On Cultivation and Being a Man in Five Analects of Confucius
(1) Never tire of learning; if you learn well, you will become an official. The Analects of Confucius emphasizes learning, starting with learning, taking learning as fun, taking "friends come from afar" as fun, and achieving "people don't know and don't worry", which embodies Confucius' gentleman style of attaching importance to learning and self-discipline. Zhu regarded it as "the door to enlightenment". Obviously, the way to cultivate one's morality lies in "learning", "learning without being tired" and "the way to learn". (2) Confucius, who tirelessly taught people and made good use of talents, said, "There are 3,000 disciples, and two of them are proficient in six arts." [3] "The Analects of Confucius" recorded a large number of Confucius' tireless efforts to teach people and make good use of talents' superb educational wisdom. 1. Teaching and learning have their own advantages. Confucius advocated "no class in education", that is, the educated should enjoy equal opportunities regardless of rank, virtue, nationality and region. "I have never been ignorant of tying myself up." This has broken the situation of "learning in the official" and promoted the expansion of cultural education to the common people. 3) Self-cultivation, peace of mind and gentleman's personality "Confucius's so-called learning only teaches people to develop their personality." [4] While shaping lofty moral personality, Confucius designed a unique ideal personality for the world and explored ways to realize it. Confucius inspired his disciples with the "sage" he admired, standardized his disciples with the "gentleman" personality he loved, required his disciples with the "scholar" ethics he admired, inspired his disciples with the "adult" image he described, devoted himself to exploring the way to realize the "gentleman" personality, and put forward a gentleman's standard of words and deeds and moral cultivation requirements, leaving valuable spiritual wealth for future generations. (4) Morality is politics, belief and understanding Confucius advocates "Morality is politics" and believes that moral education is the foundation of politicians. "Rule by virtue is like Beichen, living in its place and surrounded by stars", which means that if those in power practice benevolent governance and rule by virtue, they will be as popular as Beidou surrounded by stars. Confucius' idea of governing the country is reflected in The Analects. (5) The doctrine of the mean is a consistent way that runs through Confucius' theory. Respecting harmony in China is the "consistent way" of The Analects. Confucius' life was based on the golden mean, cultivating self-cultivation, paying attention to life growth and pursuing harmonious and stable social and political ideals.