Understanding of this sentence and its life enlightenment.
Let's take a look at the background of this sentence: This sentence comes from the second chapter of Mencius Teng Wengong, which mainly talks about the dispute between Jing Chun and Mencius. Jingchun said, "Aren't Gongsun Yan and Zhang Yi human?" When angry, governors are afraid; If you live in peace, there will be no conflict in the world. "(Gongsun Zhang is a strategist who lobbied governors of various countries). After that, Mencius went on to say this famous saying that has been praised through the ages. From this background, we can see that Mencius does not advocate immoral political activities, nor does he advocate threatening the world by force. What he advocates is "winning the hearts of the people" and "ruling the world with a gentleman's demeanor", as opposed to the so-called "villain". Because Mencius is a representative of Confucianism, there has always been a relative concept in his thoughts, namely "gentleman" and "villain". As a gentleman, do something and do nothing. He must walk straight and sit straight, and no external temptation can touch his heart. Only in this way can he become a gentleman and have a gentleman's moral standards and behavior. This is undoubtedly from the standpoint of the ruler, transforming the personality and conduct of the ruler, because Mencius also advocated the idea that "those who do things rule their people, and those who do things rule their people", which provided a good theoretical basis for the ruler to inform, support and oppress the people. Although "the people value the monarch", it was established under the rule of the ruler. The so-called "gentleman" is specifically aimed at the king in a specific historical situation, but in modern times, we can inherit this concept abstractly, that is, a person must have his own moral bottom line, not do anything that goes against morality, be firm in spirit, keep his bottom line, not lose his moral integrity because of external temptations such as professional ethics, public morality consciousness and moral norms, and "be cautious and independent" with correct moral standards. In fact, everyone can get inspiration from Mencius' words: the beginning of this passage is an abstract metaphor of "living in a vast area, standing upright in the world and being the biggest in the world" In fact, being a man is not necessarily black or white. Sometimes you can go to infernal affairs, but you can't lose the bottom line in your heart. Just like undercover, you have to be in Cao Cao's heart, in Han's heart, and you can't really betray. Being as gentle as possible is king. , "success, with the people; If you are frustrated, go your own way. " This sentence enlightens us: nine times out of ten people are unhappy in the journey of life, but whether they are successful or frustrated, don't blame others. They should actively join the WTO, even if others don't think highly of you, you should stick to your ideals and fight for them. "Wealth can't be lewd, poverty can't be moved, and power can't be bent." This sentence is analyzed from the external and internal aspects of human beings, which enlightens us that matter is only a thing outside the body, and the most important thing is spiritual independence. Only when the spirit is above the material can we truly become "gentlemen" and "gentlemen", sublimate moral sentiments, and gain inner firmness and external calmness. To sum up, this passage of Mencius inspired people to optimize their moral sentiments, so as to obtain inner dullness and external calmness. Achieve spiritual improvement.