It's a famous saying of the ancient Chinese to teach children to be filial and pampered, which means that families that strictly discipline their children will cultivate filial sons, and families that pamper their children will cultivate black sheep.

The original words of this sentence should be "strict father gives birth to a dutiful son, and a loving mother gives birth to many children", which comes from "Zengguang Xianwen".

It means: As the saying goes, filial piety, strict family education and rules form people's respect for family authority, that is, filial piety.

The mother cares about everything, so that the child will never be weaned psychologically, and the child will not be able to grow up independently. The plot of relying on everything is a manifestation of incompetence.

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The contents of Augmented Xianwen are roughly as follows: first, talking about people and interpersonal relationships; second, talking about fate; third, talking about how to behave; and fourth, expressing views on reading. In the world described in Augmented Xianwen, people are hypocritical. People are fickle for their own selfish interests, and they love the poor and love the rich, which makes the world full of traps and crises.

There is a lot of emphasis on fate and retribution in this article. It is believed that everything of human beings is arranged by fate, and people should do good deeds to have a good chance.

On the surface, Augmented Xianwen seems disorganized, but as long as you read the whole book carefully, it is not difficult to find its inherent logic. The book's understanding of human nature is based on the Confucian Xunzi's "theory of evil nature" and gives a cold insight into social life.

Family ties are polluted by money. "Poor people live in downtown areas, but rich people have distant relatives"; Friendship is just a lie, "there are many brothers with wine and meat, and you have never seen anyone in an emergency"; Honor is determined by money, "don't believe it, but watch the wine in the feast, and first persuade the rich";

Law and justice are manipulated by money. "The yamen is open, so you can't come in without money"; Human nature is distorted by interests, "there are straight trees in the mountains, but there are no straight people in the world";

Sophistication leads to people's ulterior motives. "It's hard to draw bones by painting a tiger's skin, but people know their faces but don't know their hearts"; It's hard to tell good from evil. "Going into the mountains is not afraid of hurting tigers, but it's a double-edged sword."

Augmented Xianwen highly summarizes the dark phenomena in many aspects of society and displays them coldly in front of readers.

Most of the sentences in Augmented Xianwen come from a subset of classics and history, poems and songs, dramas and novels, and miscellaneous notes of scholars. Their ideas and concepts all come directly or indirectly from Confucian and Taoist classics. In a broad sense, it is a popular version of "Classics" rewarded by refined customs.

You can read it without explanation, and you can also understand the ideas and life wisdom of the scripture by reading Augmented Xianwen. "Augmented Xianwen" is an anthology of proverbs.

Resources

Baidu Encyclopedia —— Augmented Literature