Original text: Yan Yuan asked about benevolence, and Confucius said, "Self-denial is benevolence. A day of self-denial and self-denial, the world will return to benevolence. For benevolence, by yourself, and by 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 is benevolence.

Confucius said, "Restrain yourself and make words and actions return to the norms of etiquette, which is benevolence. Once you do this, everyone in the world will praise your kindness. It is up to you to implement benevolence, but is it up to others? "

Yan Yuan said, "Dare to ask the specific ways to implement benevolence."

Confucius said, "Don't look at indecent things, don't listen to indecent things, don't say indecent things, and don't do indecent things."

Yan Yuan said, "I am not smart, but I will do it according to these words."

My feeling:

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

Yan Yuan asked Confucius what benevolence is.

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

today, he made a famous saying: self-denial is benevolence. There is the idiom "self-denial and courtesy".

As a child, I experienced the movement of criticizing * *, and regarded "self-denial and self-restoration" as the ironclad proof of Confucius' activities of reversing history and restoring it. 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 use rules and regulations. "complex" is to return and come back. "Self-denial and courtesy are 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, which is the highest realm of being a man.

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

People's brains are naturally selfish, fond of thinking and even impulsive, hurting others and worrying about themselves. This requires "courtesy" to restrain yourself, manage your brain well, and achieve "no conjecture, no necessity, no solidity, no self", and gradually approach benevolence. Therefore, we often boast that a child is becoming more and more sensible, which is a process of understanding rules, obeying rules and growing into "benevolence".

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

it's also true when you think about it. Your mind is pure, your heart is clean, and everything is beautiful. As long as there is a view in my heart, flowers are everywhere. The silly root in world without thieves filters out the suspicion, suspicion and greed of human nature. He is kind, pure and enthusiastic, so his world is "world without thieves".

Confucius tells us here that as long as you manage your own heart well, you can be self-restrained and courteous, internalize the rules in your heart and externalize them in your actions, and the way you look at things will change, and you will feel that "the world belongs to benevolence".

It can be seen that benevolence is not a state, but a cultivation. You are bad for 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! ~ hmm ~, I'll fix it slowly.

"Benevolence depends on yourself, but on others?" Realizing the realm of benevolence is your own business and has nothing to do with others. Be like a lotus, muddy but not stained, clear and ripple without demon.

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

Yan Yuan is extremely clever, and he knows everything. So without saying anything, he asked directly, "What's the purpose?" If you want to self-deny, reciprocate and practice benevolence, where should you start? Can the teacher give you some advice?

Next, a golden sentence of Confucius that penetrated through the ages was born: "see no evil, don't listen to evil, don't say evil, don't move if you are evil."

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

More specifically: when you see an old lady pushing a stroller into the corridor door, you reach out and open it for her; Walking in the park, we don't step on the lawn or pick flowers; Driving Lu Yu pedestrians to cross the road, courtesy of pedestrians; You have evil thoughts, want to take other people's money, and even want to rob them. When you walk to the door, you stop ... < P > In short, you can do nothing with small evils, and you can do nothing with small ones.

After hearing what the teacher said, Yan Yuan, who is humble, polite, diligent and quick-witted, said, "Although I am not sensitive, please speak in English." This means that although I am not smart enough, I am willing to practice what the teacher said and do what he said.

Today, the dialogue between Confucius and Yan Yuan is still based on the "benevolence" that has always been 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."