1. "Aspirations to the Tao" can be interpreted as the metaphysical Tao, which means to aspire high and achieve the state you hope to achieve. This "Tao" includes the Tao of Heaven and the Tao of humanity, both metaphysical and metaphysical. This is the most basic and highest purpose of teaching us to be determined. Whether it can be done is another matter. Just like when everyone was young and just started working in society, they all aspired to gain fame and wealth. As far as making money is concerned, at least I hope to earn tens of millions of yuan. But despite my determination, in fact I only earn a few thousand yuan a month. If you only get a few thousand yuan because you are determined to make tens of millions, then "you can't do it!" If you don't want to work, just go back! This shows that whether the ambition can be realized is another matter. Therefore, Confucius said that in learning, one must set high goals. This is the first meaning of "aiming for the Tao".

2. "Based on virtue", although the ambition must be lofty, it must start from humanity. The so-called way of heaven and humanity, the unity of nature and man, starts with moral behavior. In other words, "being committed to the Tao" means engaging in philosophical thinking, and "according to virtue" is the behavior of living in the world. The ancients explained that virtue means gaining, and achieving results is virtue. So it is obvious that Confucius tells us that thinking is Aspire to the Tao and behave according to virtue. If we analyze the principles stated in the Analects based on the four points here, many of them are explanations based on virtue.

3. "Depend on benevolence", as we have said before, benevolence is useful. The essence of benevolence is inner cultivation. The so-called study of life and mind is intrinsic. What manifests externally is loving people and loving things, such as universal love in Mozi’s thought and fraternity in Western culture. "Relying on benevolence" means relying on benevolence. That is to say, how to develop Tao and virtue depends on whether you have love for people and things. With this love, love for people, things, society, country, and the world will expand and expand to love the whole world. This is the play of Ren.

4. "Wander in art" and "rely on benevolence" before you can "play in art". You are a swimmer, not a gamer. We should pay special attention here. The gamer is next to "Zero". This is a swimmer next to the water. The art of "youyi" includes etiquette, music, and archery. The six arts are: , imperial, calligraphy, and numeracy. Confucius' education at that time focused on the six arts. Among them, "ritual", in modern terms, includes all cultures including philosophy, politics, education, and society. As for modern arts such as dance, film, drama, music, art, etc., they belong to music. "Shooting" refers to military and martial arts. In the past, it meant drawing a bow and shooting an arrow, which is equivalent to modern shooting, fighting skills, sports, etc. "Road" means driving. In modern terms, of course it also includes driving airplanes and spaceships. "Book", literature and history. "Number" refers to science. All cultivation of talents and enrichment of life must be based on the cultivation of six arts. Art is by no means an art in a narrow sense. Originally, painting was literature and art, but now fine art is separated from literature and art. The separation becomes more and more detailed, but also the separation becomes narrower. Some people say that science is so divided that it is becoming morbid. For example, if someone has a blocked nose and goes to see a doctor, the rhinologist says that it may be affected by the teeth. He first goes to the dental department for a checkup, and then goes to the radiology department, neurology department, and electrocardiogram for various tests, and then returns to the original rhinology department. At this time, the rhinologist said to the patient, you have seen the wrong doctor. I specialize in treating the left nostril. If your right nostril is blocked, you need to see the doctor on that side. This is an excessive use of medical treatment to ridicule scientific classification. In ancient China, there was no such subdivision. Everything that fell within the scope of the six arts was art.

In life, you must understand the four key points of cultural and ideological cultivation: Tao, morality, benevolence, and art. The first half of these four key points, "Aim for Tao and base on virtue" includes spiritual thoughts, plus "depend on benevolence and play with art" as the criterion for life and society. These are all his principles, and at the same time tell everyone that they have the ability to These key points are called knowledge. Without lofty ideas, it would be too tacky, and a life that is too realistic will only bore you. Without a certain basis for moral conduct, life is rootless and ultimately unable to mature. If there is no inner cultivation of benevolence, there will be no place to settle psychologically. Without "playing in art" and without profound knowledge and knowledge, life will be boring. Therefore, these four points are all important, and later generations have placed more emphasis on these four points. In fact, when talking about Confucian thought, we must develop balancedly from here.