Original text:
The way of university is to be moral, to be close to the people and to stop at perfection. Zhi Zhi then has a decision, then he can be quiet, then he can be quiet, then he can be safe, then he can think about it, and then he can get it. Things have a beginning and an end, and things have a beginning and an end. If you know the order, you will find a shortcut.
Translation:
The purpose of the university is to carry forward the aboveboard moral character, make people innovate and reach the most perfect state. Steady before Zhi Zhi, be quiet after stability, be quiet after quietness, and be quiet after quietness, so that you can think carefully and gain something after careful consideration.
Extended data:
"Be quiet, be quiet, be safe, be safe and think later ..." Starting from the university, the background of this book:
University comes from the Book of Rites, which was originally the 42nd of 49 articles.
The Book of Rites was originally named The Book of Rites of Little Dai, also known as The Book of Little Dai. It was compiled by Dai Sheng in Xuan Di era according to a batch of anonymous Confucian works left over from history. Ban Gu, a dynastic historian, notes that "The Book of Rites was written by the people after 1970s" in 131 Historical Records, and thinks that the book was written mainly from the early Warring States Period to the early Western Han Dynasty.
Cui Shu, a native of Qing Dynasty, said, "The style of every article is exhausted by time ..." There are too many words in Daxue, so it should be in the Warring States period. "
On the whole, Daxue was written in the early Warring States period, after Confucius and before Mencius and Xunzi, that is, around the 5th century BC, and it was a work of the Zeng school of pure Confucianism. That is to say, "Da Xue" should be a work in the early Warring States period, and its author should be "Zeng's Confucianism", which is now recognized by academic circles as the work of Zeng Shen in the early Warring States period.
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