One day, Confucius was sitting idle in his home, and his disciple Zeng Shen was sitting beside him. Confucius said:' The ancient sage was highly respected and gave wonderful dharma. Take it to govern the world, people all over the world can be friendly and mutually respectful, and from the emperor to Shu Ren, they will not sympathize with each other. Do you know the magical effect of this morality?
Ceng Zi stepped back from the table and said, "If you are not sensitive, how can you know!"
Vernacular Ceng Zi heard this passage from Confucius, and the truth is profound. He stood up from his seat in awe and answered Confucius correctly: "I used to be a teacher, very dull and not very clever." "How can I know such a profound truth?"
Confucius said:' Filial piety is the foundation of virtue, and teaching is born from it. Sit tight. I'll talk to you. "
Vernacular Confucius told Ceng Zi because he got up modestly and got the correct answer:' The way to the highest virtue mentioned above is filial piety, which is the foundation of virtue and the beginning of education. Sit down first and I'll tell you slowly.
"The body is damaged, parents dare not damage it, and filial piety begins."
When it comes to filial piety, of course, the scope is very wide, but when it comes to this, it is very simple. If you want to know how to love your loved ones, you must first love yourself. A person's whole body, or a tiny hair, a little skin, is left by his parents. Since the body is damaged by the skin, since it is borne by the parents, we should be grateful to the parents for their love for their children, save our health and dare not do any harm. This is the beginning of filial piety. "
Standing on the street, he made a name for himself in later generations to show his parents and died of filial piety. '
"Vernacular" A person's own, both tenable, independent and unmoved by external interests, then his personality must meet the standards, which is tenable. When doing things, his way of doing things, everything depends on the right path, not deviant, not rash, and finish what he started. This is the way of doing things. His personality and morality were admired by everyone, and his reputation was not only told at that time, but also passed on to future generations. At that time and later generations, he would be regarded as the virtue of parents' upbringing because of his admiration for the scenery, so that his parents' reputation would be honored because of their children's moral aspirations, which is the completion of filial piety. "
Filial piety is the first important thing for relatives, the second important thing for the monarch, and the last is the foundation. '
"Vernacular" filial piety can be divided into three stages. In childhood, at the beginning, I served my parents. When you reach middle age, you should be a public servant, work for the Chief Executive and serve the country and the people. When you are old, you should check your body and personality and morality, and you can't have defects and regrets. This is standing up, this is the completion of filial piety. "