Today's original sentence 1 is also from the Book of Songs, which says: "Although you dive, you also realize." "Hole" is the obvious meaning. The main idea of The Book of Songs is that although it lurks underwater, it can be seen clearly.
Therefore, a gentleman is introspective [xǐng] but innocent or evil [w] and ambitious. Therefore, a gentleman often introspects, and he is innocent if he is carefree.
Gentlemen are out of reach, villains are out of reach! The advantage of a gentleman over others lies in the invisible place of others, so be strict with yourself.
"Although diving is squatting, it is also Kong Zhao Zhi." This sentence describes Zhou Youwang. At that time, although Zhou Youwang didn't perish because of the "Prince of War Plays" for the time being, the signs that have been shown are very clear to the author of this poem. Just like although the problem lurks underwater, underwater volcanoes will eventually erupt. Of course, the profound meaning of this sentence quoted by the golden mean goes far beyond the historical significance at that time. So what else seems to be hidden underwater, but we can see it clearly? In fact, that's one idea after another lurking in our hearts. Although others can't see it, they know it in their hearts. As the saying goes, there is a god who holds his head three feet high. In fact, we don't need a god to warn us. His conscience has known everything and told us the answer. For example, when we do something sorry to others, we will feel nervous unconsciously, and it is difficult to fall asleep after tossing and turning in the dead of night. This is the answer that conscience tells us. In fact, good thoughts or evil thoughts in my heart can't escape the radar of conscience. Furthermore, when we do a bad thing, we are deceiving our conscience. In this regard, Mr. Yangming taught us: if we don't cheat, our conscience will be sincere and sincere, and we will be clear; Self-confidence leads to a clear conscience, and clarity leads to honesty. It turns out that our sincere quality does not need external demand. As long as we don't deceive our conscience, we can get closer to the realm of sincerity and read as much as we can. With this sincere quality, things can be seen more thoroughly when they pass in front of our eyes, which is honesty and clarity. Similarly, when we are willing to listen to the call of our inner conscience to treat others, we will no longer deceive our own conscience. In this process, our sincere quality can be gradually improved, that is, clarity is sincerity. Sometimes we lose our minds by deceiving our conscience, which makes it difficult for us to see the essence of things clearly and finally make wrong judgments.
So, how can we reduce the deception of conscience? The method pointed out by the doctrine of the mean is: therefore, a gentleman introspects himself without guilt, without evil [W] and has ambition. It turns out that a gentleman can return to peace of mind through reflection, and he is innocent. We can make a directional reflection on the most difficult work or project at present. This kind of reflection is not to find out what mistakes are made in the work, but more importantly, to dig deep into the hearts of what others owe us. For example, did you deliberately hand over the most difficult part of your work to your colleagues? Or hide the dangers involved in the project? Or gave a false high or false low quotation and so on. And these bad ideas, conscience is clear. What we can do is to find out all these ideas and sweep them away. At this time, the problems that plagued us before have a chance to usher in a turning point. Because our own hearts have changed, this is the biggest change.
So, besides such directional reflection, what else can you do to constantly improve your mind? The golden mean continues to teach us that gentlemen are out of reach and villains are out of reach! ? It turns out that the virtue of gentlemen is higher than that of ordinary people, precisely because they are also strict with themselves where others can't see them. Mr. Yangming has a saying: if people don't know how to exert their strength in this unique place, but only work hard where people know, it is fraud. If you only work hard where others can see you, but don't know how to work hard on ideas that others can't see, it is a kind of hypocrisy to show others.
Colleagues, because we only have this heart, are filial piety reflected in parents, loyalty to superiors and frankness to friends. Therefore, the introspection of our intentions can go beyond those things that make us headache, and then extend to every bit of our daily work and life, and we will no longer deceive our conscience.
Now let's review today's original text: "Poetry" says: "Although it is hidden, it is also clear." Therefore, a gentleman introspects [xǐng] without feeling guilty or doing evil [w] and has ambition. Gentlemen are out of reach, villains are out of reach!
Introspection on the invisible intentions of others is the path for a gentleman to climb vertically beyond others.