From: Song Linbu's Peace of Mind
Original sentence: courtesy, justice and shame, self-discipline, but not arresting people. Too little self-discipline, too few people, too little is not the way to get involved in the world. Therefore, a gentleman blames himself, while a villain blames others.
Courtesy, righteousness, honesty and shame can be used to restrain yourself, but you can't ask others. Restrain yourself from making fewer mistakes and ask others to get along with others. Getting along with others is not the truth of life. Therefore, gentlemen often reflect on their own mistakes, and villains always pass them on to others.
The Extended Data Series is a compilation of dozens of short books selected from the relevant works of Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is not limited by style, length and author's fame.
The traditional culture of the Chinese nation has a long history, and the historical classics are vast. The admonishment literature handed down from the folk in our country directly reflects the moral ideal advocated by people at that time, and reflects the characteristics of China culture more directly and truly than those magnificent official Confucian classics.
These educational books, which were handed down to future generations by scholars and scholar-officials, comprehensively and comprehensively expounded a series of principles of being based on the world, determined to succeed, and dealing with family relations and interpersonal relationships. Such famous family instructions are often concise, vivid, straightforward and catchy, and have great appreciation value.