Why did the ancients say that "one person does not enter the temple"? I learned a lot after reading it.

In China's traditional culture, there is indeed a lot of life wisdom that can make people wake up.

Most of this wisdom is passed down through proverbs.

The so-called statement, to some extent, is the ancient people's life experience and way of doing things-even the losses they have eaten or the things they have experienced, and finally they are expressed through easy-to-understand language and words.

It can be seen that some proverbs will really have certain guiding significance to our lives.

For example, the ancients often said that "one person does not enter the temple", which reminds us that it is best not to enter the temple when one is alone, otherwise it may bring a lot of unnecessary trouble to oneself.

Then, why is it easy for a person to bring bad things to himself when he enters a temple?

Let's look at this story in the Tang Dynasty first. It is said that in the Tang Dynasty, a young lady from an official family met a poor scholar by chance and fell in love with him.

In that era of paying attention to the right match, they themselves knew that their parents would not admit this relationship, so they decided to elope.

Because neither of them has traveled far away, there was no such hotel for them to stay in ancient times.

Fortunately, they saw a temple not far away, so they decided to spend the night there.

Because the young lady lived in the boudoir all the year round, and one day her feet were worn out when she walked down, the scholar asked her to go and see the situation first, and if she could stay, she would come back with her.

But after the scholar left, the young lady waited by the roadside for a long time, and the scholar did not come back. Seeing that it was getting dark, she had to endure physical discomfort and walked alone to the ruined temple.

When she entered the temple, she found the scholar lying in a pool of blood in the temple. At the same time, she also saw several people hiding here and slowly surrounded him. ...

It can be seen that it is actually very dangerous for a person to enter the temple in the eyes of the ancients.

Of course, the reason why the ancients said that a person had better not enter the temple was not entirely because it was easy to attract thieves, but emphasized that a person had better not be alone, especially in the wild, otherwise it would easily become the target of bad people.

Why?

Because there is indeed an "evil" element in human nature.

Although this kind of "evil" will not appear most of the time, it does not mean that the "evil" in human nature does not exist. The implication is that the "evil" in human nature will not appear, mostly because it does not have the conditions and opportunities to appear.

When a person enters the temple, it objectively creates conditions for people with malicious intentions, and it is easy to bring unnecessary trouble to themselves.

Just like the sentence in the TV series "Heaven", that is:

"The low crime rate in the hinterland does not mean that the people there are noble. Because they have no choice. No choice, no pain. "

It can be seen that entering the temple alone is undoubtedly creating conditions for others.

It is for this reason that the ancients often reminded us that "one person does not enter the temple".

Of course, the above content is also the reason why the ancients said that "one person does not enter the temple".

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The materials of this paper are mainly quoted from The Analects of Confucius, Zhuangzi, Tanjing, Tao Te Ching, Sit for a while, A Dream of Red Mansions, Jin Ping Mei, The Abandoned Capital, Alone, Philosophy of Life, Plato said so, Historical Records, Wang Yangming's Complete Works, and Wang Yangming's Complete Works.