2. Excerpt from Xunzi's Persuasion.
Original: Accumulated soil makes mountains, and the wind and rain are prosperous; The water drops merged into the ocean and the dragon was born; Accumulate goodness into virtue, the gods are complacent, and the sacred heart is prepared.
3. The soil piles up into mountains, and the wind and rain start from this; Water flows into the abyss, where dragons are born; Accumulate good deeds and cultivate noble moral character, and naturally reach the highest wisdom and have the spiritual realm of saints.
4. The first article of Xunzi is "Encouraging Learning". Also known as persuasion. Persuasion is to encourage learning. This paper systematically discusses the theory and method of learning. The first part (the first paragraph) discusses the importance of learning; The second half (the second and third paragraphs) discusses the steps, contents and methods of learning.
5. The central idea of the full text of "Encouraging Learning" is: optics is not enough; If you study hard, you will study hard. This is the interpretation of Xunzi's core thought by Yueyashan people (Zhu Jincheng). Therefore, Xunzi believes that learning first needs to cultivate moral temperament, maintain the quality of single-mindedness, specialize in learning a technology to achieve a crash (learning a crash), and then maintain perseverance and perseverance is the correct learning direction; Only by starting from the beginning to the end and never giving up halfway can we achieve a complete and pure spiritual realm.