Explanation: Love learning is close to wisdom, hard work is close to benevolence, and shame is close to courage.

Excerpt:

Confucius said, "I am eager to learn and know. Practice near benevolence. Shame is almost brave. "

"Know three, then know so cultivate one's morality. If you know how to cultivate yourself, you will know how to treat people. If you know the way of people, you must know the way of governing the country. "

"Self-cultivation, respecting sages, kissing, respecting ministers, being a minister, having children, Shu Ren, being diligent, being gentle and profound, and cherishing princes are the nine classics of all countries in the world."

Translation:

Confucius said, "If you like learning, you will be close to wisdom; if you are diligent, you will be close to benevolence; if you are ashamed, you will be close to courage."

"Knowing these three points, you know how to cultivate yourself, know how to cultivate yourself, know how to manage people, know how to manage people, and know how to govern the country."

"There are nine principles for governing the country and leveling the world. Namely: cultivate one's morality, respect the sages, love the relatives, respect the ministers, pity the ministers, love the people like children, recruit talents and scholars, give preferential treatment to distant guests and appease the princes. "

Extended data

The Doctrine of the Mean is one of the Confucian classics. The original text is the thirty-first chapter of the Book of Rites, which was written between the end of the Warring States Period and the Western Han Dynasty. Confucian scholars in the Song Dynasty respected the golden mean and took it out of the Book of Rites as an independent work, while Zhu Ze co-edited it with The Analects of Confucius, Mencius and Daxue into four books.

The doctrine of the mean refers to the Confucian moral standards, the doctrine of the mean, the use of China, and the use of the ancient. Treat people and things fairly and peacefully, according to time, events and local conditions. The theoretical root of Confucianism comes from human nature.

The theoretical basis of the doctrine of the mean is the unity of man and nature. Usually, people talk about the unity of heaven and man mainly from philosophy, mostly from Mencius. "People do their best to know their nature; If you know its nature, you will know its nature "("Dedicated "), while ignoring the harmony between man and nature in the golden mean, and even ignoring the true meaning of harmony between man and nature. "Participating with heaven and earth" is the unity of heaven and man, which is the true meaning of the unity of heaven and man in The Doctrine of the Mean.

Therefore, the doctrine of the mean begins with "the nature of destiny, the nature of temperament, the cultivation of Tao and teaching" and ends with "the load of heaven is silent and odorless." Go on. "This is the highest state that a saint should reach, and this is the real harmony between man and nature. The day when heaven and man are in harmony is a kind and beautiful day, and the person who is in harmony with nature is as kind and beautiful as a kind and beautiful day. The unity of heaven and man is an ideal realm that people consciously cultivate to benefit mankind and nature like kindness to heaven.