Interpretation: Taking sincerity as the criterion is the key to self-cultivation, and figuring out what are good words and deeds is also the basis for adhering to sincerity.
2. Self-cultivation is based on not protecting one's weaknesses. People can make progress without justifying their weaknesses. -Lv Kun
Interpretation: Self-cultivation can't protect one's weaknesses, and it can't rely on the old to sell the old, so that virtue can continue to grow.
3. cultivate one's morality with respect, not with respect. -The Book of Jin
Interpretation: Cultivate your mind and body, improve your talents and knowledge, and gain the admiration of others. Don't pretend that you are very capable and arrogant.
4. A gentleman is good at honesty. -
Interpretation of "Xunzi's Self-cultivation": The most important thing to cultivate personal morality is personal sincerity.
5, body-building, words must be written by the rope. -Wang Anshi
Interpretation: Improve one's moral cultivation, check one's behavior, and speak according to the rules. It means to be strict with yourself and not violate moral standards in every word and deed.
6. From Tianzi to Shu Ren, all of them are based on self-cultivation. -book of rites
interpretation: from the emperor to the common people, everything should be based on self-cultivation.
7. Nothing is more important to save the cold, and nothing is more important to stop slander than self-study. -Jin Chen Shou
Interpretation: There is nothing better than a thick fur coat to resist the cold, and there is nothing more effective than strengthening one's moral cultivation to stop the slander of others.
8. Speak softly, so cultivate one's morality. -Huang Shigong
Interpretation: Noble behavior is the embodiment of internal cultivation; Cautious expression, containing but not sending, restrained and ready.
9. Rule the country first if the ancient desire is clearly superior to the world; If you want to govern your country, you should first get your family together; If you want to get your family together, repair your body first; If you want to cultivate your body, you should first correct your heart; If you want to be right, be sincere first; If you want to be sincere, you should know it first, and you should know it in style. Things are well known, well known and sincere, sincere and upright, upright and upright, well-trained and well-groomed, well-groomed and well-groomed, well-groomed and well-governed, well-groomed and well-governed. -Book of Rites
Interpretation: The translation of "knowing after things" means to clear one's mind and distinguish between right and wrong by reducing one's desire and greed. After clear mindfulness, we should strive to be sincere in all aspects of dealing with others, and strive to break evil and cultivate good. Over time, our self-cultivation will rise and become wise. At this time, you can run your family well. Family is the epitome of the country, and those who manage their families well can certainly manage the country well. A person who can manage his country well will surely make the world full of harmony and the world peaceful.
1, cultivate one's morality, and seek the right path. -yuan Zhen
interpretation: cultivate one's morality and cultivate one's nature, pursue the right path, don't care about luck or timing, but pursue the truth persistently.
11, cultivate one's morality, there is nothing more than sincerity. -Ming Zhu Zhiyu
Interpretation: The only way to cultivate one's own character and handle the relationship between good people is sincerity.
12. In a gentleman's trip, one should be quiet to cultivate one's morality, frugal to cultivate one's morality, indifferent to one's ambition, and quiet to achieve nothing. -Zhuge Liang
Interpretation: It means to be quiet to cultivate oneself and frugal to cultivate morality.
13, the ancient people, success, benefit the people, failure, self-cultivation in the world. If you are poor, you will be immune to it, and if you are rich, you will help the world. -Mencius
Interpretation: In ancient times, people who achieved success gave kindness to Lao Baixin, while those who did not succeed continued to cultivate themselves in this world. When you are successful, you will benefit the whole world. When you are unsuccessful, you will lead an honest and clean life and improve your personal practice.
14, cultivate one's morality as a bow, correct one's thinking as a vector, and get rid of what one thinks is righteous. If you drink and send it, you will get it. -Yang Xiong
Interpretation: Self-cultivation is the foundation, self-reflection is the method, and righteousness is the ultimate goal. If you work hard at your goals with a clear aim and basic preparation, you will succeed as long as you do it.
15. Take the right heart as the foundation and cultivate one's morality as the foundation. -Sima Guang
Interpretation: Take pure thinking as the foundation of life, and take self-cultivation as the starting point of doing things.
Confucius said, "Gong, Kuan, Xin, Min and Hui. If you are respectful, you will not be insulted, if you are lenient, you will win the public, if you believe, you will be responsible, if you are sensitive, you will be meritorious, and if you are generous, you will be able to make people. "
Interpretation: Confucius said, "Respect, generosity, faithfulness, diligence, sensitivity and kindness. Respect will not be insulted, generosity will win the support of the public, honesty will win the trust of others, diligence will be efficient, and kindness will be able to better command people. "
16. People who cultivate themselves are wise, and those who love giving are benevolent, and those who take righteousness are also brave. -Sima Qian
Interpretation: It means that self-cultivation is the gathering place of knowledge. Love and benefit to others are the first conditions of benevolence. Taking or giving to others depends on whether he is righteous or not. Feeling ashamed of being humiliated is a prerequisite for brave conduct. Being famous in the world is the highest goal of behavior.
17, the gentleman's self-cultivation is also, inside the body, outside the body. -Ouyang Xiu
Interpretation: To cultivate one's morality, a gentleman must first cultivate his inner moral character, and at the same time pay attention to his external appearance. There is no difference between internal and external.
18. Those who seek fame in the world without self-cultivation are very ugly and blame Yan Ying for being in the mirror. -Yan Zhitui
Interpretation: If you want to have a good reputation in the world without correcting yourself, it is like an ugly person (seeing his ugliness in the mirror) but blaming the mirror (not reflecting) his beautiful image.
2. A gentleman must cultivate himself. -Zisi
Interpretation: As a gentleman, we must pay attention to self-cultivation.