Do you do things for others, have you done your best? Legend has it that Zeng Ziyu went to bed every day and asked himself this question, as if zeng had participated in this person and was very keen to do things for others.
However, looking closely at Zeng Zi's life, in addition to writing books and sayings, he was a teaching craftsman, and he did not like to do things for others, and even when zeng was fifty years old, he hired Qi Yixiang, Chu Ying, Ling Yin, Jin Ying, and the three great powers asked Zeng Zi to be the prime minister, what happened to Zeng Zi? None of them deserve it! They can't quit and only work as a teacher. It can be seen that Zengzi is a lord who is not willing to do things for others, and the monarch cannot come to invite him. Does this kind of uncle look in the mirror every day and ask himself: Hey, Zeng, did you do your best to do things for people today?
This is obviously not very reliable. So, for others to be unfaithful? Thousands of years of explanations are very problematic. "University" begins: The way of the university is in the clear, in the people, in the end of the good. The opening mingyi, the purpose of Zengzi's learning, first, Mingmingde. Second, be close to the people. Third, stop at the highest good. This is the same as Confucius's way of learning, first, learning and learning from time to time, not to mention. Second, there are friends who come from afar and are happy. Third, people do not know but are not ashamed, and they are not gentlemen. One-to-one correspondence. The three provinces of Zengzi should also correspond to one of them. For people to be disloyal, the response should be MingMingde, that is, Zengzi asks himself the first big question every day: As a person, what is the pursuit and principle of standing in the world? Rather than doing things for others.
Zeng Zi believes that the foundation of a person's standing in the world is loyalty. So the question is, what is loyalty? Zhu Ziyi: Do your best to be loyal. There are also loyal words that are devoted to the heart of the king. "Sayings": Jingye. Jade Chapter: Naoya. "Increasing Rhyme": Do your best without cheating.
In fact, loyalty to the head, the center also, God in the form of the word, the unity of the mind is said to be loyal, what does it mean? That is, what the heart thinks, and what God desires, is highly consistent, and a person should strive to put himself in a state of unity of mind, not to deceive himself, to be loyal to his heart, and to keep his heart, which is the core of loyalty.
The first big question Zeng Zi asked himself every day was: whether he had done his best to achieve the unity of his mind and mind, whether he had not deceived his heart, and whether he had kept his mind.
A person thinks clearly about what his mission in this life is for, he insists on doing it with one mind, perseveres in it, is not tempted by irrelevant factors, always adheres to his ideals and pursuits, and the pursuit of Zengzi's life is MingMingde, propagating the Confucian thought of Confucius, so he insists on only being a teacher all his life, giving a prime minister no interest, and truly being loyal to his heart and loyal to his ideals.
Not loyal to others? Are you loyal to your ideal pursuits? Are you true to your heart and live your own wonderful life? hehe! What kind of dedication to doing things for others? Let's go!