After thousands of years of development, Confucianism has become a huge ideological system, and if beginners do not grasp the core well, it is easy to get lost in the jungle of ideas. Confucianism is not a study of the world of objects, but of human beings themselves. Everything in the universe can only develop according to nature, and man can develop without nature. So some became saints, and some became devils. Confucianism is the idea of making people feel like they are themselves. Confucianism believes that human nature is inherently good, but in fact there are many evil people, is it because Confucianism's understanding of human nature is wrong?
Mencius had a debate with Confucius about the good and evil of human nature, and Confucius said that human nature is like flowing water, and where the water flows depends on where the opening is made. Therefore, external righteousness is needed to guide people to goodness. Mencius retorted, 'There is no distinction between left and right water, is there no distinction between upper and lower water?' Although the water is downward, it can beat the water to make the water go over the forehead, and the water can make the water go up the mountain by stopping the flow, all of which are due to the situation. And man can be unkind, and his nature is like the nature of water. ’
Human nature is good, but it is bound to make people evil. The so-called potential is the environment of the times in which people live. People can be evil because of their situation, and they can be good because of their nature. The core of Confucianism is to guide scholars to revise themselves, develop according to their nature, and return to the way of nature, so as to fulfill the nature of the mandate of heaven.
Everyone has a heart of supreme goodness, and in order for this heart to be fully manifested, it is necessary to continue to move forward according to one's nature, and to stop at the supreme good. Potential can make people evil, and the way for people to grow is to transcend potential and cultivate themselves to return to the way of human nature.
Therefore, the core of Confucianism lies in revising itself to return to the way of human nature, and the so-called spontaneous nature is also the way. The state of perfection is neutralization, and people often do not pass or fail, so the way of self-cultivation lies in the retreat of those who pass, and the entry of those who do not reach, and in the long run, you can return to the state of neutrality and perfection by correcting yourself.
On the path of self-cultivation, the most common problems are selfishness, expectation, stubbornness, selfishness, and the four things. Therefore, Confucius is absolutely four: no will, no necessity, no solidity, no self. Not to let the will, must, solid, and self hinder the way of correcting the recklessness is the method of self-cultivation taught by Confucius.
People don't know that there are enough faults in the self that cannot be overcome, and they do not commit to correcting themselves and returning to the way of spontaneity. He has little interest in correcting himself, and has been blaming others all his life. This is the biggest problem in the world that Confucius pointed out long ago.
Yan Yuan asked. Zi said: "Self-denial is benevolence." One day of self-denial and revenge, the world will return to benevolence. For the sake of benevolence, but by others? "If you want the world to return to benevolence, this is the only way, everyone can refrain from self-denial, correct themselves, and return to the right path, and the world can return to benevolence. It is a pity that more than 2,000 years after the death of Confucius, people still do not know how to regain self-denial. The road of life focuses on self-cultivation and self-cultivation, and those who are not righteous and can correct others are not.
When people get along with others, the most likely contradiction is to blame others. That's why Confucius taught people to 'seek first for themselves, and then for others'. People don't want to be blamed, and do unto others what you don't want to be done. If you know that you do not want to be blamed by others, but you can push yourself and others, you should not blame others.
Remind friends that they have been, and if they don't listen, don't continue to be harsh. This is true for friends, especially for those who have nothing to do with themselves. Today's people don't know this reason, and they blame others at will. The more people do this, the farther away from the road of life, and it is impossible to walk on the road of recklessness.
There is a kind of person in the world, in order to correct himself, he can hear a good word and see a good deed. Those who have heard it are happy, and the sub-road is also. When you do good deeds and make amends, you are already on the path of recklessness.
Those who seek the Tao focus on correcting themselves and changing their ways, and there is no end.
The biggest problem in the world is that we don't know how to correct ourselves, we don't know the way of our nature, and we lose the fundamental way of life improvement when we blame others. This is the biggest problem in the world that Confucius pointed out long ago.
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