Chapter 16: Independent Thinking
Anyway, people must have their own ideas, their own set of principles, and they can't just say what others say, and they are stupid and have no ideas of their own.
What exactly does the meaning of equality and classlessness refer to, apart from the saints themselves standing up and explaining, it is really a very meaningless thing to find a textual basis from those scriptures that no longer know how many volumes have been lost.
Whether it is right or wrong, whether it is equality in intelligence, or equality in social status, qualifications, and biology, it can be chosen at will depending on the person.
In the end, no matter which answer you choose, you have all thought about it yourself, and this thinking process is actually far more important than the answer!
The process of thinking is actually a kind of enlightenment, which is not the same as enlightenment, but it is very helpful for enlightenment.
Therefore, thinking must be simple, putting aside the concept of right and wrong for a while, just concentrating on thinking, and then thinking about whether the conclusion is correct or not after it is over.
If the conclusion you have come to is helpful to your own cultivation, and if you can improve your Fa and allow you to move forward further, then this conclusion is correct.
On the contrary, even if it is a bullish character, who comes to a different conclusion from himself, but does not help himself at all, then ...... , can also be regarded as bullshit!
If you don't have the courage to challenge the so-called authority, you have to live in the shadow of others and walk on the path of others all your life, which is really boring, right?
Therefore, no matter what classics you study, you must find the answer in the classics by yourself, and don't finally have a question, and you don't understand what it means after thinking about it for a long time, so you choose to give up your own thinking and accept the answer of others.
This is really a pity, first of all, not to mention the quality of other people's answers, I took the initiative to give up thinking, in fact, it is equivalent to giving up one of my own practices.
For example, Zhizhi is in Gewu, what does the word Gewu mean?
If we take it literally, there are four meanings: hindrance, inquiry, understanding, and change, of course, it has other meanings, but those meanings are not correct at first glance.
Well, which of the four meanings of hindrance, inquiry, sensibility, and change is to choose?
Think, think, think...... Thinking about it, thinking about it, hindering objects, inferring objects, sensing objects, and transforming objects, it seems that they are all correct, and they all seem to be incorrect, this is really sad, which explanation should be chosen?
Forget it, don't think about it, let's see the answer that people choose.
So, I stupidly began to be lazy and read the explanations of other masters.
The meaning of things is easy to explain, and people choose the meaning of things as they think, but what about the explanation of this case...... , it's really fun.
When people say that the meaning of Ge is the meaning of the to, that is, the meaning of inference to the extreme.
Well, what does it mean to push things to the extreme?
"Poor to the reason of things, want to be everywhere. This further explanation is really tall and tall, and there is nothing wrong with it at first glance!
After all, they are all poor to the reason of things, and there is no one, which is obviously very bullish.
Think about it, everything in the world is understood, everything is known, and all skills can be used, connecting the ancient and modern, and the sea of books, what a realm of cow beep, what an enviable wisdom.
The master's detailed explanation in the back is also very good, very well-intentioned.
Cover the meaning of the Ge and Zhizhi, and now it is dead, and this chapter is old and the next chapter, and it is mistakenly under the scriptures.
Trying to steal Cheng Zi's meaning to make up for it: "The so-called knowledge is in the object, and the words want to make me know, and the thing is in the matter." The soul that covers people's hearts is not knowledgeable, and the things in the world are all reasonable, but the reason is not endless, so its knowledge is endless. It is the beginning of teaching in the university, so that the scholars, that is, all the things in the world, will benefit from the poor because of their known principles, so as to seek the extreme. As for the long time of exertion, and once it is suddenly penetrated, the surface of all things is coarse, and the whole of my heart is not clear. This is the personality of things, and this is the best thing to know. β
People said at the beginning, the meaning of Gewu and Zhizhi, now there is no more, look, how honest and serious this is, there is yes, there is no, there is no, absolutely no bluffing.
Then, the master also admitted that he borrowed the views of a master surnamed Cheng, and added his own thinking, and finally came up with the meaning of Gewu Zhizhi.
Roughly translated, the master's view is as follows: "Zhizhi is in Gewu, I think so, the key lies in the principle of all things in heaven and earth." Man is a very good creature, he is spiritual, and he is capable of cognitive reasoning! Therefore, since everything in the world is reasonable, then there will never be an end to reasoning, and there will never be an end to cognition. Therefore, the teachings of the beginning of the university must mean that the reason for all things that the predecessors thought about is actually incomplete, so we, the younger generations, must continue to think about it, and study the reason thoroughly to the extreme! This is Gewu, this is cognition to the extreme!"
Is it good for the master to explain, it's really good, after reading this kind of lofty explanation, alas...... , no place to be ashamed, awe-inspiring!
However, after reading this explanation, I suddenly remembered my actual situation, and I was immediately completely confused.
Why, the reason is very simple, when my father gave me a copy of "University" as a gift, his education was only in the fifth grade of primary school, and he was simply a standard little fart!
Therefore, after admiring the little brat, he came to a very sad and unfortunate conclusion, that is...... , my education is really too low, and my knowledge is really too shallow.
With his humble education in elementary school, and his stupid brain, how could he achieve that kind of ...... , the surface of all things is coarse, and the whole of my heart is of great use, this kind of cow beep to the extreme realm?
Alas...... , the book "University", it's really so difficult, it's so difficult, my father is so bad that he actually gave himself such a heavenly book to read.
So, give it up quickly, this kind of powerful book, or go back and read it after a few years of beepping.
As a result, the brand-new "University" was put on for ten years by a stupid little fart!
Ten years, a whole ten years, I'll go to your master to explainββββββ!
Ten years later, when the little boy unexpectedly saw an article saying that those scholars in ancient times were not as broad as a modern elementary school student in terms of knowledge, he was immediately shocked.
The reason is obvious, since the scholars of ancient times did not know more than the knowledge of elementary school students, then, looking at the five thousand years of the world, it is possible for the countless scholars who have studied the "University" to reach the state that the surface of all things is fine and the inside is perfect, and the whole of my heart is of great use.
Not to mention the others, just the person who proposed this kind of realm, he has the possibility to reach ...... Is this god-like realm?
If almost no one can reach this state, then the Confucian sacred text, which has been circulated for more than 2,000 years, is one of the very few well-preserved Confucian sacred texts - "University"!
What else is there...... What about the value of continuing to preserve?
As a result, the teenager who abandoned all the explanations of the masters and only carefully studied the original text of the "University" finally took the initiative to step into the pit of Confucianism, and finally understood it completely...... , the value of independent thinking.