Know the meaning of things.
Knowing is generally understood as achieving perfect understanding. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu understood "knowledge" as: knowledge, pushing to the extreme. Wu Ge is generally understood as exploring the laws of all things or reasoning about things. Knowing knowledge from things is an important concept of ancient Confucianism in China, and it is also an important issue of Confucian epistemology methodology.
The original text of knowledge about things
Those who want to be obviously superior to the world in ancient times should rule their country first, and those who want to rule their country should rule their home first; If you want to reunite with your family, you should first repair your body; If you want to cultivate yourself, you should be upright first; If you want to be correct, be sincere first; To be sincere, you must know first, and you must know the style. Things are known, people know and are sincere, honest and upright, upright and self-cultivation, self-cultivation and self-cultivation, self-cultivation and self-cultivation, self-cultivation and governing the country, governing the country and leveling the world.
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In ancient times, if you want to carry forward the aboveboard character in the world, you must first manage your own country; To govern the country well, we must first govern the family and clan; If you want to manage your family and family well, you must first cultivate your own character; If you want to cultivate your character, you must first correct your mentality; If you want to correct your heart, you must first make your heart sincere; If you want to make your thoughts sincere, you must first get rid of bad thoughts; Know the true nature.