Zeng Zi had a disease, Meng Jingzi asked.
Zeng Zi said: The bird will die, and its song will also mourn.
Man will die, and his words will be good.
The above two sentences are very familiar to everyone and are often quoted,
Zeng Zi said: The bird will die, and its song will also mourn.
Man will die, and his words will be good.
These two sentences are familiar to everyone,
When the bird is about to die, its voice must be very sad,
This is also a phenomenon of nature,
Not just birds, all animals,
When he died, his voice was desolate.
And when people are dying, most of the words they say are good words.
An ordinary person is dying,
The view of life is often more calm,
Most of the words commanded are good words.
Why did Zeng Zi say these two sentences before he died?
Zeng Zi also wanted to tell his disciples that I was about to die now.
You are usually not very obedient,
My last words are very sincere now, and I hope you can all listen to them.
But in fact, these two sentences are only quotations, and the focus that Zeng Zi really wants to say is in the back:
The gentleman is precious to the Tao Three:
Moving his face, Si Yuan was violent and slow.
Positive color, close to the letter.
Out of the rhetoric, Si Yuan despised.
The matter of the beans is stored.
Of course, the focus of Zengzi's words is to educate everyone how to behave.
Teach everyone how to be a true gentleman.
Zeng Zi said, "The gentleman is more precious than the Tao,"
This "Tao" is the Confucian Way of Life.
It has three main points.
The first point is "moving appearance, Si Yuan is violent and slow."
People's manners and demeanor should slowly change themselves from learning and cultivation,
Violence is a rough attitude, slow is arrogance and looks down on people.
The result of arrogance is to feel that everything is right.
To be cultivated by learning,
Transform the air of rough arrogance into a humble, serene temperament.
The second point is "positive color, close to faith".
Color is the look. The manners mentioned above include the posture and sitting posture of raising a hand and throwing a foot, and the temperament expressed by all actions; "color" is the attitude towards people. For example, if you reply to someone else's sentence, be sincere in your attitude, at least smile, and don't put on a cold face. "Positive color, close to the letter." It's easy to talk about, it's not easy to do. Almost all of society is a face of debt collection. If you want to achieve a harmonious atmosphere, you must cultivate well in your heart and slowly change it.
The third point is "out of breath, Si Yuan despises."
The so-called "rhetoric" is to talk well and be good at talking.
This is the natural outpouring of learning and cultivation,
To do this, of course, is "far more contemptible".
The last sentence is "The matter of the beans, then there is the sicun".
The so-called "wedge beans" are ancient sacrificial vessels.
It also represents the matter of "governing".
Meng Jingzi was the doctor of luguo,
Zeng Zi also told Meng Jingzi here,
I can share with you the cultivation of being a human being.
As for political matters, you don't have to ask me
Naturally there are officials who manage these things.
Zeng Zi also answered Meng Jingzi,
The focus of the country's development is still in education, so that everyone pays attention to being a person.
All subjects were morally conscious.
The state society will naturally develop in the right direction.