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Mencius was rare, so he returned to China after finishing his studies, and Meng Mu did well. He asked, "Where did you learn it?" Mencius said, "I am self-nature." Meng Mu interrupted his knitting with a knife. Mencius was afraid and asked why. Meng Mu said, "If I don't study, I can't knit a sweater. A gentleman who is good at learning is an official, and he knows a lot when he asks. Therefore, when he lives in the house, he is peaceful, but when he moves, he is far from harm. It is inevitable to waste today, but it is also inevitable to stay. ..... "Meng Ziwei, Dan ⑧ ⑨, diligent in learning and learning from others, became a world-famous Confucian. This gentleman says that Meng Mu knows how to be a mother. -from the biography of a woman.

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It's already started. ② Achievement: unfold the hemp fiber and then connect it to make a thread. This refers to knitting.

3 with a knife: with a knife. ④ Zi: It refers to you in ancient times.

Here you are. 6 is: therefore.

⑦ Then: Just. Dan: Good morning.

Pet-name ruby evening: generally refers to the evening. Attending Tao: rules and methods.

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When Mencius was young, he once came home from school and his mother was weaving. (After coming back) He asked, "How is your study?" Mencius (casually) replied: "The same as in the past." Meng Mu (annoyed by his indifference) cut the fabric with scissors. Mencius was very afraid. He asked his mother, "Why are you so angry?" Meng Mu said, "You neglected your studies, just like I cut this cloth. Virtuous people study to establish a reputation, and ask questions to increase their knowledge. So you can be safe at ordinary times and avoid disasters when you do things. If you neglect your studies now, you will inevitably do rough work, and disaster is inevitable. " Mencius was shocked after hearing this. Since then, he studied hard from morning till night, taking Zisi as his teacher, and finally became a world-famous scholar. Kind people think that Meng Mu knows the rules of motherhood.

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Whole course education network

Also known as the broken weaving commandment.

Mencius' mother once cut the yarn on the loom so that the yarn on the machine would not be lost to warn her to give up education.

Idioms break the precepts of weaving

Pronunciation of zh and zh and Jie

It shows that Mencius' mother warned her son who gave up his studies halfway by cutting the yarn on the loom so that the yarn on the loom could not be woven. Later, I used this story to warn people who dropped out of school.

Source "Xiang Lienv Biography Mother Instrument": "Mencius is rare, and learning to be excellent is an official. Meng Mu made achievements and asked,' Where did you learn?' Mencius said, "I am self-nature." Meng Mu interrupted his knitting with a knife. Mencius was afraid and asked him why. Meng Mu said,' If I learn from my son, I won't learn from him.' "

Mencius' allusion-man and beast are not far away, only in one heart.

The trees on Niushan used to be lush. Because it is close to the metropolis, it is often cut down by an axe. It is not that there are no new buds and new buds, but that they were trampled by cattle and sheep later, so they are now bare. People saw its bare appearance and thought it had never grown into a mature tree. Is this the nature of mountains? For people, is there no benevolence and righteousness? They lost their conscience, just like an axe cutting into the forest, cutting it every day. Can this flourish? These people who have lost their kindness rest day and night, and get a little clarity at dawn. At this time, his inner likes and dislikes are closer to people. However, his daytime behavior has disturbed it and disappeared, and his heart has been constantly disturbed. The Qingming qi obtained at night is not enough to be preserved, so he is not far from the beast. When others see him as an animal, they think that he has never had good qualities. Is this the original situation of people? Therefore, if you can get proper education, nothing can't grow. If you lose proper upbringing, everything will disappear. Therefore, Confucius said,' When the board of directors exists, the house will disappear. Without a certain channel, no one can know his whereabouts.' I mean people's hearts.

1) If you don't follow the rules, you can't be Fiona Fang.

Without compasses and rulers, squares and circles cannot be drawn correctly.

(2) Correct, then weight; Degree, then know the length.

Only when translation has weight can we know the weight; Measure it and you'll know the length.

(3) People can do something without doing it, and then they can do something.

People can only make a difference if they don't do it.

(4) Although there are things that are easy to live in the world, if it is violent for one day and cold for ten days, no one can live.

Even if there is a plant that grows most easily, if it is dried for one day and frozen for ten days, nothing can grow again.

(5) sharp is slow.

People who advance too hard will retreat too fast.

(6) the official of the heart, what you think, what you get. Not without thinking.

The organ function of the heart lies in thinking, which can be obtained only by thinking, but can not be obtained without thinking.

(7) Born in sorrow, died in happiness.

Sadness and injury are enough to make people live, and comfort and happiness are enough to make people die.

(8) Only the benevolent should occupy high positions. Being unkind and in a high position is to spread its evil to the public.

