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Classic Quotations in the Confucian Classic "Da Xue"
Classic Quotations in the Confucian Classic "Da Xue"

"University" is an adult's study, which is about self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world. The whole university is quoting the Book of Songs and the arguments in the book, but the words "Book of Changes" and "Book of Changes" can't be found in the final article.

1. The so-called "leveling the world" means that the rulers are old and the people are filial, long and the people are young, taking care of the widowed and the people are different. Excerpted from Chapter 10 of University Biography. The so-called balance of the world lies in being good at governing your own country. If the monarch can love the elderly, the people will practice filial piety.

If the monarch can respect the elders, the people will obey. If the monarch can support orphans and widows, the people can sympathize with orphans and widows.

2. Wealth gathers people, wealth gathers people. From the Book of Rites. When money is highly concentrated, people are dispersed. When money is scattered in the hands of the people, the hearts of the people will unite. In international relations, resentment is often caused by money. Greed is the root of disaster.

3. The way of university, mingde, close to the people, stop at perfection. From the Book of Rites. The purpose of the university is to promote moral character, so that people can abandon the old and establish the new, thus achieving a perfect situation.

4. People's parents are those who do well and those who do badly. From the Book of Rites. He likes what people like, and he hates what people hate. This is the parents of the people.

5. Good means knowing evil, and evil means knowing beauty, which is rare. From the Book of Rites. Fresh: less. Like a person, but also know his shortcomings, hate a person and know his advantages, such a rare life.

6. People don't know the evil of children, and people don't know the size of seedlings. From the Book of Rites. Shuo: Big and fat. People don't know the disadvantages of their children, and they don't know the size of crops in the field.

7. Honesty is in the middle, and the shape is outside, and the gentleman must be cautious. From the Book of Rites. China: Inside. F: appearance. Sincerity is in the heart, but in the appearance. So a gentleman must be cautious and independent.

Zhi Zhi will decide later, then he can be quiet, then he can be calm, then he can be safe, then he can think about it, and then he can get it. From the Book of Rites. Zhi Zhi: Know the target. D: harvest. Only when you know what you want to achieve can you have a firm ambition. Only when you have a firm ambition can you maintain your inner stability. After you keep your body and mind stable, you can think about glory, and you will gain something after thinking about glory.

9. Furun House is the body of Derun. From the Book of Rites. Wealth can be used to decorate houses, and virtue can be used to cultivate body and mind.

10. Virtue is the foundation; Those rich people will end up with nothing. Outside, fighting for the people. Therefore, if you gather wealth, the people will disperse, and if you scatter wealth, the people will gather. People who say the wrong thing come out and go in; Goods that go in illegally will also go out illegally.

Excerpted from Chapter 10 of University Biography. Morality is the foundation of the country, and wealth is the foundation of the country. If the country despises morality and values wealth, people will compete for money. Therefore, the monarch's accumulation of wealth will make people's hearts scattered; When the monarch distributes wealth to the people, he will unite the people. Therefore, what you say goes against the facts, and the people will not reason with you; Money comes in an unknown way and will be lost in an unknown way.