What do you mean, Mr. Ye Shengtao is a gentleman in two or three things, and I got nothing?

I haven't reached the goal of being a gentleman yet.

This is what the author quoted from The Analects of Confucius.

The original words in the Analects of Confucius written by Confucius disciples during the Warring States period are: Confucius said, "Wen, I am still a human being." If you are a gentleman, then I have nothing to gain. "

Confucius said: "As far as the knowledge in books is concerned, I am probably similar to others. Being a gentleman, I haven't reached it yet. "

Excerpts from Mr. Ye Shengtao's two or three events;

After the Han and Wei Dynasties, China's literati thought did not have the three circles of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. The mixed situation is very complicated, for example, some people are Confucianism and Taoism, or Yang Ru's vagina; Some people interpret Confucianism at the same time, or half-Confucianism and half-interpretation; Some people are Confucianism, and the poor are monks; Wait a minute. And Mr. Ye Shengtao, not a sage, but a single Confucian, has such thoughts and behaviors.

This sometimes reminds me of a sentence in the Analects of Confucius, one of which is: "If I behave like a gentleman, I will get nothing." One is: "Never tire of learning, never tire of teaching. What is it to me! " In these two places, Kong believes that although he yearned for it in his heart and failed, Mr. Ye Shengtao did it. So I often say to others: "Ye Lao is someone else's teacher, because he is a conscientious gentleman who never tires of learning and never tires of teaching."

Extended data

The Two or Three Events of Mr. Ye Shengtao is an article by Zhang Zhongxing, which is taken from his book The Analects of Confucius. In 20 17, this article was selected as the seventh grade Chinese textbook in the new edition of People's Education Press.

This article is an article of Zhang Zhongxing recalling Ye Shengtao. The author shows Ye Shengtao's strict self-discipline and generous demeanor by recalling a few small things in his communication with Mr. Ye Shengtao, and reveals the author's admiration between the lines.

At the beginning of the article, the news of Mr. Ye Shengtao's death was on New Year's Eve, and the "many and loud" firecrackers made the author even more sad. Then I recalled the first time I met Mr. Ye Shengtao and wrote a textbook under his leadership.

Before that, I got to know Ye Shengtao by reading new literary works and predecessors' evaluation of his virtue and associating it with the definition of gentleman in The Analects of Confucius. The author really feels that "Ye Lao is a teacher because he is a gentleman, tireless in learning and tireless in teaching", which is the overall evaluation of Mr. Ye Shengtao.

You are practicing.

Japanese Daoyuan Zen Master came to China to study and practice in tiantong temple, Zhejiang. One afternoon, when he passed the corridor, he saw an old monk drying mushrooms in the hot sun.

The Taoist Zen master sympathized with him and said,' Why don't you give this kind of work to young disciples? "The old monk replied," after all, others are different from me! "

The Taoist Zen master went on to say, "Yes! But why do you have to work in the hot sun? " The old monk smiled and said, "The sun is just right now. If you don't take it at this time, when can you take it? " When Zen master Daoyuan heard this, it suddenly dawned on him that the so-called "easier said than done" is precisely the truth.

As the saying goes, Tao cannot be empty, and virtue cannot be discussed. Moral cultivation depends on practice, but it is also difficult.

However, in the process of putting it into practice, there will be happiness. This kind of happiness is from the heart, it will not have ups and downs of joys and sorrows, it will always maintain that peace and tranquility, which is not only the enjoyment of life, but also the understanding of the avenue.

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