When Lin Zexu was fifty-four years old, he wrote "Ten Useless", and he believed that some things that seemed beneficial were probably useless if they did not meet certain conditions.
He defined these unhelpful things separately, which became his standard of practice and the principle of his education. Let's take a look at these "ten useless": if the mind is not good, Feng Shui is not beneficial.
"University" said: "The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at perfection." If you don't have a good heart and go against the sky, you are undoubtedly bringing about your own destruction. Feng Shui is not beneficial, which means that if you are not good and do a lot of unrighteousness, then you will not only be ashamed of your ancestors, but you will also harm your descendants.
02 Filial piety is the foundation, and it is useless to do things Filial piety is the first, no matter what you achieve, glory is added, as long as you are not filial to your parents, all honors will become dull.
On the other hand, even if you are devout to God, if you are not filial to your parents, then all worship and piety are false. 03 The way of kissing, making friends is useless In the Book of Songs, it is said: "All people today are like brothers." ”
Parents in the family are the roots, brothers are the branches and leaves, and the brothers and sisters support each other, and the family business will prosper. If siblings can't get along, why bother making friends.
Many people are able to interact with others outside the home, but they are not honest with their brothers and sisters, and even speak ill of each other, which is putting the cart before the horse.
04 The ancients read for themselves, the ancients read for self-improvement, and the people of today read for the sake of pleasing others. Reading books to please others will only make people think that you are shallow and hypocritical.
And reading for self-improvement can improve one's inner cultivation and make one's external behavior more decent. So, reading is to improve yourself. If you read a lot of books, but just to show off yourself and behave badly, then there is no point in reading books.
05 Misbehaving, smart and uselessConfucius taught**The code of conduct that should be observed is: "Be filial to your parents at home, respect others outside, act cautiously, be close to the benevolent, love everyone, and devote yourself to cultural learning in addition to studying." ”
"Perverse" means acting unreasonably, paranoidly, and being unconventional at every turn. People who are good at sensationalism and ill-intentioned people will often be used by others to use their ingenuity and become a tool for evil.
Therefore, the correct use of ingenuity is very important.
Copywriting 1: Maintain humility, erudition is useless "Full of losses, humble benefits", since ancient times, humility has always been a virtue admired by people. The purpose of reading is to go through the ancient times to the present, vertical and horizontal, and self-cultivation.
The more educated a person is, the more humble he should be. If you use erudition as a boasting capital, and you are arrogant and aggressive, then you have not yet understood the true meaning of the knowledge of the ancients.
Copywriting 2: Seize the opportunity and seek no benefit "If you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are good, you will help the world", when you are in a difficult situation, that is, when you are "poor", you should pay attention to strengthening your physical and mental cultivation and improving your own strength, because the opportunity often appears inadvertently.
However, if you "want" and constantly pursue opportunities that do not belong to you, but neglect self-improvement, even if you get the opportunity, it will be difficult to maintain it for a long time.
08, integrity-based, wealth has nothing to do with the son said: "Unrighteous and rich and expensive, to me like floating clouds." Honesty is the foundation of businessmen, and if wealth is obtained through improper means, then these wealth are floating clouds and cannot bring real value and meaning.
Only by acquiring wealth through legal and legitimate means can we truly create happiness for ourselves and our families. 09, health-oriented, medicine is helpless Mencius said: "I am good at nurturing my heroic qi."
Health is the foundation of our life and our capital. Just blindly relying on medicine** diseases, while ignoring healthy lifestyle and eating habits, will only make our body weaker and the disease more severe.
Only through a healthy lifestyle and eating habits can you maintain good health and avoid the occurrence of diseases.
1.Don't take evil as small, don't take good as small. Accumulate small goodness into great virtue, prevent small evils and avoid damaging virtue. Don't indulge in extravagance and indulgence, even if you accumulate a lot of virtue, you can't offset its negative effects.
2.As a master, we should start from ourselves, be strict with ourselves, start from hard work and simplicity, lead by example, accumulate small goodness into great virtue, and prevent small evils from damaging virtue.