Original text:
It's no use thinking about it if you cling to suffering. Self-knowledge, no complaints; People who know how to live will not complain. He who complains about others is poor, and he who complains about heaven has no ambition. On the other hand, people who lose themselves are not pedantic people!
Vernacular translation:
It's no use trying to be cautious when you are trapped in a disaster. People who have self-knowledge don't blame others, and people who know destiny don't blame heaven. Those who complain about others will be cornered, and those who complain about others are ignorant. Isn't it a detour to blame others for your mistakes?
Extended data:
The truth contained in Xunzi's honor and disgrace;
In Xunzi's view, instead of blindly believing in the authority of heaven, worshiping and praising heaven and waiting for the gift of "heaven", it is better to use the laws of nature to serve people. Xun Kuang emphasized that "the venerable man is in himself" rather than "the admirer is in heaven". Even the attitude towards heaven is regarded as the criterion for distinguishing between a gentleman and a villain. It emphasizes people's subjective initiative in front of nature and advocates the idea of "dominating fate", "cutting everything" and "turning it into things". Xunzi clearly declared that knowing heaven is to dominate nature, so as to dominate nature.
If you don't know yourself, you will only find fault with others. If you make a little mistake or go the wrong way, you will blame others, but you can't see your own mistakes. Instead, you will criticize others, so he will inevitably alienate others until there is no way out.