband and wife, and to the end, to observe the heavens and the earth.

"Interpret it!" Lege stretched out his hand and gestured.

Zeng Zi explained: "The way pursued by a gentleman is vast and subtle. As the way of life, although ordinary men and women are ignorant, they can also understand some simple truths in life and life. But it is the highest and deepest realm, and even saints have something that cannot be understood. Although ordinary men and women are not virtuous, they can also practice some of the most basic ways of being a human being, but even saints have the highest and deepest realm, and even saints can't do it.

The heavens and the earth are so vast that people must have something that they cannot understand. Therefore, when a gentleman says 'big', he is so big that he can't even carry the whole world, and when a gentleman says 'small', he is so small that he can't even tell the slightest bit. The Book of Songs says: The kite flies to the sky, and the fish jumps into the deep water. This is the vastness of the heavens and the profundity of the earth. The way pursued by a gentleman begins with ordinary men and women, and its highest and deepest realm is only to understand the truth between heaven, earth, and man. ”

"Hmm!" Le Ge hummed: "The previous words are equivalent to nonsense. This paragraph! Just started to get to the point! Good! Go on! ”

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Zi responded.

Ziri: "The road is not far away. People are far away from the Tao, not the Tao. "Poetry" cloud: 'Vakovake, it is not far away. 'Holding on to Ke to Vake, and looking at it, it is still far away. Therefore, a gentleman rules people with people. Instead. Loyalty and forgiveness are not far from the way, and do unto oneself and do not do unto others. Fourth, the way of a gentleman, Qiu failed to do so: what he asked for was the son to serve the father, but he could not do it; What you ask for is the minister, but you can't; What he asks for is his brother, but he can't; What you ask for is given by your friends first, but you can't. The line of mediocrity, the prudence of mediocre words. If there is something insufficient, do not dare to be reluctant; I dare not do it all if there is more. Words and deeds, deeds and words, a gentleman is not a gentleman? ”

"What do you mean? Interpret it! Le Ge asked.

Zeng Zi explained: "Mr. said: The way we pursue the way of life should be suitable for everyone, if someone pursues the way of life to exclude others, it is not the way of life, it is his personal way of life." The Book of Songs says: 'Chop the handle of the axe, cut the handle of the axe, and the pattern of the handle of the axe is in sight.' 'Holding the handle of the axe and cutting the handle of the axe, it should be said that there will not be much difference. But! If you squint and take a closer look, you will still notice a difference. Let's not be too entangled in what is like and what is not, just be almost not outrageous and appropriate.

Therefore, a gentleman should follow a good example and correct his mistakes. A gentleman sets a good example for others to follow. If a person is faithful and forgiving, he is not far from the Tao. What does it mean to be faithful? Don't impose on others what you don't want to accept.

There are four other ways of being a gentleman, and I have not been able to do it. That is: what a son should do for his father, I was not able to do; I have not been able to do what a subject ought to do for a king; What a younger brother should have done for his brother, I was not able to do; I wasn't able to do what I should have done as a friend. The virtues that are universally observed by all must be observed, and the usual words must be cautious. If there are deficiencies, I dare not encourage myself to work hard; But he didn't dare to be presumptuous and had no scruples. How can such a gentleman be disloyal and honest when he speaks in line with his own behavior and acts in accordance with what he has said? ”

"Hmmm! I think! This paragraph just gets to the core! Good! Go on! Le Ge said.

"Thank you, Uncle Le! Thank you! ”

The gentleman walks in his position, and does not want to care about anything else. Rich and noble, noble and noble; Su Yi Di, do the poor and lowly: Su Yi Di, do Yi Di; Hardship is the same, and the walk is hardship. The gentleman is not satisfied without entering. In the upper position, not under the mausoleum; In the lower position, not in the upper position. If you are righteous and do not seek from others, you will have no resentment. The top does not complain about the sky, and the bottom does not complain about people. Therefore, the gentleman is easy to live, and the villain is lucky to take risks. Zi said: "If you shoot a gentleman, you will lose all the right hooves, but you will seek your body." ”

"Interpret it!" Lege asked.