The original text of "University":
If the ancient desire is obviously superior to the world, rule the country first; If you want to govern your country, you should first get your family together; 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; To be sincere, you must know first, and you must know the style. Things are known, people know and are sincere, honest and upright, upright and self-cultivation, self-cultivation and self-cultivation, self-cultivation and self-cultivation, self-cultivation and governing the country, governing the country and leveling the world.
Vernacular translation:
In ancient times, if you want to carry forward the aboveboard character in the world, you must first manage your own country; To govern the country well, we must first govern the family and clan; If you want to manage your family and family well, you must first cultivate your character.
If you want to cultivate your own character, you must first correct your own thoughts; To correct your thoughts, you must first make your thoughts sincere; If you want to make your thoughts sincere, you must first acquire knowledge. The way to acquire knowledge lies in the cognitive learning of everything. Knowledge can only be acquired by understanding and studying everything.
After acquiring knowledge, the idea can be sincere; Only after the idea is sincere can the mind be correct; Only with a correct attitude can we cultivate our own character; Only through the cultivation of character can we run a good family; Only by managing the family well can we manage the country well; Only when the country is well governed can the world be peaceful.
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"University" focuses on the important relationship between improving personal cultivation, cultivating good moral quality and governing the country. The central idea can be summarized as "cultivate one's morality for the people's security", with the theme of "be virtuous, be close to the people and stop at perfection" and eight items of "discipline, knowledge, honesty, cultivate one's morality, keep one's family in order, govern the country and level the world".
The outlook on life put forward by the university is inextricably linked with Confucianism, which is basically a further expansion of the Confucian outlook on life. This outlook on life requires paying attention to personal cultivation and embracing positive goals. This kind of cultivation and requirement is mainly based on Confucian morality.
The three cardinal guides and eight aims have class nature, and "virtue" and "supreme goodness" are the political requirements and ethical standards of feudalism for monarchs. Eight items, such as "discipline" and "knowledge", require the combination of political ideas and ethical thoughts in the three programs in terms of self-cultivation.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-book of rites university