Translation of Chapter 20 of The Doctrine of the Mean;
We should study extensively, ask for knowledge in detail, think carefully, distinguish clearly and practice practically. If you don't learn, you will. You can't stop if you don't study. You can't stop without asking for advice and understanding thoroughly; If you don't think about it, you can't stop without thinking about it.
If you don't distinguish, you can't stop without distinguishing; If you don't do it, you won't do it. If you don't do it, you can't stop. Others learn once, and I learn a hundred times; Others will learn it ten times and I will learn it a thousand times. If this method can be implemented, even stupid people will become smart and even vulnerable people will become strong.
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Interpreted the profound philosophical and cultural connotation of "erudition, questioning, careful thinking, discernment and perseverance". From erudition to piety, it gradually becomes clear, just like a blooming flower, which separates in turn until the flower heart is exposed, which can not help but add a sense of pleasure to the joy-oh, so that's it. Then I thought deeply and felt deeply.
The Doctrine of the Mean is the moral standard of Confucianism, that is, to serve China with the Doctrine of the Mean, and to combine the mediocre with 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. From "The Analects of Confucius Yongye": "The golden mean is also a virtue, and it is extremely good." ? Make peace? Set the solution: "Mediocrity, regularity and neutrality are always the solutions."
The Doctrine of the Mean is one of the Confucian classics. Originally article 31 of the Book of Rites, the text was written between the end of the Warring States Period and the Western Han Dynasty. The author is inconclusive. On the one hand, it was written by Kong Ji (The Doctrine of the Mean written by Zisi), and on the other hand, it was written by scholars in the Qin Dynasty or the Han Dynasty. Confucian scholars in the Song Dynasty respected the golden mean, so they took it out of The Book of Rites and wrote it independently, while Zhu was co-edited with The Analects of Confucius, Mencius and Daxue into four books.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-The Doctrine of the Mean