What does it mean to accumulate good deeds and become virtuous while the immortal is complacent?

Accumulate goodness into virtue, the gods are complacent, and the sacred heart is prepared:

It means: accumulate virtue and do good, Xiu De is noble, and the natural mind will be clear, and there will be a spiritual realm of saints.

This sentence is taken from Xunzi's "Persuading Learning", who lived in the pre-Qin period.

Excerpt:

Accumulated soil becomes mountains, and the wind and rain are prosperous; The water drops merged into the ocean and the dragon was born; Accumulate goodness into virtue, the gods are complacent, and the sacred heart is prepared. Therefore, you can't take Wan Li Road without accumulating steps; If you don't accumulate small streams, you won't be a river. Leap, not ten steps; This is a great contribution to the success of Ma Xu. Perseverance, rotten wood can't be carved; Perseverance, the stone can be carved.

Earthworms do not have the advantages of minions, and their bones and muscles are strong. They eat the earth and drink the yellow land with their hearts. The crab kneels six times and pinches twice. It's not that the snake hole has no sustenance, it's also impetuous.

Translation:

Earth and stone pile up into mountains, and the wind and rain start from here; Water flows into the abyss, and dragons are born from it; Accumulate virtue and do good deeds, cultivate noble moral character, and the natural mind will be clear and there will be a spiritual realm of saints.

Therefore, without the accumulation of half a step, there is no way to reach thousands of miles away; Without the accumulation of tiny flowing water, there is no way to merge into the rivers and seas. The horse jumped less than ten paces; A rotten horse can pull a cart for ten days, and its achievement comes from constantly walking. If it stops after a while, the rotten wood will continue to be carved.

Stick to carving and the stone will be carved successfully. Earthworms have no sharp claws and teeth and strong bones and muscles, but they can eat the soil and drink the water in it because they are single-minded.

A crab has six legs and two crab claws. Without the caves of snakes and eels, it has nowhere to live, because it is impetuous.

Extended data:

Xunzi (about 365438 BC+03 BC-238 BC), Ming Qing, was born in Huaxia (Han nationality) and Zhao at the end of the Warring States Period. A famous thinker, writer and politician, he is called "Xun Qing".

It was also called in the Western Han Dynasty because it avoided the taboo of Emperor Gaozu, and because the words "Xun" and "Sun" were homophony. He served as a drinking ceremony for Xia Ji Gong Xue in Qi State for three times, and was later ordered by Chu Lanling (located in Lanling County, Shandong Province).

Xunzi developed Confucianism. On the issue of human nature, he advocated the theory of evil nature, advocated that human nature was evil, denied the innate moral concept, and emphasized the influence of acquired environment and education on people.

His theory is often compared with Mencius' theory of good nature by later generations, and Xunzi has also made considerable contributions to sorting out Confucian classics.

Commemoration of future generations:

1, Xunzi Memorial Hall

Xunzi Memorial Hall, a landscape 20 14 restored by literature, is located in Cheng Chuan Street, historical and cultural block, Handan City, Hebei Province, China. Built on 20 13 and completed before 20 15. This building was built in memory of Xunzi in Handan.

2. Xunzi Cemetery

Xunzi Mausoleum is located one kilometer southeast of Lanling Town, Lanling County, Linyi City. It is a mound of loess. East-west length 10 meter, north-south width of 8 meters, height of 7 meters at both ends, and height of 3 meters in the middle. It is covered with black locust, and there are two stone tablets in front of the tomb. 1976 is listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Shandong province.

Today, the local government has invested huge sums of money to build the cemetery into a large antique cemetery.

3. Xunzi sculpture

Today, there is Xunzi Cultural Park in Anze County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province to commemorate a generation of Confucian scholars Xunzi. On the top of the hill stands a statue of a great Confucian, overlooking the hot land that gave him life and the Qinhe River, which has absorbed sweet milk.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Xunzi