What is standing? Be an upright person. Have lofty ideals, healthy body and mind, strong ability to solve practical problems. This is called standing.

Of course, some people will say, isn't the crooked Labaji's life called standing?

Man struggles upwards and water flows downwards, which is a natural law.

But rich people are not happy because they have physical and mental problems. People are unhappy as officials, because their abilities are limited and they are exhausted. With money and an official, you are still unhappy. Why? I can't find myself.

Cultivation, what is cultivation? Is to change yourself, is to improve yourself. Is to let yourself achieve: have lofty ideals, healthy body and mind, strong ability to solve practical problems.

Most people will say that the reason why they have not reached that level is because of others. For example, physical and mental health, many people will say that it is due to congenital inheritance, family inheritance and other reasons. I don't know, this is what western medicine is talking nonsense because it doesn't make sense. No one goes to find their own reasons, and people who don't admit that they have problems. This is also called complaining.

Our ancestors also encountered similar problems, but some masters summed up these truths and summarized them as self-cultivation.

The emergence of any problem is nothing more than two reasons, one is internal and the other is external. The internal cause is oneself, and the external cause is others or their society or environment.

One way is to find someone else's responsibility and put the blame on others, and you have no responsibility. The result is never to grow up.

One way is to find your own shortcomings, find ways to cultivate yourself, improve your ability, and finally achieve your goal.

Why is Confucius called a saint? It is because he discovered these truths, summed them up and applied them to himself. The results were very good, and later generations learned it well and passed it on from generation to generation.