From: Mencius "Mencius, Dedicated Articles, Sentence Reading Twenty Verses"

Original text:

Mencius said, "A gentleman has three pleasures, but the king of the world does not exist. Parents exist, brothers have no chance, and they are happy. Be worthy of the sky, live up to people, and be happy. It is three pleasures to be educated by talents in the world. A gentleman has three pleasures, but the king of the world does not exist. "

Translation:

Mencius said: "A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, and being king is not one of them. Parents, brothers and sisters are safe, which is a kind of happiness; It is the second kind of happiness not to be ashamed of the world and the people in the world; Getting the best talents in the world and educating them is the third kind of happiness. Gentlemen have these three kinds of music, and the world is not among them. "

Extended data:

Classics reading:

First, happiness has a stable family, second, happiness is calm, and third, teaching and educating people.

Zhu Zhu quoted Lin as saying, "Three musicians, one is heaven, and the other is people. Those who can do for themselves are not doing for themselves. "

In other words, one happiness depends on providence, three happiness depends on others, and only the second happiness depends entirely on oneself. Therefore, what we strive for is this second kind of happiness, because it belongs to the category of "seeking is what we get, giving up is what we lose, seeking is what we get, seeking is what we seek", instead of "seeking the right path, getting life, seeking is not what we get, seeking is what we seek outside".

Broken weaving metaphor

Mencius was interested in learning at first, but after a long time he got bored and often played truant. Meng Mu was very angry when he learned about it. He picked up a knife and cut the warp on the loom. He said, "You give up studying like I cut the thread on the loom. This cloth is woven bit by bit. Now, if the thread is cut, the cloth cannot be woven. A gentleman studies to achieve fame, and he can increase his wisdom by asking questions.

How can it be useful to play truant often? You don't study hard today, but you are lazy to cultivate yourself. You can't stay away from disaster in the future. Don't be a robber, but also a servant! "Meng Mu used" broken weaving "as a warning of" dropping out of school ",pointing out that you should have perseverance in doing things, and once you look for the goal, you will not be disturbed by the outside world. Giving up halfway will have serious consequences.

The scene of "breaking the metaphor" left a distinct impression of surprise and fear in Mencius' mind. Since then, Mencius has been studying hard and finally became a master of Confucianism in the history of China.

Kill dolphins without cheating children.

When the Meng family still lived next to the market in Miaohuying Village, Mencius saw his neighbor killing pigs and inexplicably asked his mother, "What is the neighbor killing pigs for?" Meng Mu was busy at that time, so he casually said, "I'll give you the meat when it's cooked!" Mencius was very happy, waiting for meat.

Meng Mu knows that honesty is the so-called "keep your word", and she knows that example is more important than words. In order not to break his promise to his son, despite the difficulties at home, Meng Mu took money to buy a piece of pork from his neighbor in the east, so that his son could have a good time.

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