Zixia said: Virtuous and virtuous, parents can do their best, things can be done to their bodies, and friends have words and letters, although they have not learned, I will say that they have learned. ”
Zixia was a student of Confucius, named Bu Shang, forty-four years younger than Confucius, and his ideas were very influential during the Warring States period.
Zixia said: We see that a person is a very good person, has great cultivation, and has great ability, and when we see him, we are in awe, and our attitude changes. A person does his best to be filial to his parents, promises to help others do things with his physical and mental strength, communicates with friends and keeps his word, and does what he says, such a person, even if he has not read even a day of books, I must say that he is really knowledgeable!
These few sentences show that in the eyes of Confucius and his **, the purpose of learning is to be a person and do things, not knowledge and literature.
This person looked very ordinary before he was in contact, but as soon as he came into contact, he found that he spoke very organized, he could handle anything well, and being a man made people feel comfortable.
The most important thing to be filial to your parents is to have that heart to be filial, do your best to be filial, and not do too much, for example, a person is very poor, he wants to buy meat for his parents to eat a good meal, but he can't afford it, so he is very painful in his heart, only hope to slowly have savings to buy, he has this heart to be filial, then it can't be said that he is not filial, if you must have something to show in the material to be considered a filial son, then there is no filial piety in the cold door, the same way, another person is also very poor, he also wants his parents to eat meat, so he goes to steal to rob, from the heart, he wants to be good for his parents, filial piety, but in terms of behavior, he did something excessive, imagine that he broke the law and was arrested and sentenced, what should his parents do?From this point of view, his behavior is unfilial, so filial parents should "do their best", do their best to be filial, do what they can, and not do excessive things.
Promised to help others do things, dedicate all their physical and mental strength to help others do things, don't agree on the surface, but in the heart is scolding others for giving too little, and then do things procrastination or even trouble, pulling others' hind legs, since you don't want to do it, don't do it at the beginning, but promise others to do it, you have to do things well, the heart is in hand, there are not many people who can do this.
Communicate with friends and keep their word, do what they say, but in fact, it is difficult to do, sometimes they promise their friends, but because of various irresistible factors, they can't do it, and they are really guilty and sorry in their hearts.
It is really rare for a person to be able to do the above points, so Zixia said that even if this person has not read even a day, he must say that he is a learned person!This shows that learning is not the knowledge of books, but the truth of being a person and doing things!Now some college students, you say that he has read a lot of books and knows a lot of knowledge, but when you ask him to do things, he can't do anything, and he is asked to do the work of cleaning and hygiene, he can't pull down his face, and asks him to go to the worker's master, he thinks that he is a college student, and he must be better than a worker, so he doesn't listen to the command, and does his own thing, and the result is bad.
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