This famous quote from The Doctrine of the Mean tells the importance of honesty, and it is called nature to be sincere and understand heaven. It is called enlightenment to understand the natural principles and be sincere in heart.

if you are sincere, you will understand justice, and if you understand justice, you will be sincere. Sincerity is the road between society and life, which cannot be separated. Sincerity is not only the law of the operation of heaven, but also the law of the operation of humanity.

Translation: The temperament given by God is called sex, and doing things according to nature is called Tao, and the way to cultivate is enlightenment. This Tao cannot leave my body and mind for a moment; If you can leave, it is not the right way.

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Creation background of The Doctrine of the Mean:

The Doctrine of the Mean comes from The Book of Rites, which was originally the 31st of the 49 articles in The Book of Rites. The Book of Rites was originally named The Book of Rites of Little Dai, also known as The Book of Little Dai. It was compiled by Dai Sheng, a man who was in the reign of Emperor Xuandi of Han Dynasty, according to a batch of anonymous Confucian works left over from history.

Before the Song Dynasty, scholars all claimed that The Doctrine of the Mean was written by Zi Si in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Sima Qian's Historical Records Confucius Family: "Zi Si wrote The Doctrine of the Mean." Li Ao's Li Wengong's Collection of Renamed Books: "Zi Si wrote forty-seven articles of the Doctrine of the Mean, which was spread to Meng Ke."

Zhu Xi's Preface to the Doctrine of the Mean: "What does the Doctrine of the Mean do? Zi Sizi was worried about the loss of Taoism and made it. "

Since the Song Dynasty, some scholars have argued that The Doctrine of the Mean is a miscellaneous account of Zi Si and Confucian scholars in the Qin and Han Dynasties. Ouyang Xiu's "Ask the Scholars' Policy": "Q: The book of rites and music is scattered, but it is mixed with the opinions of Confucianism, and the only book" The Doctrine of the Mean "is from Zi Si. Zi Si, after the sage, should be told the truth, but what if he said that he was a saint? "

Ye Shi's Preface to the Notes on Learning, Wen Jian III: "Although the Han people call The Doctrine of the Mean written by Zi Si, we now test it by its books, and doubt is not exclusively due to Zi Si." There are many people in the Qing Dynasty who think that The Doctrine of the Mean was not written by Zi Si, especially Cui Shu, who put forward three arguments to prove his point of view in Volume III of Zhu Si Kao Xin Lu. Nowadays, people such as Feng Youlan, Qian Mu and Lao Si Guang also prove that The Doctrine of the Mean was not written by Zi Si from the aspects of literature and thought.

the above two viewpoints have their own basis. It is generally believed in academic circles that The Doctrine of the Mean was written by Zi Si and many of his disciples.

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