Self-cultivation is simply self-cultivation. Let your mind be above ordinary people, not just have a skill. The mind is right and then the body is repaired, and the body is repaired and then the family is neat, and the family is neat and then the country is ruled, and the country is flat.
Qijia is the smallest social whole unit. How to manage a family well and become a model of the clan is also a university problem.
Governing the country and calming the world is actually two words. Governing the country refers to governing vassal States, and calming down the world refers to guiding the people in the world to live happily, but we can combine the two in modern times.
Extended data:
The original text of The Book of Rites University:
If the ancient desire is obviously superior to the world, rule the country first; If you want to govern your country, you should first get your family together; 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. Everyone knows everything, everyone knows it and is sincere, sincere and upright, upright and upright, well-trained and well-groomed, well-groomed and well-governed, well-groomed and well-governed.
Translation:
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 own character, you must first correct your own thoughts; To correct your thoughts, you must first make your thoughts sincere.
If you want to make your thoughts sincere, you must first acquire knowledge. The way to acquire knowledge lies in the cognitive learning of everything. Knowledge can only be acquired through the understanding and research of everything; After acquiring knowledge, the idea can be sincere; Only after the idea is sincere can the mind be correct; Only with a correct attitude can we cultivate our own character; Only through the cultivation of character can we run a good family; Only by managing the family well can we manage the country well; Only when the country is well governed can the world be peaceful.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-cultivate one's morality, rule the country and level the world
References:
People's Network-Reading Zeng Guofan's Self-cultivation, Governing the Country and Leveling the World