Only virtuous and kind people should be in the leading position. If an immoral person with low morality is in a dominant position, he will spread his sins to the masses.

(9) The son of heaven is ruthless and does not care about the four seas; The princes are heartless and do not protect the country; Doctor Qing is ruthless and does not protect the ancestral temple; Shu Ren is heartless. He didn't protect his four bodies.

If the son of heaven cannot be kind, he cannot keep his world; If the princes are unkind, they will lose their country; Qing and the doctor can't be good, so they can't keep his ancestral temple; Ordinary people can't be kind, so they can't keep fit.

(10) The monarch is kind and invincible.

The king of a country loves benevolence, and the world is invincible.

(1 1) save punishment, collect taxes thinly, and cultivate deeply easily (N U).

Reduce punishment and taxes, let people work hard and get rid of dirty grass early.

(12) The benevolent is invincible.

The benevolent is invincible in the world.

(13) A five-acre house can be made of mulberry trees, and fifty people can wear clothes and silk. Chickens, dolphins and dogs are all domestic animals, so there is no time to waste. Seventy people can eat meat. One hundred acres of land, if you don't hurry, a family of eight can be hungry. I sincerely hope that the godson of the cult will be filial, and the winners will not be on the road.

Each family gives him five acres of land, surrounded by mulberry trees, and people over 50 can have silk cotton-padded jackets to wear. Domestic animals such as chickens, dogs and pigs have the strength to feed and reproduce, and people over 70 years old will have meat to eat. The family gave him 100 acres of land, and without interfering with his production, a family of eight could eat enough. Run schools at all levels well and enlighten them repeatedly with the principle of filial piety and love for brothers. Then, the old man with gray hair will be helped by others, and he will not walk on the road with his head up and things on his back.

(14) Easy land, thin tax, people can get rich.

Doing a good job in agriculture and reducing taxes can make people rich.

(15) Ren Jun showed no mercy; Junyi, all righteousness; Jun Zheng, Mo Zheng.

The monarch is kind, and no one is unkind; Monarchism, no one is unjust; The monarch is right and no one is wrong.

(16) People are happy when they are happy; People have their worries, and people have their worries.

Those who take the pleasure of the people as their own pleasure will also take the pleasure of the monarch as their own pleasure; Those who take the worries of the people as their own worries, the people will also take the worries of the monarch as their own worries.

(17) Benevolence is glory, but unkindness is humiliation.

When princes and ministers practice benevolent government, there will be glory; If you behave inhumanely, you will be humiliated.

(18) Those who have a constant birth have perseverance, and those who have no constant birth have no perseverance. Without perseverance, you will do whatever you want.

People with certain industrial income have certain moral concepts and codes of conduct, while people without certain industrial income will not have certain moral concepts and codes of conduct. If there is no certain moral concept and code of conduct, you will run amok, violate the law and discipline, and do anything.

(19) scramble for land to kill people; Fighting for the city, killing people and taking the city, this so-called cannibalism, is unforgivable.

Fighting for land and killing people everywhere; Fighting for the city, killing people all over the city, is that the territory eats human flesh, and the death penalty is not enough to atone for its crimes.

(20) If you are a minister like a brother, then I regard you as my heart; If you treat me like a dog or a horse, then I will treat you like a Chinese; If you treat me like dirt, then I treat you like an enemy.

The monarch regards his deputies as his brothers and sisters, and his deputies will also regard the monarch as their confidant; The monarch regards his lieutenants as cattle and horses, and his lieutenants will also regard the monarch as ordinary people they meet on the road; The monarch regards his subordinates as dirt or weeds, and his subordinates will also regard the monarch as an enemy.

(2 1) Fish, what I want, bear's paw also wants; You can't have your cake and eat it. You can't have your cake and eat it. Life is what I want, and righteousness is what I want; You can't have both, and you have to sacrifice your life for righteousness.

Fish is my favorite food, and so is bear's paw. If I can't eat both, I will throw away the fish and eat the bear's paw. Life is what I love, righteousness is what I love; If I can't have both, I will sacrifice my life for justice.

(22) I am old, and people are old; Young people, young people, young people.

Respect my elders, thus extending to respect others' elders; Take care of your younger generation, thus extending to the younger generation who care about others.

(23) Those who gain the Tao will help more, while those who lose the Tao will help less. If you help less, your relatives will help, and if you help more, the world will be smooth.

Many people help those who are kind, but few people help those who are unkind. When there were very few people who helped him, even his relatives opposed him; When so many people helped him, the whole world turned to him.

(24) the weather is not as good as the geographical position, and the geographical position is not as good as people.

Opportunities vouchsafed by Heaven are outmatched by terrestrial advantages, which in turn are outmatched by the harmony among people.