Let's look at the first two sentences, "It's useless not to honor God". Today we are going to serve the gods and accept the teachings of the sages of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. What are the key points? It's no use teaching, not burning incense for him every day. What is the most important doctrine among the three religions? Zhu Dexiao comes first. And if you really do filial piety and good deeds, you will be blessed and you will be able to gather thousands of auspicious places. Therefore, those who truly follow the teachings will naturally be blessed. And you don't even do this most important lesson, even if you burn incense three times a day, it won't help at all.
Second, "it is useless for brothers not to make friends." Even if you don't get along with your closest brother, you will take care of your friends when you go out? It doesn't make sense. Therefore, brothers can live in harmony at home, support each other and help each other. Knowing the morality of such brothers, they naturally know how to face their friends with the same attitude when they go out.
The first two sentences of Mr. Lin Zexu are also the foundation of practice. "Cultivate one's morality by Tao, cultivate one's morality by benevolence" and cultivate one's morality by the right path. Where is the core of practice? Being kind and always thinking of others is called first-class learning. Where will Jane start? The Analects of Confucius tells us that "filial piety is the foundation of benevolence", so the root of monasticism lies in filial piety and compassion. A person's attitude of putting yourself in the other's shoes is rooted in the family, so the most important place for a person's personality to take root is in family education. So why did ancient times attach so much importance to women's education? Because who is most affected by children in the family? Mom. I inherited my mother's integrity when I was pregnant, and then I often watched her manners and gestures when I was born, and then she taught me. Therefore, if a society wants to be stable, it must start with family stability, harmony between husband and wife and filial piety. All right.
The third teaching of "ten uselessness" is "bad intentions, feng shui is useless."
"If you don't behave well, it's no use studying." . A child is rude to others, has no rules and the room is in a mess. Even if he recites more classics, is it useless? It's useless. It doesn't correspond.
It's no use being clever if you are eccentric. If we don't follow the morals and rules, we will screw things up only by our cleverness. As the saying goes, "Fiona Fang can't be made without rules." Nowadays people like to do what they want, thinking that their ideas and concepts can surpass those of ancient people, and they often suffer. Because the procedure of doing things between heaven and earth will not change because of time and space, we must first accept the teachings of sages with an open mind and let go of our own ideas and opinions, so that you can quickly master the procedure of doing things, so it is also very important. Put down your knowledge first, and don't be smart.
"When times are bad, it's no use asking for anything." . When fortune fails, if you persist in doing it, you will be tired to yourself and others. We say that we should judge the situation and follow the trend, so when the fortune has not yet arrived, you should enrich yourself and wait for the opportunity, so this is very important. If you think it is important every day, you must do it quickly and worry every day. As a result, the opportunity really came, and you said that I was not competent enough. That's too bad, so you should enrich yourself before your luck comes. We say, "Being rich is good for the world, and being poor is good for the world." This is not to say that you don't have the heart to do a good job in this world, but that your luck has not yet arrived, so you should do a good job at this time, and when the opportunity comes, you will do a good job in this world immediately. This is to grasp the season and reason to do things.
It's no use taking other people's money without authorization. If we get wealth by illegal means, is it useless for you to take money to help others and save others? It's no use, because you made a wrong demonstration, you gained wealth by illegal means, and you set the worst example for society. Therefore, real people should be rational about wealth and know that wealth is the result of their own spending, so as to achieve "a gentleman loves money and takes it wisely." Good, so in terms of wealth, we should also pay attention to the reasons for planting wealth and giving it away. So what we are talking about here is doing things, observing the timing and season, and talking about financial management.
Finally, "lust is useless" and "evil" refers to yin virtue. If a person is lustful and then behaves badly, it is useless to indulge his desires. Even if his ancestors have accumulated a lot of virtues, disaster will come sooner or later.