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Interpretation of the Eleventh Sentence in The Doctrine of the Mean
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Self-honesty is nature; Self-evident sincerity is teaching. Honesty is clear; Ming is honest.

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Knowing the truth from sincerity and nature is called nature; Sincerity after knowing the truth is called education. Sincerity will naturally understand the truth, and it will only be sincere after understanding the truth. Nature is sincere first, then understand the truth, because if you master the heaven, you will have the wisdom to understand everything. But we can't achieve sincerity, so we have to start with the education of sages, and the education of sages can also achieve sincerity, but most of them just learn the little wisdom of the world and can't reach the wisdom of justice.

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Only sincerity can do the best in the world. If you can do your best, you can do your best. If you can make full use of human nature, you can create the best things. If we can make the best use of everything, we can praise the teaching of heaven and earth. If you can praise the cultivation of heaven and earth, you can participate in it.

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Only the most sincere person in the world can give full play to his nature; If we can give full play to his nature, we can give full play to everyone's nature; If we can give full play to the nature of all people, we can give full play to the nature of all things; If we can give full play to the nature of all things, we can help heaven and earth cultivate life; If you can help heaven and earth to repair their lives, you can rank third with heaven and earth. This passage is mainly about an extremely sincere person. He can give full play to the goodness of his nature without thinking, so that his heart can be in a positive state, and the goodness of his nature can be brought into play, so that the goodness of all beings can be brought into play, so that he can help heaven and earth cultivate all things, and he can dominate the life operation of all things with heaven and earth. )

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Secondly, songs. Qu can be sincere. Honesty is a form. The shape is followed. The handwriting is clear. Ming is moving. Move and change. Change is change. Only sincerity can be transformed in the world.

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A saint who is not as good as a saint can be sincere if he is committed to a certain aspect. If you are sincere, you will show it. If you show it, it will gradually become obvious. If you are obvious, you will carry it forward. Carry forward, it will touch others. If you touch others, you will cause changes. If you bring about changes, you will be able to educate everything. Only the most sincere people in the world can educate everything. The sincerity of saints is the sum of heaven and earth, followed by the sincerity of sages. Although he is no better than a saint, they always have a kind heart, or they can show sincere kindness in millions of good doors. If they are displayed, they will attract people's attention, spread widely and arouse people's touch. Others will also learn this kind of kindness and change their behavior, thus changing the mind of everything and making themselves more willing to do good deeds.

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The most sincere way can be known. If the country wants to prosper, it must be auspicious; If the country is going to die, there must be evil spirits. See the tortoise, move four bodies. A disaster is coming, and a good omen is coming; If you are not good, you must be a prophet. As sincere as a god.

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Sincerely, you can predict the future. If the country is prosperous, there must be good omen; The country is going to decline, and there must be ominous anomalies. It appears on the tortoise shell of grass, and it is manifested in the movements of hands and feet. When misfortune comes, you can know in advance whether it is a blessing or a curse. Therefore, only by being extremely sincere can you become a prophet like God. Therefore, only when we are sincere to the extreme can we have an induction with the way of heaven and earth, and the good or bad of things can be perceived in advance through foreign objects or bodies. The existence of sages will make our country peaceful, but the omen of good or bad is also luck. Only with the greatest degree of sincerity can we do whatever we want, be integrated with heaven and earth, give the best, and let everything return to its nature and develop in the middle way. )

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Honest people are self-contained, and Taoist people are self-contained. Honesty is the purpose of everything. There is nothing dishonest. Therefore, honesty is the most important thing for a gentleman.

? An honest man is not himself. So it was successful. Be kind to yourself. You know what you have achieved. The virtue of sex is also the way to pass through the customs. Therefore, it is appropriate to take timely measures.

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Honesty is self-improvement, and Tao is self-guidance. Sincerity is the origin and destination of things. No sincerity, nothing. Therefore, gentlemen value sincerity (the meaning of sincerity lies in the improvement of self-cultivation, and the sincere way is to guide themselves to cultivate their body and mind. Sincerity is the source and destination of everything, and everything comes from sincerity and will return to sincerity, that is, they see the truth, goodness and beauty of nature, so if they lose sincerity, they will have no source of everything, and gentlemen treat each other with sincerity).

However, sincerity is not enough to improve yourself, but to improve things. Self-perfection is benevolence, and the perfection of things is wisdom (the most sincere way requires not only self-perfection, but also the perfection of everything, so to cultivate goodness is to improve oneself and make everything wise, that is, to improve everything). Benevolence is a virtue of nature and a criterion for integrating oneself with external things, so it is appropriate to implement it at any time. The way of sincerity includes kindness and wisdom, which are inherent in nature and don't need to add your own ideas. It is always appropriate to open the door of sincerity for yourself and others with an unshakable heart, but the foundation is to understand the way of heaven and earth, otherwise adding your own prejudice will only lead you and others astray. )