Everything yesterday is like dying yesterday; everything happening today is like being born today. Meaning and origin~

Meaning: Everything in the past is gone just like yesterday, and everything in the future is just like starting again from today. Forget the past and start a new life.

This sentence comes from Yuan Liaofan's "Liaofan's Four Trainings".

"Four Lessons from Liaofan", also known as "Destiny to Self-Reliance", is a book published by Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House in 2007. The author is Yuan Liaofan. This book is a family motto written by Yuan Liaofan, using his personal experience to teach his son Yuan Tianqi to understand the truth of fate, distinguish the standards of good and evil, and change his past for good.

This book is an educational book on cultivating morality, establishing life, cultivating oneself and governing the world. This book was written in 1602 AD and is divided into four parts. The author was Yuan Huang in the Ming Dynasty, whose courtesy name was Kunyi and later changed his name to Fan. He narrated the process of changing his destiny based on his personal experience. It was originally to teach his son, so he named it "Xun Ziwen"; later, to enlighten the world, he changed his name to this.

In "Liaofan's Four Trainings", Yuan Liaofan used his lifelong knowledge and cultivation to integrate the thoughts of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. Using his own personal experience, combined with a large number of real and vivid examples, he warns the world not to be bound by the word "fate", but to constantly strive for self-improvement and change their destiny. Extended information

Yuan Huang (1533-1606), was originally named Biao, later changed his name to Huang, with the courtesy name Qingyuan, Kunyi, and Yifu. His first name was Xuehai, but later he was changed to Fan. Later generations often used it as His nickname is "Liao Fan". A native of Weitang Town, Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province (now part of Jiaxing). After resigning in his later years, he lived in seclusion in Zhaotian Village, Luxu, Wujiang, so he was considered a native of Wujiang.

When Yuan Huang was a teenager, he was smart and perceptive, and had extraordinary talents. He was taught by Zen Master Yungu, and he studied astronomy, arithmetic, water conservancy, military affairs, medicine, etc. to enrich his life. In the forty-fourth year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (1565), the county magistrate established an academy and ordered top students to study Confucian classics from Yuan. In the joint examination in the fifth year of Wanli (1577), he initially planned to take the first place, but failed because his policy theory went against the examiner.

In the fourteenth year (1586), he became a Jinshi and was one of the three families in Jiaxing Prefecture at the beginning of Wanli Dynasty. I was ordered to clear up Su Song's money and food, and submitted the "Tax and Service Ceremony". I also asked for more than 10 terms of exempting and exempting the additional levy of rice and silver, but I was blocked by the wealthy gentry and gave up. In the 16th year of Wanli (1588), he was appointed magistrate of Baodi County, Hebei Province (today's Tianjin). He served for five years and made brilliant achievements.

In the 20th year of Wanli (1592), he was transferred to the head of the Ministry of War, which coincided with Japan's invasion of Korea. The imperial court launched a large-scale eastward expedition. Song Yingchang, the manager of Ji Liao Dynasty, invited Yuan Huang to come to the military camp to praise the paintings, and met with Liu Huangshang. Floating across the Yalu River.

During the Battle of Pyongyang, Admiral Li Rusong lured troops to fight against the Japanese and won. Yuan Huang forbade Li's generals to cut off their heads to report their merits. Li Shen was angry and led his troops eastward, sending Yuan Huang to guard Pyongyang. Allocate one additional soldier and one pawn. Later, the Japanese army suddenly attacked the city. Yuan Huang led his men and 3,000 Korean soldiers to repel them. Soon after, Li Rusong was defeated by Bi Ti Guan. Shi Xing, Minister of the Ministry of War, advocated allocating funds to negotiate peace, and Yuan Huang submitted a letter proposing that General Jiao should withdraw from the army.

Li Rusong falsely accused Yuan Huang of ten major crimes, so Yuan Huang returned home and closed his door to write a book. He died at the age of 74.

Yuan Huang was an important thinker in the Ming Dynasty and the first named author of good books in China known so far. His "Four Lessons from Liaofan" integrates Taoist philosophy and Confucianism, advises people to do good and correct their mistakes, emphasizes self-cultivation starting from the treatment of the mind, and advocates recording merits and demerits, which has been widely circulated in society.

Reference: Yuan Liaofan-Baidu Encyclopedia