Yan Yuan asked Ren, and Confucius said, "Self-denial is benevolence. A day of self-denial and self-denial, the world will return to benevolence. For benevolence, for yourself, for people? " Yan Yuan said, "What's the purpose?" Confucius said, "see no evil, don't listen to evil, don't say evil, and don't move if you are evil." Yan Yuan said, "Although I am not sensitive, please talk to me."

Translation in the book:

Yan Yuan asked what benevolence was.

Confucius said, "Restrain yourself and make your words and deeds return to etiquette. This is benevolence. Once you do this, everyone in the world will praise your kindness. Is it your business to implement benevolent government, or is it someone else's business? "

Yan Yuan said: "Dare to ask the specific way to practice benevolence."

Confucius said, "see no evil, don't listen to evil, don't say evil, and don't do evil."

Yan Yuan said, "I am not smart, but I will do as these words."

My feeling:

Yan Hui, a three-good student, a five-good youth and a model of the times, made his first appearance as "Yan Yuan" in The Analects of Confucius. As soon as he appeared, he asked a major topic that Confucius had studied all his life.

Yan Yuan asked Confucius what benevolence was.

In the Analects of Confucius, Confucius has different answers to different questions about benevolence, because he upholds the principle of "teaching students in accordance with their aptitude".

Today, he said a famous saying: self-denial is benevolence. There is an idiom "self-denial".

I experienced a critical movement in my childhood, and regarded "self-denial and restoration" as conclusive evidence of Confucius' reversing history and engaging in restoration activities. But I didn't understand its meaning until I learned the Analects.

"Self-denial" means restraining yourself, restraining yourself, and managing your emotions and behaviors. What should we use to restrain ourselves? That is to use "courtesy" and rules and regulations. "complex" is to return, come back. "Self-denial is benevolence" refers to restraining one's desires and emotions, making words and deeds conform to etiquette rules and not taking crooked ways. This is benevolence, the highest state of being a man.

Zhao Baishi, an adult in the TV series "Flowers bloom and the moon is full that year", kept chanting "self-denial, self-denial, self-denial" because he fell in love with a woman he shouldn't have loved, and there were countless tangled cute little expressions, which made me feel more intuitively that self-denial and self-denial were to strengthen self-discipline and purify my mind.

The human brain, naturally selfish, fond of thinking and even impulsive, not only hurts others, but also annoys itself. This requires "courtesy" to restrain yourself, manage your brain well, and achieve "no conjecture, no need, no reality, no ego" and gradually approach benevolence. Therefore, we often boast that a child is becoming more and more sensible, which is a process of understanding and abiding by rules and growing into "benevolence".

"A day of self-denial, the world returns to benevolence." Confucius said that if one person can be self-restrained and courteous one day, the whole world will return to the realm of benevolence. Wow, what a big breath!

Think about it, too. Pure heart, clean heart, everything is beautiful. As long as there is a view in the heart, flowers are everywhere. The silly roots in world without thieves filter out the suspicion, suspicion and greed of human nature. He is kind, pure and enthusiastic, so his world is "world without thieves".

Confucius told us here that as long as we manage our own mind, do self-denial, internalize the rules in our hearts and externalize them in our actions, the way of looking at things will change, and we will feel that "the world belongs to benevolence."

It can be seen that benevolence is not a state, but a cultivation. You are not good to you, you hate you, I am immune, I am quiet inside, and my world is "the world is dead". Wow! I can't do it! ~ mm ~, I'll fix it slowly.

"Benevolence depends on itself, but on others?" Realizing the realm of benevolence is your own business and has nothing to do with others. Such as lotus, muddy but not dirty, clear but not demon ripple.

Confucius also said, "I want to be kind, and I can be kind." As long as I am willing to seek "goodness", I can do it anytime and anywhere.

Yan Yuan is extremely clever and knows everything. So without saying anything, I asked directly, "What is the purpose?" Where should we start if we want to self-restrain, reciprocate and cultivate benevolence? Can the teacher give you some advice?

Then a golden sentence of Confucius was born: "see no evil, don't listen if you are indecent, don't speak if you are indecent, and don't move if you are indecent."

Confucius said, it is not unattainable and unattainable to self-denial and return the gift and achieve benevolence. You only need to regulate your behavior from the aspects of eyes, ears, mouth and limbs, and start from small things, restrain yourself and regulate yourself. For example, don't read boring gossip, don't listen to right and wrong, don't talk about revealing people's scars, and don't do things that violate the law and discipline. ...

More specifically: when you see the old lady pushing a stroller into the corridor door, you reach out and open the door for her; Walking in the park, we don't step on the lawn or pick flowers; Drive Lu Yu pedestrians to cross the road and be polite to pedestrians; You have evil thoughts, want to take other people's money, even want to rob, come to the door, you stop. ...

In short, it has nothing to do with evil or good.

After listening to the teacher's words, Yan Yuan, who is humble, polite and studious, said, "Although I am not sensitive, please speak English." This means that although I am not smart enough, I am willing to practice what the teacher says and do what the teacher says.

Today, the dialogue between Confucius and Yan Yuan is still based on the "benevolence" that has always existed in The Analects of Confucius. Confucius told us: "see no evil, don't listen to evil, don't say evil, don't move if you are evil."