"University" is one of the must-read books of China literati for thousands of years. It is also called China's "Four Books" with The Analects of Confucius, Mencius and The Doctrine of the Mean. It is said that it was written by Ceng Zi, a disciple of Confucius.
"University" is divided into eleven chapters, and the full text is only over 1,700 words. It is the eight items of "University" and the main content of the university, and expounds the eight stages of life from low to high.
"University" is listed as the first of the "four books". Starting with teaching people to distinguish right from wrong, it points out the road of human self-growth, that is, the process of self-improvement, integration into society and social responsibility. This is what we often call "discipline, knowledge, honesty, honesty, self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world", and it is also the "eight items" of "university"
The meaning of "eight items":
The "eight items" of "university" are: respect for things, knowledge, honesty, integrity, self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world.
Wu Ge in Eight Entries is an inexhaustible truth. Because of curiosity about the meaning of answers and truth, we are required to have curiosity and independent thinking ability to explore the world since childhood, which is also the beginning of a person's understanding of the world, so as to achieve "knowledge." "Knowledge" means acquiring knowledge and truth, and mastering the knowledge of understanding and exploring the world.
The first stage of a person's growth is to know things and question the world, the second stage is sincerity and integrity, and the third stage is "self-cultivation" and "family harmony" from concept implementation to practical action. Personal behavior has a basis, and family behavior has a basis.