Every time we see this scene, we can always feel it? A gentleman? Three words of heroism. So what is a gentleman? Is an aboveboard and indomitable man? Mencius in the Warring States period once put forward? The human spirit? For a more comprehensive understanding of Mencius? The human spirit? Let's take a look at this passage recorded in Mencius:
Live in a vast place in the world, stand in the right position in the world and be the best self in the world. Success, with the people; Go your own way when you are frustrated. Wealth can't be lewd, poverty can't be moved, and power can't be bent. This is called a gentleman. ?
A gentleman will live in the widest house in the world? Ren? In the room, the gentleman will stand in the most correct position? A gift? In fact, a gentleman will walk on the widest road in the sky? Just go. When the ideal can be realized, the gentleman will walk on the right path with the people all over the world. When the ideal can't be realized, a gentleman will stick to his principles and don't go with the flow. Faced with the temptation of money, a gentleman is always unmoved. Even if he is poor, he won't shake his will. Even if threatened and oppressed, he will not bow his head. This is the gentleman.
From the above passage, we can sum up that Mencius' gentleman spirit contains three elements:
What is the first element? Ren? That is, the heart of a gentleman never dies? Ren? , or so to speak, Ren? It is a place where one's soul lives. What is this? Ren? ,? Ren? It is the connotation of Confucian ideal personality. When a person's morality reaches the highest level, it can be called? Ren? . Confucius society? Ren? What are the rules? Lover? , that is? The benevolent loves others? . And Confucius? Lover? The way can be roughly summarized as? Don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you? And then what? You want to stand up and be a man, you want to touch someone? .
That is to say, in Mencius' mind? A gentleman? , first of all? Lover? Yes, I will put myself in others' shoes. If I don't want to do it, I won't impose it on others. I will put myself in others' shoes. What did Mencius say? The human spirit? Often with? Adult beauty? Meaning of.
What is the second element? A gift? In other words, a gentleman is a person who insists on his own opinions. In Mencius' mind, a man with a gentleman's spirit will behave appropriately, will not do anything improper, will abide by the rules of etiquette and be strict with himself at all times.
What is the third element? Righteousness means that Mencius believes that a gentleman must? Justice as a principle of action. What is this? Righteousness ? Righteousness is not difficult to understand, you can understand it as? Do something, do something. . One can be called? Righteous people, even if unjust fame and fortune are readily available, will not do it because of injustice