Xunzi was a famous thinker and educator during the Warring States Period, and one of the representatives of the Confucian school. He advocated that human nature is inherently evil and emphasized the transformation of human nature through education and learning in order to achieve social harmony and progress. Xunzi's famous sayings about accumulating good deeds are as follows:
1. Accumulating good deeds will lead to virtue, and the gods will be satisfied with themselves, and the holy heart will be ready.
2. When soil accumulates, a mountain will be formed, and wind and rain will flourish; when water accumulates, a puddle will form, and dragons will emerge; if good deeds accumulate, virtue will become, and the gods will be satisfied, and the holy heart will be prepared.
3. If you don’t accumulate steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t become a river.
4. A good scholar will do his best, but a good practitioner will find it difficult.
5. Therefore, it is difficult to understand the subtleties of the saying, and it is difficult to be at peace with the subtleties of the actions.
6. Although the road is short, it cannot be done if it is not possible; although the thing is small, it cannot be accomplished if it is not done.
7. Anyone who is not mine is my teacher; anyone who is mine is my friend; anyone who flatters me is my thief.
8. If it is not enough for practice, say it; if it is not enough for belief, say it sincerely.
9. A gentleman must know what is big and what is far away, and a villain must know what is small and what is near.
10. If you see something desirable, you don’t care whether it is hateful. If you see something beneficial, you don’t care whether it is harmful. Therefore, when it comes to governing people, everyone knows their benefits, but they also know their evils. Therefore, when people are in chaos, everyone knows its benefits, but the people also know its harm. This is why it is a festival to control chaos.
11. Those who work hard will strive to be first, and those who enjoy leisure will be able to let go. Honesty, disciplined and detailed.
12. If you are willing to endure private matters, you will be able to practice public affairs; if you practice tolerance, you will be able to cultivate.
13. Human nature is evil, and the good ones are fake.
14. Today’s people are evil in nature, so they must wait for the teacher’s teachings to be righteous, and to learn etiquette and justice before being cured.
15. Good things come from a gentleman, but not necessarily from a villain; evil comes from a villain, but not necessarily from a gentleman.
16. A gentleman cultivates his heart and is not good at sincerity.
17. When you see a virtuous person, think about them; when you see a virtuous person, you should reflect on yourself.
18. Therefore, the top is peaceful and the bottom is smooth, and the wind and rain are harmonious. This is called harmony.
19. Heaven has its constants, and the earth has its constants. A gentleman has an eternal body. A gentleman's way of doing things is normal, while a villain's ways are based on his merits.
20. Proper etiquette determines ethics, and law determines matters. Qi Zhengxiu is in trouble.
21. It is common for believers to accumulate good deeds and be safe.
22. By accumulating good deeds and becoming virtuous, the gods will be satisfied and the holy heart will be ready.
23. If you accumulate good deeds without stopping, you will be connected with the gods and participate in the heaven and earth.
24. Therefore, those who accumulate good days may suffer disasters, but they will be rare.
25. Those who accumulate good deeds will have more descendants; those who accumulate evil will have negative consequences.
Chapter one: famous sayings and aphorisms to encourage yourself to struggle.
1, the strength of action determines the speed of