"The Night Talk of the Hearth": that is, the principle of material exhaustion and as the name suggests

Thirty-second rule

The ancients were more than father and son as Qiao Zi, than brothers as calyxes, than friends as Zhilan, Dun Lun, immediately poor and rational; today people call all the lives of Xiucai, called Gongsheng Yue Mingjing, called the people known as filial piety, as the name suggests.

Ancient teachers, scholars, should be "good metaphors." The relationship between father and son is like an arbor, such as catalpa wood, the relationship between brothers is like a calyx, and the relationship between friends is like Ganoderma lucidum and Youlan. The principle of things, the ethics of people, there are similarities, look at their weather.

This makes us think, how is the lattice work?

As it is now, is learning systematic scientific and cultural knowledge a lattice object? If the knowledge system we have learned cannot be cultivated in the body, it is not the most fundamental thing.

Qualities are known later. Knowing and then sincere, sincere and then righteous, right in heart and then cultivating. We don't have to dwell on what the lattice means in the end, but to understand the direction after the lattice, the direction is self-cultivation, so if we learn science and technology, we can also integrate the path of self-cultivation, it is not a lattice. The logic, analysis, and synthesis of Western learning are a set of very precise and subtle methods, which can not only help us cultivate ourselves, but also make us get better results in self-cultivation, and also let us forget about self-cultivation. Without self-cultivation, this set of scientific and technological paths can also be played, and it can even be said that it will be more open.

This may be the division between Chinese and Western cultures, which is its goal. The goal of Chinese culture, the inner saint and the outer king, when settling in heaven and man, is to achieve the king's way under the world and the world. Western culture, on the other hand, realizes the ideal state, and the heavens and the earth, and the natural humanity, the relationship is not so profound, and even with science to change the heart of heaven and earth, to change human nature.

We can feel it here, feel it in the "self-cultivation", and feel the difference between Chinese and Western cultures.

Nowadays, people call it Zhusheng Yue Xiucai, call gongsheng Yue Mingjing, call people filial piety, and be a scholar, as the name suggests.

The traditional examination of the scholar, from Xiucai, to Gongsheng, to juren, and finally to Jinshi, there is righteousness after the name, Xiu, that is the best talent, this is only the first step. To go up, you also need to know the Scriptures. The Ming Scriptures, to be honest, may still be at the level of having a foundation, the level of aspiration, the level of knowing, how about doing things? Have the filial piety of the Qi family and the honesty of governing the country been achieved in these two aspects? This is called the application of the world, and only when you have this foundation can you become a "soldier" and be recognized by the state, that is, a jinshi. This is the imperial examination in our ancient times, and it is also the education in our ancient times.

At this stage of Xiucai, the main character is known. As for Gongsheng, the Lord is sincerely cultivating himself. As for the people, it corresponds to the rule of the Qi family. Soldiers, govern the country and the world. This is the combination of the imperial examination and the "University".

Our current education system is always in the stage of knowledge of qualities and materials, and the meaning of self-cultivation is not deep, this point is not done steadily, and there is no need to talk about the cultivation of Qi Zhiping. At this stage of our knowledge of the grid, the knowledge system has been established, and some have developed skills, such as engineers, designers, teachers, craftsmen, artists, etc., and some have developed research capabilities, such as scientists, writers, philosophers, doctoral students, and so on. So our culture is still in the stage of knowledge in "University", and it has not yet gone up as a whole. We laid this foundation very well, it can be said that it is very good, and once it goes up, it is definitely a feat that has never been opened in three thousand years. This is also in line with "University".

With the way of "University", we can talk about the way of "Moderation", before it is issued, and it is all in the middle, what is the matter. This is presented in the matter of Xiu Qi Zhiping. With the foundation of "University" and "Zhongyong", we can understand what Confucius said about benevolence, what he learned, what he did for the government, and what the way of liturgy that Confucius had in mind meant. With the foundations of the University, the Mean, and the Analects, we can understand where Mencius's strength lies, and what exactly is he insisting on? Where his mighty aura and eloquent power come from, the root of his theory of sexual goodness, the source of the royal path, and the reason why words must be called Yao Shun, we may all understand. This is the so-called introduction to learning, after we enter this door, we can explore a richer world of the Five Classics, explore the more advanced and subtle world of Lao Zhuang, appreciate the intentions of the sons and historians, "the world is consistent and a hundred worries, the same way and the same destination", which is the foundation of our Chinese culture. With this foundation, and then understanding Buddhism, Buddhism, Zen since the Han Dynasty, and even from the end of the Ming Dynasty, Matteo Ricci's representative of the Western learning and the eastward collision, dialogue, and has been extended to the current Debate between China and the West, we can straighten out these relationships.

When studying traditional culture, when it is oriented to the times and toward the future, when it is time to "adhere to the way of the present to the present and to have the present", but the most important point is to know where it comes from and know its source and flow. This is also a lattice object, from which the lattice material is mastered to Xiu Qi Zhiping.