Righteousness: it means to make people return to righteousness, have an upright heart and not be afraid of the enemy;

Self-cultivation: cultivate self-cultivation and strive to improve one's ideological and moral cultivation level;

Qijia: Manage the family and make it harmonious.

The original text is "the ancient desire is obviously superior to the world; Governing the country first; If you want to govern your country, you should first get your family together; If you want to reunite with your family, you should first repair your body; If you want to cultivate yourself, you should be upright first; ..... The mind is right and then the body is repaired, and the body is repaired and then the family is neat, and the family is neat and then the country is ruled, and the country is flat. "

The general idea is: those who want virtue in ancient times must rule their country first; To govern the country well, we must first rectify our homes; To rectify the family, we must first cultivate ourselves; People who want to cultivate self-cultivation should first correct their thinking … and then improve their cultivation; Self-cultivation is perfect, and then the family is orderly; The family is in good order, and then the country is stable and prosperous; The country is stable and prosperous, and then the world is at peace.

Extended data

"University" is an essay on the Confucian thought of self-cultivation and governing the country. Originally the 42nd article of The Book of Rites of Little Dai, it is said that it was written by. In fact, it is a Confucian work in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and it is an important work for China to discuss educational theory in ancient times. After being highly praised by Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhu in the Southern Song Dynasty wrote "University Chapters and Sentences", which was finally called "Four Books" together with The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius and Mencius. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, "Da Xue" became the official textbook of the school and the required reading of the imperial examination, which had a great influence on the ancient education in China.

The "Three Outlines" and "Eight Items" put forward in "University" emphasize that self-cultivation is the premise of governing people, and the purpose of self-cultivation is to govern the country and the world, which shows the consistency between governing the country and the world and personal moral cultivation.

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