It means: First, honor your parents and love your brothers and sisters; second, be cautious and keep your promises. Love the public and be kind to the people. If you have extra energy after learning your own ideology and morality well, learn more and ask more questions.
First of all, the most important thing is to understand that we should start with filial piety. As we all know, our bodies come from our parents. As the saying goes, "When our bodies are hurt, parents dare not hurt, and filial piety begins." Now that you have deeply understood that you are from your parents, you should be grateful. Only by knowing how to be grateful can this filial piety be born.
Let's look at the word "filial piety". Filial piety, from the origin, is an "old" word, and then the son's "son", that is, the son carries his parents and older parents behind his back. It tells us a meaning, which is handed down from generation to generation. If you want to pass it on from generation to generation, you should imitate your parents, take care of them and be filial to them.
Only by filial piety can we inherit parents' wishes and aspirations. We should also fulfill our parents' expectations, so as to pass them on from generation to generation. It's not that what we feel today is that each generation is worse than the next. If one generation is not as good as the next, it will not be passed down from generation to generation, and it will be worse than the next generation. We can pass it on from generation to generation, that is to say, we can accept the teaching of our parents, and we can pass on some moral education left by our parents, and we will pass it on.
"Brother" means "brother". The word "brother" here should be pronounced "Yong". In ancient Chinese, they are interlinked, which means "forever" next to us now. When we look at a "heart" and a "brother" of a younger brother, we know that as a brother, he has a younger brother in his heart. What do you mean? Even brothers know how to take care of their own brothers. A brother should also love and respect his brother. Therefore, it means friendship.
Therefore, the sage told us that the most basic thing for people is to know filial piety first; Be filial, be filial. If you fully understand these two points, you can do it, and then we need to know how to cultivate a person's cultivation. Cultivation is not very difficult. The so-called "self-cultivation" means to correct your own behavior and correct your wrong words and deeds.
So the sage told us that we should be cautious about our life, our attitude, our behavior, our language and everything we do. To put it simply, be polite, know to stop your wrong behavior, and know to be polite in everything you do. What is a gift? It is in your heart that you should have a respectful heart.
Disciple Rules first clearly emphasizes the principle of being a man, in the name of educating us to be filial to our parents and respect our brothers, and then educates the people to extend their obedience to their fathers and brothers to all levels of society. Treat brothers like brothers ",and then educate people to obey widely. All people need love ",and it is natural to let children repay their parents with selfless love by means of" love, parents pour selfless love into their children "throughout, which stifles children's thinking ability and critical ability. It is the product of the unique background of the times after the events such as Ten Articles in Yangzhou in Qing Dynasty. It is not a classic of Chinese studies and should be regarded as feudal dross and eliminated.
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Creation background
During the reign of Kangxi, the ruling class actively pursued the recognition of traditional ideology and culture for the purpose of long-term rule. Including respecting Confucius, advocating the study of the Four Books and Five Classics, and respecting Confucius as a "master of great achievements"; Overhaul the Confucius Temple, worship Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period, and declare that Confucius and Confucianism are the foundation of the country.
1670, according to the core of Confucianism, sixteen "oracles" were formulated and promulgated as people's ideological norms and behavioral norms: filial piety should be respected; Benedict's family is based on Zhao Yong; Disputes that have an interest in the township party; Pay attention to agriculture and mulberry, and have plenty of food and clothing; Be thrifty and cherish money; Dragon school ended the study of scholars; Distinguish heresy and worship orthodoxy; Talking about the law is a warning to stupidity; Ming comity with thick customs;
Doing business is to establish a person's ambition; Train children to prohibit inaction; False accusation interested in all goodness; Avoid hiding bandits to avoid involvement; Eat up the money and food to save the department; Joint theft prevention; Relieve hatred and anger before life. In addition, Kangxi recommended seclusion in the mountains in 12 years, opening a museum of Ming history in 16 years, and recommending erudition in 17 years to attract celebrities and promote Confucianism. These measures promoted the development of Confucianism.
References:
Disciples-Baidu Encyclopedia