When a nation respects the elderly, the overall vitality of the nation is enhanced!

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The Disciple Rules say, "If you have light possessions, why should you complain?" Words endure, anger and self-defeating." That is to say, where should the brotherhood and the way of compassion start? The ancients were very wise, and he knew that brothers' walls, brotherly disputes, and brotherly conflicts were mostly caused by property. Therefore, the "Disciple Rules" first talk about "the property is light, what is the complaint?" "Words are forbearing, angry and self-defeating" grasp two keys: one is light wealth, one is cautious speech; one is for property, we must take it lightly; one is for speech, we must manage it well, do not say words that hurt and anger, and do not say words that are angry.

Needless to say, my father and uncle have not separated their families in their lives, where is the property dispute? Delicious and well-dressed, all given to brothers and sisters-in-law, that goes without saying. When it comes to our brothers and sisters, we don't have the concept of separating our families, as if we have wealth for everyone to share. For money, we really feel that if we can take money lightly, brotherhood will naturally improve. But we also see in our lives many brothers and sisters who are happy because they are fighting for money. There are many families, the old man has just passed away, and the bones have not yet been cold and they have begun to fight for property. We can imagine such an old man, how cold his heart is. "If the property is light, why should there be a complaint?" Words endure, anger and self-defeating. "In other words, words that hurt feelings should be said less.

My brothers and sisters, I think about it, I had a fight with my brother once in so many years. Why noisy? Because of his son's educational problems. I let people learn traditional culture, my brother had some different opinions at that time, we had a fight, just because of this matter, the other never had a red face, did not move rough. That is to say, words must be respected. As a younger brother, you should respect your brother and sister-in-law, just like my mother, my father. "Brother Daoyou, Brother Daogong". When a person really regards his brother as a father, we can do it properly with natural speech, "words endure, anger and self-denial."

From such a fraternal relationship, we can think of many aspects. Because in the eyes of the ancients, filial piety is the elder and the old, and the tao is an extension of love in parallel aspects. We can extend it to a unit, a team, a country or even a human being. Compared with a country, fifty-six nationalities are brothers and sisters, and they must be "brothers and sisters, brothers and brothers." "Everyone should respect each other, take their possessions lightly, and be "tolerant of words and self-anger." ”

Now General Secretary Xi Jinping has proposed: "The Belt and Road to build a community with a shared future for mankind" and "let the world share the development dividends of Chinese", which is also a continuation of the spirit of compassion. In the minds of the ancient Chinese, all life in this world was brothers and sisters. Whether we treat animals, plants, or minerals, we must treat them with the spirit of compassion. It is in the horizontal aspect that we must treat everything with the spirit of compassion. For example, for such a table, when we use it, we can think of it as our brothers and sisters, and it feels different. Say to it: You've worked hard! You will find that the table will be personified. You sit here again and you will find that it has a temperature. This is a kind of poetic survival.

The spirit of compassion that Chinese preaches can be extended to the level of infinity. In "Light property, what is the cause of resentment?" After forbearance in words and self-anger", the Disciple Rules also say that "either eat or drink, or sit and walk, the elderly first, the younger ones later." Then it talks about a sequence, that is, when we eat, or when we walk, we have to have a stage. If you look at this "compassion" of the path, it itself contains the gradation in it, that is, it must emphasize "the elder first, the young after", which is extremely important.

If we look at the universe, it is also a path. When we look at the whole of nature, it is also a compassionate operation, that is, the order of the elder and the young. If the elder is disordered, the universe is in chaos; if the elder and the young are disordered, nature is chaotic. It must be a path of appeasement, not to mention in the human world, where order is crucial. Now there are some Western liberal scholars who advocate equality. He thinks it's not right to be orderly. In fact, they do not understand the truth, and if they really understand the principles of the universe, we will know that the order of the elderly and the young is precisely equal. Because everyone has grown from childhood, today's childhood is the future growth. Nature has balanced everything, corresponding to the human ethics, and we have found its law, that is, the order of the elder and the young.

"Or eat, or sit and walk, the elderly first, the younger ones later." The ancient Chinese people particularly emphasized this point in the "Common Sense" in the cultivation education of sprinkling and sweeping. For example, if a family sits together and eats, grandparents do not move chopsticks, and children who do grandchildren cannot move chopsticks. But we see in modern life that it is reversed, grandparents first give grandchildren to pick vegetables, parents first give their sons to pick vegetables, then this child will develop a psychological inertia from childhood, any time he will move a thought "I first". And any time you move a thought "I first", it will often bring disasters to this child's life. That is to say, he wants to take the first place at any time, we can imagine how everyone feels, and after a long time, the whole team will dislike him. If at any time this child moves "I am last, others are first", there is this attitude of life, this child will be welcomed by everyone when he enters any team. This is true success learning.

"Or eat, or sit and walk, the elderly first, the young after." Let's go up the street now and see how many young people can make way while the elderly pass by. Go to the mall to see how many people have the patience to let the elderly go through the door and enter by themselves? How did this social picture come about? It is our cultivation education that is missing classes. The ancients in the stage of cultivation education, a child in the early childhood stage, to complete this lesson. Now we have many problems with our little one, the meal comes up, the child is his nature, he wants to eat first. We have to find ways to let him let Grandpa first, even if he let Grandpa have this action first, and it is okay to have this thought, that is, to cultivate him to think of other people's habits first. Now after a long time, you will find that he gradually, really every time before the meal, he will say that Grandpa eats, he will go to call Grandpa, he can also move this thought.

In the Tao, the Disciple Rules here place a special emphasis on a sense of order, that is, "the elder comes first, and the younger comes later." When a child, after developing this habit from an early age, he goes to society, "the elderly first, the young people after", he can respect the elderly and love the young in the unit; he can do "the elderly first, the young people after", after he became an official, he can first think of respecting the elderly when formulating policies. As we said earlier, when a nation respects its elders, the overall vitality of the nation increases.

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In the previous section, Mr. Guo Wenbin based on the "Disciple Rules" that "the property is light, and what is the complaint?" The admonition of "forbearance in words, self-anger" warns us that in order to achieve "brotherhood, brotherhood, and brotherhood," brothers and sisters must humble each other in the face of interests, regard property as a little lighter, tolerate each other in the face of contradictions, and be cautious in words and deeds. Mr. Guo Wenbin believes that "brotherhood and brotherhood" is an important part of the "Qi family". If it is for the distribution of benefits, because it is not artificial, brothers and brothers are opposed and brothers and sisters are killed, how can we talk about "filial piety to parents"? What about "governing the country and the world"?

Mr. Guo Wenbin also told us according to the "Disciple Rules" that "either eat or drink, or sit and walk, the elderly first, the young people after" tell us that the principle of "orderly long and young" should be followed in practicing the Tao. The elderly and the young are orderly and the brothers are harmonious, and the country is safe and secure. When the elderly and the young are in disorder, brothers and brothers are in conflict, and the world is in strife. The ancients said, "Brothers work together, and their profits are broken", indicating that compassion itself is a productive force. Compassion at home is for affection, monasticism is fraternity, and the so-called brotherhood within the four seas is also brotherhood. As the Analects says, "A gentleman is respectful and respectful, respectful and courteous with others, and brotherly in all corners of the world." Why should a gentleman suffer from having no brothers? "University" also said that "it is appropriate to be a brother and a brother, and then you can teach the people of the country."

This article is excerpted from "Guo Wenbin's Interpretation"

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