"If you travel far, you will feel inferior if you climb high" is a famous aphorism in The Four Books and Five Classics and The Doctrine of the Mean, which means that if you want to go far and achieve a lofty goal, you must start from near; If you want to climb to the top of the mountain, you will see that other mountains are short under the sky. From a distance, you must start from the foot of the mountain. This is the same as Lao Tzu's saying that "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" and Xunzi's saying that "Fiona Fang and Wan Li can't be achieved without accumulated steps; If you don't accumulate small streams, you can't become rivers and seas. " Have the same effect.
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Travel far, climb high and feel inferior.
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The way of a gentleman, the monarch (1), goes far, it must be himself (2); Climb high, you will feel inferior (3). "Poetry" says: "A wife is like a drum. The two brothers are happy and anxious. Il Shi Jia, Mrs. Le Er (4) "Confucius said," Are parents happy! " (Chapter 15) [1]
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(1) Bi: same as "Pi". (2) near. (3) low: low. (4) "Wives get along ...": Quoted from The Book of Songs Xiaoya Long Beach. Wife, wife and son. Harmony, harmony. Drum, play. Xi, harmony, harmony. Dan, the original Book of Songs was "looking forward" and enjoying it. Tang (female) is a descendant of Tong Yan.
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A gentleman's practice of the golden mean is like walking a long way, and he must start from nearby; Just like climbing a mountain, you must start from a low place. The Book of Songs says: "A harmonious relationship between wife and children is like playing the piano and the harp. Brothers are harmonious, smooth and happy. Make your family happy and your wife and children happy. " Confucius said admiringly, "In this way, parents will be satisfied!"
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Source: The Doctrine of the Mean by Dai Sheng in the Western Han Dynasty [1]
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Laozi said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
Xunzi said: "If you don't accumulate steps, you can't take Wan Li Road; If you don't accumulate small streams, you can't become rivers and seas. "
They all mean "travel far and feel inferior, climb high and feel inferior".
Everything should be done step by step, and don't rush for success. Otherwise, "haste makes waste" is counterproductive.
Everything starts from yourself, starting from the place around you. To practice the golden mean in the world, we must first conform to our own family. In the final analysis, it is the principle of gradual revision, coordination, governance and leveling of universities.
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"If you travel far, you will feel inferior if you climb high" is an epigram in The Four Books and Five Classics and The Doctrine of the Mean, which means that if you want to go far and achieve a lofty goal, you must start from near; If you want to climb to the top of the mountain, you will see that other mountains are short under the sky. From a distance, you must start at the foot of the mountain ("inferiority complex" and the inferiority complex mentioned today are two different things, meaning from humble to low). This is the same as what Laozi said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step", and what Xunzi said, "You can't take Wan Li Road without accumulating steps; If you don't accumulate small streams, you can't become rivers and seas. " Have the same effect.
"Travel far, climb high and feel inferior" is only a subtle truth in daily life, but it has profound meaning. It tells us that to do anything, we must first have a broad and clear goal, but in practice, we must be down-to-earth, step by step, and we must not rush into it. Otherwise, haste makes waste, which is counterproductive. Extending to the field of humanities and social sciences is to carry forward the scientific spirit of seeking truth and being pragmatic, that is, to avoid the flashy wind in learning. We should not only pay attention to the theoretical frontier in the discipline field, but also pay attention to the most profound problems in the process of social, national and even human survival and development, and also start with the most basic theoretical knowledge to lay a solid foundation for basic skills. We should combine ambitious goals with pragmatic actions, step by step, and avoid aiming too high.
Learning can't happen overnight. Real learning, repeated tempering, dripping water wears away the stone, can make the learning effort gradually sublimate from a lower level to a higher level. In this regard, the famous scholar Wang Guowei has a humorous and vivid famous saying: "Great job seekers in ancient and modern times must go through three realms.' Last night, the west wind withered the trees, and the tall buildings stood alone, looking at the horizon'." This is called the first condition. My belt is getting wider, and I am haggard because of Iraq, and I don't regret it. This is called the second realm. The crowd looked for him for thousands of Baidu, and suddenly looking back, the man was there, and the lights were dim.' So is this third place. This means that if you want to succeed in learning, you must go through three stages: first, you must have the courage and psychological preparation to invest in learning; Second, we must persevere, persevere, and have the spirit of dedicated learning; Third, once knowledge reaches a high level, strategic planning can be carried out, and even insight can be found in the ordinary. As A Dream of Red Mansions says, "Everything is learned by learning, and everything is learned by learning." . Indeed, learning is like penance in Buddhism. To achieve nirvana, we must start with daily tricks such as "reading the classics" and "sitting in the right place", and persevere day after day and year after year, in order to finally achieve academic "positive results". At present, academic circles are full of flashy and opportunistic behaviors, such as plagiarizing other people's opinions and papers. This behavior may get some benefits in the short term, but his academic qualifications have not improved. It is harmful to society, scientific research and his career in the end.
Throughout ancient and modern China and foreign countries, people with lofty ideals, lofty aspirations, down-to-earth and hard work will eventually go down in history. Such examples can be seen everywhere. Sima Guang is determined to compile this masterpiece "Zi Tong Zhi Jian". To this end, he studied day and night, consulted documents and collected information. In order to study hard and not slack off, he specially made a log pillow and gave it an interesting name, called "Police Pillow". When you are sleepy, you will sleep on the board for a short time, exercise yourself, roll your pillow to the ground and hit your head hard on the board, and you will wake up immediately, so you will get up and continue your study. In this way, Sima Guang spent 19 years, "reading old history and picking up novels", analyzed and studied the historical events of 1000 years, and wrote the first draft of "Zi Tong Zhi Jian". Then, we simplified the complex and compiled a masterpiece Zi Tongzhi Jian from the Warring States to the Five Dynasties, covering 16 dynasties and history 1362, with 294 volumes and more than 3 million words. It is said that after this book is written, the storage space of the manuscript will be as many as two large rooms.
Therefore, if you want to achieve something, you must be down-to-earth, step by step, and persevere. Only in this way can you realize your ideal. In this regard, Marx's words are more convincing: "On the road of science, there is no smooth road, and only those who are not afraid of fatigue and climb along steep mountain roads can hope to reach the glorious peak."
From 65438 to 0934, President Yang Fangling summed up her 42-year experience in running a school. In order to encourage teachers and students to be diligent and enterprising, and further promote the development of Guangyi, he deliberately adopted the motto "Go far from yourself, climb high and feel ashamed" in the Book of Rites. "Close" means close, and "humble" means low. Metaphor starts from the foundation, from near to far, from low to high. In career, "going far" is accumulation, "climbing high" is achievement, and "going far" and "climbing high" embody the dialectical relationship between accumulation and achievement; To be a man, "going far" means setting up lofty ideals, and "self-respect" means being down-to-earth; In doing things, "climbing the mountain" means having the ambition to climb the career and scientific peak, and "inferiority" means having the pragmatic spirit rising from the ground.