1. A gentleman said: You can't learn.
there is no end to learning, "it's never too late to learn". "For it, people also; Give it up, the beast is also. " Learning is human nature and one of the important differences between human beings and animals. Learning, of course, is not just the knowledge in books. In today's society, the wheel of social development is roaring forward, and if you don't study actively, you will be left behind by the times. Only by being good at learning can we master the survival skills in modern society and adapt to the rapid development of society.
2 a gentleman's nature is not different, and goodness is false in things.
gentlemen are not born smarter than ordinary people, but because they are good at using the power of external things for their own use. Being good at using external conditions to make up for one's own shortcomings is also the way to win.
3. If you don't help, you will be straight. White sand is in nirvana, and it is black with it.
The story of "Meng Mu's Three Movements" is familiar to us, and the environment plays an important role in people's growth and physical and mental cultivation. The circle of interpersonal communication is also an important environment, so we should choose the environment around us carefully and not degenerate with the bad environment.
4 if you don't accumulate steps, you will reach a thousand miles; If you don't accumulate a small stream, you can't become a river, and you can't take ten steps. Xu, ten drivers, work hard, persevere, dead wood does not fold; Perseverance, the stone can be carved.
Xunzi emphasized accumulation. You can't walk a thousand miles without taking a small half step, and you can't become a big river and a sea without starting from a small stream. No matter how good a horse is, it can't run as hard as a horse with poor qualifications. If you don't pay attention to accumulation, even the rotten wooden head will keep breaking. If you persist in doing it, the stone can be hollowed out. The accumulation of the day after tomorrow can make up for the congenital deficiency. To succeed, you have to do ascetic kung fu!
5 if you don't climb the mountain, you don't know the height of the sky; I don't know the thickness of the land without facing the deep stream.
how high the sky is and how thick the earth is can only be known through practice. Xunzi emphasized practical action, rather than "sitting and talking about Tao" Only by constantly striving for self-improvement can we gain true knowledge and explore our unknown potential.
6 those who are good at things use things, and those who are good at Tao have both things.
in the Analects of Confucius, Confucius said that "a gentleman is not a utensil", which is aimed at the ancient gentry. A gentleman does not have a specific function like utensils, and when he is in power, he can manage people who operate utensils.
7 great ingenuity does not do what it does, but great wisdom does not care.
The most capable people are capable because they don't do things they shouldn't do, and the wisest people are wise because they don't think about things they shouldn't. It is important for people to have self-knowledge, understand their identity, know what to do and what not to do, what to consider and what not to worry about, and let go when it is time to let go. Do your duty and try your best to do it.
8 a gentleman respects those who are in himself but does not admire those who are in heaven, so he advances by day; A villain who is wrong about being in himself and admires being in heaven is retiring with the sun.
gentlemen treat things that depend on themselves and can be dominated by themselves carefully, instead of enviing things that are decided by heaven, so they make progress every day; Little people don't do things that depend on themselves and can be dominated by themselves, but they are deeply interested in matters decided by heaven, so they regress every day. As the saying goes, "do your best to know your destiny", many things are impossible for human beings, that is, "things decided by heaven", which is very accidental and cannot be forced. However, many people are obsessed with these things, waiting for them, dreaming of falling pies in the sky, and hoping for a big prize and a windfall in the welfare lottery. It is better to do your daily work in a down-to-earth manner and work hard on these things that can be controlled by yourself, so that you can make progress every day, and you are more likely to achieve success.