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What is the full text and translation of Mingde's University Way?
The full text and translation of "The Way to a University with a Bright Virtue" are as follows:

1, the way of university, morality, being close to the people, perfection.

Vernacular explanation: The truth of the university lies in showing everyone's own virtue, and then pushing others, so that everyone can get rid of pollution and start over (being close to the people), striving for perfection and staying the same to the most perfect point.

2, Zhi Zhi and then decide, decide and then can be quiet, quiet and then can be safe, safe and then can be considered, and then can be obtained.

Vernacular solution: if you can know what it is, stop at the best, and then your will will will have a certain strength; Only when the will has a certain concentration can the heart calm down; You can keep your head still, and then you can be content with the status quo; Be able to take things as they are, and then you can do things carefully and thoroughly; Only when you can think carefully can you achieve perfection.

3, things have a beginning and an end, things have an end and a beginning, and knowing the order is a shortcut.

Vernacular explanation: Everything in the world has a beginning and an end, and everything has a beginning and an end. If you can understand the sequence of beginning and ending, you can get close to the truth of self-cultivation and self-governance.

4. Those who want to govern their own country; Get together with your family first; If you want to reunite with your family, you should first repair your body; If you want to cultivate yourself, you should be upright first; If you want to be correct, be sincere first; Be sincere, let him know first; Knowledge exists in things.

Vernacular explanation: if you want to govern the country, you must first govern the family. If you want to manage your family well, you must first cultivate your own morality (self-cultivation); If you want to cultivate your morality, you must first correct your heart (righteousness).

If you want to correct your mentality, you must first make your thoughts sincere and selfless (sincere); If you want to make your thoughts sincere and selfless, you must first understand-study the truth (knowledge) of things; If you want to know and understand, you must first get rid of material desires and correct their incorrect ideas (things).

5. From Tian Zi to Shu Ren, it is based on self-cultivation. Whether there is confusion at the end of treatment; Thick is thin, thin is thick, and there is nothing.

Vernacular explanation: From the emperor to the common people, everything should be based on self-cultivation. Without self-cultivation, even the fundamental self-cultivation is screwed up, but it is impossible to rule the country and level the world. It has never been so reasonable to treat self-cultivation as unimportant, but to talk about governing the country and leveling the world.