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Wang Yangming – the last sage in Chinese history. "Unity of knowledge and action" is the principle he has always adhered to, and he has acted for a lifetime. He spent his whole life telling us that only by learning to be moderate can we live to the extreme.
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Temperance is a kind of wisdom
There is one of Wang Yangming's family trainings: "Eat and drink, and quit playing." ”
The Analects of yun, "A gentleman has no food to eat, and he does not seek peace in his residence"; the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic says, "There is moderation in diet". Nowadays, the standard of living has improved, and the food is getting better and better, but there are also many rich and noble diseases. True wise people, diet will also be self-disciplined, master the "degree". Eat and drink, you have to be healthy, you have to be comfortable.
Quit playing, for the sake of ambition. If you are too addicted to the game, the days will be long, and the ambition will be exhausted, and you will not be able to achieve a career.
True wise men know how to temper temper.
Wang Yangming was hated by villains for his outstanding military achievements. They spread all kinds of rumors and insulted Wang Yangming in every way. Wang Yangming didn't hear it at all, not a little angry. He said, "Now that Yu Fan is just a thing to conform to, without a single meaning, he will be a great duke of the mind and body, and his essence will be correct." ”
Temper control is to relax the heart, think of the good, and do not put the sesame small things in the heart. Temper control is to have emotions that do not accumulate and are relieved in time. Temper control is to be able to calm down emotions before dealing with problems once you can't control your emotions.
Over time, people will have the cultivation and wisdom to relieve anger, and people will slowly have a peaceful and quiet temperament.
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Moderation is a kind of freedom
"Temperance" and "freedom" seem to be two opposing words. Only by learning moderation can we understand what true freedom is. "Temperance" is different from "restriction", which comes from external constraints. Temperance, on the other hand, is inner self-discipline, the fulfillment of freedom.
Wang Yangming's classic story of making thieves take off their pants has been heard by many people. If you do not know how to restrain your behavior and violate the bottom line of the law, all freedom will be impossible to talk about.
Hormone chicken, instant vegetables, big full, but lost the nutrition and taste it deserves. Only by controlling the growth rate can we absorb more nutrients and allow life to grow freely.
Freedom and moderation are twins, and all freedom is born of temperance.
Some people say that eating when you want and sleeping when you want is freedom; doing whatever you want is freedom; not going to work if you don't want to go to work is freedom... But these are not freedoms, but instincts.
True freedom is not what you want to do, but what you don't want to do, you don't do.
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Temperance is a kind of happiness
Wang Yangming said: "My generation has worked hard, only seeking to decrease day by day, not to increase by day. To subtract one point of human desire is to regain a point of heavenly reason, how brisk and free, how simple! ”
The happiness of life stems from constantly reducing one's own desires, and there is no need for too many material things, just enough.
Queen Elizabeth II insisted that toothpaste should be squeezed to the point where there was nothing left. She would also personally extinguish the lights in the corridors and small halls of Buckingham Palace every night.
Knowing how to be satisfied is a great happiness. The house does not have to be too big, it is warm; the car does not have to be luxurious, it is good to walk; the clothes do not have to be gorgeous, comfortable is good; the work does not have to be high-end, and it is good to love.
All the best, but just right.
Temperance is a kind of wisdom, a kind of freedom, and even more a kind of happiness. When you know how to temperate, the wisdom of life, the freedom of life, and the happiness of life will surely come as promised.
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