The way of university is to be moral, to be close to the people and to stop at perfection. Zhi Zhi then decided: calm down first and then be quiet; Be quiet before you can be safe; Worry first; Think about it before you take it. Things start and end, and things end. If you know the order, you will find a shortcut.

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; Be sincere, let him know first; Knowledge exists in things.

Things are known; Knowing it is sincere; Sincerity before righteousness; Put your mind right and practice again; After the body is repaired, the family is clean and tidy; Family harmony, and then national governance; The country rules and the world is at peace. From Tian Zi to Shu Ren, one is based on self-cultivation. Those who are chaotic and not treated will be denied. Thick is thin, thin is thick, nothing!

Interpretation of vernacular:

The purpose of the university is to carry forward the aboveboard moral character, make people innovate and reach the most perfect state. Only by knowing what you should achieve can you be firm; With determination, you can be calm and calm; Only when you are calm can you feel at ease; Only when you feel at ease can you think of glory; Only by thinking about glory can we gain something.

Everything has roots and branches, and everything has a beginning and an end. Knowing this truth from beginning to end is close to the law of development of things. In ancient times, if you want to carry forward the aboveboard character in the world, you must first manage your own country; If you want to govern the country well, you must first manage your own family and family.

If you want to manage your family and family well, you must first cultivate your own character; If you want to cultivate your character, you must first correct your mentality; If you want to correct your heart, you must first make your heart sincere; If you want to make your ideas sincere, you must first acquire knowledge; The way to acquire knowledge is to know and study everything.

Knowledge can only be acquired through the understanding and research of everything; Only after acquiring knowledge can the mind be sincere; Sincere heart, square heart; With a correct mind, we can cultivate our own character; Only through the cultivation of character can we manage the family and family well; Only when the family and clan are well managed can the country be well managed; Only when the country is well governed can the world be peaceful.

From the head of state to the common people, everyone should be self-cultivation-oriented. If this is fundamentally disturbed, it is impossible for families, families, countries and the world to be well governed. Regardless of priorities, it is impossible to put the cart before the horse, and I want to do a good job! The purpose of the university is to carry forward the aboveboard moral character, make people innovate and reach the most perfect state.

Only by knowing what you should achieve can you be firm; With determination, you can be calm and calm; Only when you are calm can you feel at ease; Only when you feel at ease can you think of glory; Only by thinking about glory can we gain something. Everything has roots and branches, and everything has a beginning and an end. Knowing this truth from beginning to end is close to the law of development of things.

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 own character; If you want to cultivate your character, you must first correct your mentality.

If you want to correct your heart, you must first make your heart sincere; If you want to make your ideas sincere, you must first acquire knowledge; The way to acquire knowledge is to know and study everything.

Knowledge can only be acquired through the understanding and research of everything; Only after acquiring knowledge can the mind be sincere; Sincere heart, square heart; With a correct mind, we can cultivate our own character; Only through the cultivation of character can we manage the family and family well; Only when the family and clan are well managed can the country be well managed; Only when the country is well governed can the world be peaceful.

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(505 BC-435 BC) Lu (now Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province) was a native of Nanwucheng. A thinker in the late Spring and Autumn Period, one of Confucius' disciples in his later years, an important representative of Confucianism, and a descendant of Yu Xia.

Advocating Confucianism with filial piety and faithfulness as its core, its political view of "cultivating one's morality, governing the country and leveling the world", self-examination and cautious independence, and filial piety-oriented still have extremely valuable social significance and practical value. Ceng Zi participated in the compilation of The Analects of Confucius, the writing of Daxue, The Book of Filial Piety, Ten Articles of Ceng Zi and other works.

In the sixth year of King Gaozhou (435 BC), he died at the age of 7 1 year. Ceng Zi occupies an important position in the development history of Confucianism. Later generations honored him as "Zongsheng" and became one of the four well-deserved partners of Confucius Temple, second only to Yan Yuan, who was "restored to sainthood".

Ceng Zi's book "The University" puts forward three principles (showing virtue, being close to the people, and stopping at the best) and eight goals (respecting things, knowing knowledge, being sincere, being honest, cultivating one's morality, keeping the family in order, governing the country, and leveling the world).

"If the ancient desire is obviously superior to the world, govern 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; If you want to be sincere, let him know first.

Knowledge exists in things. Knowing things and then knowing, knowing and then being sincere; Honesty and then rightness, rightness and then body, body and then home, home and then country, country and then the world. "It constitutes a complete system of feudal ethics, morality, politics and philosophy.

After the death of Confucius, he participated in lectures and had many disciples. According to legend, he is the founder of Confucius and Mencius. Zeng Shen's position as a disciple of Confucius was not high at first, and he was not among the "Ten Philosophers of Confucius". It was not until Yan Yuan shared Confucius that he was promoted to one of the "Ten Philosophers". During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, he was named "Bo".

After the middle Tang Dynasty, with the rise of Mencius' position, Zeng Shen's position also rose step by step. In the Northern Song Dynasty, it was named Hou of Wucheng, Qi Huangong in the Southern Song Dynasty, Qi Huangong in the first year of Yuan to Shun, and Qi Huangong in the Ming Dynasty, ranking second only to Yan Yuan, who was restored as a saint.

Ceng Zi learned from Confucius, actively promoted and spread Confucianism. Kong Ji, the grandson of Confucius, studied in the Senate and taught it to Mencius. Therefore, Zeng Shen inherited Confucius' way and inspired Mencius School, which not only inherited Confucius' Confucianism, but also developed and made achievements.

Zeng Shen is the main inheritor and disseminator of Confucius' theory and occupies an important position in Confucian culture. Zeng Shen finally entered the hall of great Confucianism with his achievements, and was called the five sages together with Confucius, Yan Zi (Yan Hui), Zi Si and Mencius.

Ceng Zi is quiet, steady, cautious and humble, and is famous for his filial piety. Qi wanted to hire him as Qing, but resigned because he was filial to his parents at home.

He once put forward the idea of "being cautious in the end (carefully handling parents' funerals), pursuing the future (sincerely remembering ancestors) and respecting people's virtue (paying attention to people's moral cultivation)". He also put forward the cultivation method of "I save myself three times a day" (The Analects of Confucius), that is, "Are you unfaithful to others? "Making friends is not credible? Can't you learn? "