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Source: "University" The suicide note left by Confucius and his disciples
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 start and end, and things end. If you know the order, you will find a shortcut.
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The purpose of "university" is to carry forward noble virtues, care for people and reach the highest state of perfection. Only when you know that you want to achieve the state of "perfection" can you set goals. Only by setting a goal can we be quiet, stable and not chaotic. Only by being stable and not chaotic can we have thoughts and thoughts, and we can achieve "supreme goodness."
Everything has a root and an end, and everything has an end and a beginning. Knowing their order is not far from the purpose of the university.
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"The Way of University" is the first sentence at the beginning of the Confucian classic "University". University was originally an article in the Book of Rites. Song people took it out of the Book of Rites and matched it with The Analects of Confucius, Mencius and The Doctrine of the Mean. By the time Zhu wrote the Notes on Four Books, it had become one of the "Four Books".
University is a suicide note left by Confucius and his disciples, and it is an introductory reading of Confucianism. Therefore, Zhu listed it as the first of the "four books". Zhu also thought that the book "University" contained in the Book of Rites was disordered, so he rearranged it and divided it into two parts: classics and biography.
Among them, the "Jing" chapter is the original words of Confucius, recorded by Ceng Zi, a student of Confucius; The ten chapters of Biography are Ceng Zi's understanding and exposition of "Jing", which were recorded by students in Ceng Zi. With this arrangement, we have the version of "University" that we see today.