"Cai Gen Tan" is full of witty sayings as expected:
1 If you want to be a pure and beautiful character, you must be forged in the fire; if you want to accomplish deeds that will shake the heavens and the earth, , must walk on thin ice.
2 If you think wrongly, you will realize that all your actions are wrong. Precaution should be like a floating bag crossing the sea, not allowing a single needle to leak; only by doing everything well can you have a life without guilt. It should be built like a precious tree in the clouds, supported by numerous trees.
3. When you are busy doing things, you should always check yourself first when you are free, and avoid doing too much. Think about it when you are moving, practice it secretly in silence, and do not rest by yourself.
4 To be kind and want to be superior to others, to be kind and to have a good reputation, to cultivate one's career and to shock the world, to be unique and unique, these are all conflicts between good thoughts, and the reason is The thorns on the road are the easiest to catch and the hardest to remove. Only when the dregs are washed away and the buds cut off can the true body be seen.
5 If you can despise wealth and honor, you cannot despise the heart of wealth; if you can attach importance to the name, you must pay attention to the thought of the name again. The dust of the situation has not been swept away, and the grudges of the state of mind have not been forgotten. It is not possible to remove it cleanly, for fear that the stone will be removed and the grass will grow again.
6 Disturbance is a place that solidifies one’s ambition, and silence is also a place that makes one’s heart wander. Therefore, scholars should stay silent in their hearts to calm their true body. You should also have a peaceful mind and a happy mind to nourish your perfect body.
7 Yesterday’s wrongs cannot be left behind. If they are left behind, the roots will sprout again, and the earthly emotions will eventually become tired of rational interests. Today’s wrongs cannot be clinging to. If you cling to them, the dregs will not be transformed, and rational interests will be reversed. Desire root.
8 If you have nothing to do, just think about it. If you have something to do, you will think about it and have a rough and frivolous mood. Being proud means being arrogant and arrogant. When you are frustrated, you will have resentment and hope. The true message of learning is to always check, to gain something from more to less, and from something to nowhere.
9 Scholars have a sincere heart that will never turn back, and only then can they have endless magical effects.
10 To establish a career and meritorious service, everything must be based on the ground. If you admire the sravakas too little, you will have false results; when preaching and cultivating virtues, you must start from a false foundation. If you don’t care about the results, you will fall into the dust. Affection.
11 The body should not be busy, but when you are busy with leisure time, you can also be wary of laziness; the mind should not let go, but put it behind the collection, and you can also encourage the heavenly secrets.
12 The bells and drums are physically weak, and they are attacked for the sake of being heard; the elk is free-spirited, and is restrained because of being raised. It can be seen that desire is the foundation of disaster, and desire is the medium of dispersing ambition. Scholars must do their best to eliminate it.
13 Only when one thought is constant, can one avoid the divine bow and ghost arrows; only by being spotless can one unravel the nets of the earth and the heavens.
14 A little unbearable thought is the root of life and death; a piece of integrity is the pillar that supports the sky and the earth. Therefore, if a gentleman cannot bear to be injured or maimed by an insect or an ant, and does not tolerate corruption in a single strand, he can establish his destiny for all things and establish his mind for heaven and earth.
15 Set aside the dusty atmosphere of the world, and there will be no fire and ice in your chest; eliminate the stinginess in your heart, and the moon will come and the wind will come from time to time before your eyes.
16 Scholars have special skills in movement and stillness, and different interests in noise and silence, but they are still immature and their minds are confused. It is necessary to practice self-cultivation, calm the clouds and still the water, and see the scene of flying kites and leaping fish; where the wind is violent and the rain is violent, there is the scene of calm waves, so that you can see the beauty of integrating everything.
17 The heart is a pearl. If it is obscured by material desires, it will be like a bright pearl mixed with mud and sand, and it will be easy to wash; if it is backed by emotion and consciousness, it will be like a bright pearl and decorated with silver and yellow, and it will be the most difficult to wash. Therefore, scholars do not suffer from dirt diseases, but suffer from clean diseases that are difficult to cure; they do not fear physical obstacles, but fear that physical obstacles are difficult to remove.
18 If the self of the body can see through, then everything will be empty and the heart will always be empty, and if it is empty, the principles will come to live; if the self of life can recognize the truth, then all the principles will be ready and the heart will always be true. , in fact, material desires are beyond the reach of others.
19 Only when ten layers of armor are swept away from the face can one's facial features be free of hatred; only after a few buckets of dust are washed away from one's chest can one's words be meaningful.
20 Only when you have fully grasped the original nature of your heart can you express your heart; only when you have fully grasped the ordinary ways of the world can you talk about transcending the world.
21 Since I am a great smelter, why should I suffer from the impossibility of molten gold and blunt iron? If we are like the giant sea and the Yangtze River, why should we worry about the cross-currents and pollution that cannot be accommodated?
22 If you deceive others in the day, you will not be able to escape the shame and shame of the clear night; if a beauty loses her ambition, she will feel the sorrow of a bright head.
23 Accumulate knowledge with the intention of accumulating goods and wealth, seek morality with the intention of seeking fame, love your parents with the same heart of loving your wife, protect the country with the strategy of protecting your title, go from one place to another, without even a trace of thought. , and become a saint, his character is as good as the stars. Renhu suddenly changed his mind!
24 To lay the foundation of a hundred blessings, only one thought of kindness can open the door to all kinds of goodness, and nothing can be damaged like an inch of your heart.
25 Only when you have blocked the path of material desires can you open the door to morality; only when you have shouldered the burdens of the secular world can you shoulder the burden of the saints.
26 Tolerate partiality in temperament is a great knowledge; to eliminate disdain in the family is to plant lotuses in the fire.
27 Those who understand things through people's words may still be confused, but it is better to realize it on their own; those who gain their ideas from external circumstances may gain and lose, so it is better to rest on their own accord.
28 The common place of emotion is nature, and if you give up emotion, nature cannot be seen. The common place of desire is reason, and if you give up desire, reason cannot be understood. Therefore, a gentleman cannot extinguish his passions, he can only do things in peace; he can't extinguish his desires, he can only keep them as long as possible.
29 If you want to face changes and not be in a hurry, you must always be mindful and stay calm; if you want to face death without greed, you must take everything in life lightly.
30 One wrong thought is enough to kill the good in peace; a lifetime of self-discipline cannot cover up one mistake.
31 Examine the mind and body from the pillow mat at the fifth watch. Only when the energy is not moved and the emotions are not yet budding can one see the true face; Real time.
The above provisions should be taken into consideration.