Said by: The Book of Rites by Confucius during the Warring States Period.

Original text:

There is heaven and earth in my heart, and I am not deceived by foreign things.

Translation:

If you have the spirit of heaven and earth in your heart, you will not be afraid of being hurt by foreign objects.

The happiness brought by foreign things is short-lived. Without conscious control, it only feeds our greed and desire. The more we expect from the outside world, the farther away we are from our pure heart. The meaning of life lies in being able to condense the positive energy of inner sunshine and show the height, thickness and width of life. If you have heaven and earth in your heart, you won't be confused by foreign things.

"Wealth" is not limited to the wealth of property, and the cultivation of moral knowledge is intangible and priceless wealth. Therefore, "sincerity is not rich, but difference is also", that is to say, although it is not tangible wealth, it is actually real wealth. Because you have a lofty spiritual world, self-cultivation and serene demeanor, which is a very rich performance. However, it is different from the wealth of property.

Fools seek the realm without the heart, while wise men seek the heart without the realm. In real life, most of us can't give up our obsession with matter, but at least please always reflect on ourselves and cultivate our own mind, so that it will one day be outstanding and unique, surpassing the label attached to us by matter. The heaven and earth and the beautiful scenery in my heart are long-term joy and abundance.

Extended data:

Creative background:

It is said that the poems, books, rites, music, changes, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Six Classics written by Confucius' disciples are the carriers of the highest philosophy in China's classical culture. However, it is not easy to read them through, so we should make more explanations to help us understand the rituals in the Six Classics.

The Book of Rites mainly records the crown, marriage, funeral and sacrifice ceremonies in the Zhou Dynasty, but it is limited to the style and hardly involves the "ceremony" behind the ceremony. If you don't understand etiquette, the ceremony will become a worthless ceremony.

Therefore, in the process of practicing etiquette, the post-1970 s wrote a large number of papers explaining the classic meaning, collectively called "Ji", which belongs to the vassal of etiquette. After Qin Shihuang burned books to bury Confucianism, there were still many "notes" written in pre-Qin prose in the Western Han Dynasty, including "13 1 article" in the History of Art Granted by Han Dynasty and the History of Literature.

According to the Annals of Sui Shu Classics, these documents were collected by Wang Xian, a native of Hejian, from the people, and Liu Xiang got dozens of articles when he was studying the classics, including Yin Mingtang Yang Ji, Confucius Three Dynasties Ji, Wang Shishi Ji and Yue Ji, and the total number increased to 2 14. Due to the large number of records, and there are fine and coarse points, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, two kinds of anthologies appeared in the society. One is the eighty-five books of Dade, which is called "Da Dai Li Ji".