Confucius said, "When you see a sage, you should think of looking up to him; When you see a person who is not virtuous, you must reflect on whether you have similar problems. "

This sentence is from The Analects of Confucius, Liren. Among them, sage: adjectives are used as nouns, sages, virtuous and talented people. Qi: Be in line with .... Yan: Yu Jia. Ahmadinejad (through translator): locative nouns are adverbials, in the heart. ? Think: think, think in your heart. Si Qi Yan: When you meet a talented person, learn from him, hoping to keep up with him.

This sentence points out two paths of self-cultivation: "Si Qi" and "introspection". One positive and one negative, dialectical unity, clear content and methods, not only to learn from positive examples of sages, but also to pay attention to the warning role of negative teaching materials, and not to repeat the mistakes of others.

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Interpretation of this sentence: Self-reflection is a method of moral cultivation. Self-reflection can get rid of distractions in your heart, treat yourself rationally, quickly get rid of your shortcomings and improve your moral realm.

In the Analects of Confucius, it is mentioned that Ceng Zi saves himself three times a day, and here Confucius puts forward the cultivation method of introspection when he sees Si Qi, just to illustrate the important role of introspection in the process of perfecting one's personality and knowledge and improving moral cultivation.

in a person's life, what matters is not what great achievements he can make, but whether he can beat himself. To overcome oneself is to promote the growth of one's inner strength for good, get rid of bad thoughts in one's heart, and shape and rebuild one's personality. To do this, it is impossible without introspection.

There are many methods of introspection, such as Shendu and Ceng Zi's "Three Provinces and My Body", both of which pay attention to inner feelings. The method proposed by Confucius here is from the outside to the inside, which avoids the fatigue and confusion that may be caused by sitting alone and thinking, thus making introspection lively and lively.

Baidu Encyclopedia-See the sage Si Qi Yan, and introspect if you don't.