"The Book of Rites: University" says: "The way of a university...is to stop at the highest good. After knowing to stop, there will be concentration, and after concentration, one can be still. After being quiet, one can be at peace, at peace, then one can be thoughtful, and after being concerned, one can be calm." You can get it." It also means knowing when to stop. "Knowing and stopping" starts from the soul. Only when you think this in your mind and put it into action will it become a "behavior". "Knowing the stop", the effort is to achieve the subtleties. When a thought arises, it knows to stop, and is not carried away; when a thought disappears, it knows to stop, and is as motionless as a mountain.
Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" says: "Being contented is not humiliating, knowing is not enough, and it can last for a long time." Only by recognizing the consequences of excessive pursuit of desires and reflecting on your own behavior in a timely manner can you achieve long-term success. Wealth and well-being. "Knowing and stopping" does not teach people not to make progress and be content with the status quo, but to teach people to do what they should do and stop when they should stop. A strenuous and promising life should be progressive and flexible.
There is a couplet written by Chen Ziya, Xiaolan’s predecessor in the Qing Dynasty: “A person who is contented with things will always feel satisfied, and a person who has nothing to strive for will be self-sufficient.” Wang Dao, a great Confucian in the Sui Dynasty, has a famous saying: “Great wisdom knows where to stop, but small wisdom only makes plans.” "Knowing to stop" means not only knowing how to say, "Enough is enough" when it comes to "desires," but also knowing how to say, "That's enough," when it comes to "pain and troubles."
The word "knowledge" contains the wisdom of life, but only those who truly understand it can navigate the road of life with ease. Because no matter what you do in this life, you can know what you want, to what extent, and when enough is enough. You should stop being greedy and get out of it. Not everyone has this kind of life cultivation, and not everyone can achieve it.
Knowing what to do and knowing where to stop, being able to advance or retreat, starting well and ending well is a great wisdom. Shao Yong, a poet of the Song Dynasty, once said, "Only those who know what to do and what to stop are virtuous." Knowing what to do and knowing how to stop, knowing how to stop and doing it means knowing how to "walk" and "stop", and how to "walk while stilling". At the turning point in career and life, a person must understand the meaning of "knowledge and stopping".