Ceng Zi said, "I visit myself three times a day: Are you unfaithful to others?" Don't believe in making friends? Can't you learn? "
Ceng Zi said, "I have to reflect on myself many times every day. Do I try my best to serve others? Is it honest and trustworthy to associate with friends? Have you reviewed what the teacher taught you? "
/kloc-at the age of 0/6, Ceng Zi took Confucius as his teacher and was deeply taught by Confucius. In his life, he emphasized propriety, justice and honesty. Before he died, he ordered his son to replace the cushion that only doctors could use. The reason why he was able to keep etiquette more important than life was that he benefited from the habit of "self-discipline in three provinces" and the spirit of being strict with himself and correcting his mistakes, and eventually became a wise man with profound knowledge and noble character.
Extended data
Confucianism attaches great importance to personal moral cultivation in order to shape ideal personality. Introspection mentioned in this chapter is the basic method of self-cultivation. During the Spring and Autumn Period, social changes were very drastic, which was reflected in the field of consciousness, that is, people's thoughts and beliefs began to shake, and traditional ideas seemed to be in crisis in people's minds.
Therefore, Zeng Shen put forward the cultivation method of "introspection and internal pursuit", and constantly checked his words and deeds to make himself a perfect ideal personality. The Analects of Confucius talked about introspection many times, asking Confucius disciples to consciously reflect on themselves, make self-criticism, strengthen personal ideological cultivation and moral cultivation, and correct all kinds of mistakes in personal words and deeds.
This introspective way of moral cultivation is still worth learning today, because it especially emphasizes the consciousness of self-cultivation.
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