Chapter 1019 again emphasizes the importance of self-cultivation

"Read on!" Lege stretched out his hand and gestured.

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Zi responded.

The so-called self-cultivation is in the right heart: if the body is angry, it will not be corrected; If there is fear, there is no right; If you have fun, you can't do it; If there is a problem, it will not be corrected. Absent-minded, blind, hearing but not smelling, eating without knowing what it tastes like. This is called self-cultivation in the right heart.

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

Zeng Zi explained: "The so-called self-cultivation is first of all to correct one's mentality. If you have anger in your heart, you can't correct your mentality. If you have fear in your heart, you can't correct your mentality. If you have a preference in your heart, you can't correct your mentality! If you have trouble in your heart, you will not be able to correct your mentality. If a person is absent-minded, then? Even if you see anything, you will not go to your heart, as if you had not seen it. When you hear something, you don't go to your heart, just as if you didn't hear it; Whatever you eat will not go to your heart, and the food will be tasteless. So! Self-cultivation must first correct your own mentality! Only when you have a correct mentality and find the direction can you concentrate! ”

"Hmmm! You can say that again! Lege nodded in praise.

"Thank you! Thank you Uncle Le! Zengzi said gratefully.

"Only by correcting the mentality and finding the right direction can we concentrate!"

"Yes! Uncle Le! ”

"What did you say before? What it says is: to be a person of high moral character, you must be sincere and truthful! Be brave and face yourself. Now it's about getting the mentality right. Good! This arrangement is good! ”

"Thank you! Thank you Uncle Le! Zeng Zi was grateful again.

"Good! Read on! ”

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Zi responded.

The so-called Qi Qi's family is cultivating their bodies: people are dear and dispel, despised and evil, revered and refuted, mourned and refuted, and lazy and refuted. Therefore, those who know their evil and know their beauty and evil are rare in the world! Therefore, there is a proverb: "People do not know the evil of their sons, and they do not know the fruits of their seedlings." "This means that if you don't cultivate your body, you can't join your family.

"What do you mean? Interpret it! Le Ge looked at Zengzi and nodded and asked.

Zeng Zi agreed and explained: "So, if you want to manage your family and clan well, you must first cultivate yourself, why? It is because people have a preference for those they love; There will be a preference for those you dislike; There will be a bias towards those who fear themselves; There will be partiality towards those who sympathize with them; There will be prejudice against those whom you despise. Therefore! There are very few people who can love others and see their shortcomings, and hate others and see their strengths. So! There is a proverb that says, 'People don't want to talk about the bad things about their children, and people don't want to be satisfied with their crops growing well.'" Therefore, a person who has not cultivated himself well cannot manage his family and clan well. ”

"You're emphasizing the importance of self-cultivation!" Lege asked.

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Zi responded.

Only by having a correct mentality and distinguishing between right and wrong can we uphold justice! Only by having a correct mentality can we achieve no favoritism.

"Good! Read on! ”

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Zi responded.

The so-called ruler must first gather his family, and his family cannot be taught but can teach others, there is none. Therefore, the gentleman does not leave home and teaches the country: filial piety, so the king is also; The younger brother, so the chief is also; The merciful, so that the multitudes also.

"Kanghe" said: "If you protect the child", you sincerely ask for it, although it is not far away. Those who have not learned to raise children and then marry are also! A family is benevolent, a country is benevolent; One family, one country; One man is greedy, and the other country is in turmoil. And so it is. This is said to be a matter of words, and one person determines the country.

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

Zeng Zi explained: "Therefore, to govern the country, you must first learn to manage your own family and clan well, and there is no person who cannot govern your own family and clan well but can govern others well." Therefore, before the gentleman leaves the family, he is educated in the field of governing the country. What do you mean by that? In fact! Filial piety to one's parents can be used to serve the monarch; Respect for the elder brother can be used to serve the ruler; Kindness to children can be used to govern the people.

"Kang Hao" said: "Like loving a baby." If you pursue it sincerely in your heart, even if you don't reach your goal, you won't be too far behind. You know, where will there be people who 'I haven't learned to have children yet, and I will marry when I learn to have children'! Governing the country is like governing the family and the clan.

Needless to say, I have no experience in governing the country, so it is not far from imitating it! A family is charitable, and a nation will rise charity; A country will give up comity; If one person is greedy and violent, a country will be in turmoil. The connection is so close that it is called: an inappropriate word can corrupt the world, and a person's virtue can stabilize a country. ”

A word can prosper the country, and a word can also lose the country.

"Good!" Lege applauded.

"Thank you, Uncle Le! Thank you! ”

"You are still talking about the great principles of self-cultivation, family harmony, and governing the country! In fact! It is not a big truth, but a very simple and obvious truth, and it is clearly placed in front of the world. ”

"Yes! Uncle Le! ”

"Read on!"

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Zi responded.

Yao and Shun lead the world to be benevolent, and the people follow it; The world is led to violence, and the people obey it. What they order is contrary to their preference, and the people do not obey it. Therefore, a gentleman has himself and then asks for others, and does not have himself and then does not seek others. What is hidden is unforgiving, but can speak to others, there is no such thing. Therefore, the rule of the country is in Qi Qi's family.

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

Zeng Zi explained: "Yao and Shun rule the world with benevolence, and the common people follow benevolence; He ruled the world with ferocity, and the common people followed the ferocity. The orders of the rulers are against the will of the common people, and the common people will not obey them. So! People with high moral character always do it first. Only then do you ask others to do it; Don't do it yourself and then ask others not to do it. It is impossible to get others to do what they want without adopting this kind of forgiveness that pushes oneself and others. Therefore, in order to govern the country, you must first manage your own family and clan. ”

"Yes! If you can't do it yourself, how can you ask others? Le Ge sighed.

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Zi responded.

"How can a person who has problems with his own character and style be a leader?"

"Yes! Uncle Le! ”

"How can a person who can't even manage his own home well?"

"Yes! Uncle Le! ”

"Good! Read on! Lege stretched out his hand and gestured.

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Zi responded.

"Poetry" cloud: "The peach is dying, and its leaves are verious; The son is home, and it is suitable for his family. "It is suitable for his family, and then he can teach the countrymen.

"Poetry" cloud: "Brother should be brother." "It is better to be a brother and a brother, and then you can teach the countrymen.

"Poetry" cloud: "Its etiquette is not bad, it is the four countries." "It is the foot law of father and son, and then the civil law. This is said to govern the country in Qi Qi's family.

"So many 'poems'! Interpret it! Lege interrupted.

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Zi responded.

"Zengzi! I found out! You like to quote ancient examples! You? I can see you! Quite a few books! And! You can also apply what you have learned! Good! You have a good spirit of learning! Lege praised.

"Thank you, Uncle Le! Thank you! ”