For yourself? Return to the righteousness of your temperament

Original text

Confucius said: "Three hundred poems can be summed up in one sentence, saying: 'Thoughts are innocent.'"

Hua Dao

"It can be summed up in one word", to evaluate "The Book of Songs" in one sentence, it is "thinking without evil". Real people are sincere, have no evil thoughts, and don't put on airs. Whether it is a loyal minister and a filial son, or an infatuated man and a resentful woman, they all express their true feelings and speak directly from the heart without any pretense.

Zhu Xi’s annotation explains that good people can inspire people’s kindness, and evil people can punish people’s ambitions. Reading the Book of Songs can help people return to their righteous temperament. The language of his poems is euphemistic and often stems from one thing, but its meaning directly refers to the whole world. Nothing is more insightful than the "Book of Songs", and he explains all the principles and human feelings. Therefore, Confucius said that the three words "Si Wu Xie" can explain the Book of Songs in one sentence, because these three words can fulfill the meaning of the Book of Songs, and they are also the profound meaning of the Book of Songs!

Cheng Yi said: "Those who think innocently are sincere." It is the word "sincerity", sincerity, sincerity, sincerity, no need to hide yourself, and no intention to deceive others with any false feelings.

Zhang Juzheng said: "It's just that people should do good and avoid evil, and obtain the righteousness of their temperament. If a person's heart can be correct in his thoughts and has no selfish selfishness, then his actions will naturally be good. There is no evil. ”

There is good but no evil, and no evil thoughts.

Correct explanation

The Book of Songs is simple, pure and honest, so it helps people return to the righteousness of their temperament and achieves the righteousness of their temperament. Not only the Book of Songs, but also upward works can play this role. For example, Jin Yinan's report, such as the great chivalrous man in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", such as Lu Yao's "The Ordinary World", after reading it, there will be an upward force surging in the heart. This is the return of temperament. Right, I am seeking "peace of mind".

Just like the chapter on rectification of the mind in "The Great Learning", it is said that "if a person has anger (zhbo) in his body, he cannot be righteous; if he has fear, he cannot be righteous; if he has happiness, he cannot be righteous" If you are righteous, you will not be righteous if you have worries. "In fact, it is all about temperament that affects the righteous mind, and then affects the cultivation of Qi and peace. Therefore, returning to the nature and temperament is the foundation for cultivating Qi Zhiping, and we must cultivate the integrity of our temperament.

Original text

Confucius said: "The way is based on government, and the rules are punished, so that the people can avoid it without shame; the way is based on virtue, and the rules are based on etiquette, there is shame and integrity."

Hua Talk

This is the famous shame culture. Confucianism talks about "knowing shame" as the bottom line of being a human being

"The Tao is based on virtue", Confucius's political ideal, emphasizing morality and etiquette, the Tao is based on virtue, using virtue to guide, and whose virtue should be used to guide Well, use your own virtue to guide you. Leaders set an example and guide and influence others. This is called self-cultivation, harmonizing the family, governing the country and bringing peace to the world.

Correct answer

Leaders work the hardest. Therefore, Yao and Shun's abdication was the "hard work" of surrender.

“Lift everything with etiquette”, “ritual” refers to institutional etiquette, and there are a large number of rituals, which are the solemnity of the ceremony, the edification of culture, and the enlightenment of civilization. Today we talk about corporate culture, which has concepts, behavioral norms, and rituals. The starting point is that corporate culture is higher than the system. It can go where the system cannot go. Above and outside the system, it can also Regulate people's behavior.

"Have a sense of shame and integrity", "Ge" means "righteousness", "Ge Qi is not the heart". People have a standard grid in their own hearts, and they can restrain and regulate themselves. This "character" means knowing one's shame.

Correct answer

Use rituals to educate and enlighten your heart, just like using upward works. Character is the formation of a cultural and psychological structure, which allows people to form a structure of identification and a way of thinking in their temperament and psychology. It is a subtle influence that moistens things. This is the role of etiquette education.

Sunday, August 8, 2021