The idea that this sentence wants to express is: don't be sad because you don't have good clothes and diet, but you can't compare with others; Be like a real gentleman, like a person who really wants to learn Tao, and envy others for their knowledge and moral ability.
Life is short, and everyone's energy is limited. If you put your limited energy into enjoyment, your life will often be empty in the end, and excessive consumption will make people make ends meet, so let yourself live a full and knowledgeable life.
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The style of Disciple Rules is natural and smooth, unpretentious and far-reaching, which occupies an important position in China traditional culture.
Qian Wenzhong, a professor at Fudan University, wrote A Full Mirror of Filial Piety: Disciples' Rules, which is about social behavior norms, so that children can learn proper rules and how to get along with others through filial piety to their parents, brothers, friends and brothers. Its purpose is to cultivate good behavior habits, sincere attitude and caring personality. In the form of popular words and three-character rhymes, this book expounds the importance of learning, the truth of being a man, the common sense of politeness in dealing with people and so on.
Disciple Rules has seven subjects, namely filial piety, filial piety, honesty, faithfulness, love for others, kindness and literature study. The first six subjects belong to moral cultivation, and the last one, learning literature, belongs to intellectual cultivation. Disciples' Rules first clearly emphasizes the principle of being a man, so as to educate us to be filial to our parents and respect our brothers.
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