A good horse travels thousands of miles a day, but an evil horse-drawn cart takes ten days. Is it necessary for a bad horse to go to the end of the road and pursue it? It hurts the bones and breaks the tendons, which can't be done in a lifetime. If there is a limit, then a thousand miles is far, but it is slow or fast, sooner or later. Who said you couldn't get there? People who don't know how to go can let them exhaust endless roads and chase endless roads? Won't his intentions stop? It's not that people don't understand the views of "being firm and white", "being identical and different" and "being thick or not", but that gentlemen don't defend this argument in order to stop it. It is not that the road is not difficult to move forward by relying on the leadership, but that the gentleman does not do so in order to stop relying on the leadership. I wonder if people who walk on the road of life will exhaust infinite things and pursue infinite goals? Still have an end? The investigation and analysis of the propositions such as "firm but white", "same but different" and "thick but not thick" is not ignorance, but the gentleman does not argue because of the doctrine of the mean; Strange behavior is not difficult to do, but a gentleman does not do it because of the doctrine of the mean. Therefore, scholars say, "I am behind. I caught up with them when they stopped to wait for me. That's just slower, faster, faster, or slower. Why can't I reach my destination? " In this way, step by step, the limping tortoise can walk thousands of miles away; If the accumulation of soil is not interrupted, the heaped-up mountains will eventually be piled up; Blocking the water source and ditching, then the Yangtze River and Yellow River can also dry up; Forward for a while, retreat for a while, turn left for a while, turn right for a while, even six good horses can't reach their destination. As for everyone's qualifications, even if they are far apart, how can they be as different as a limping tortoise and six fine horses? However, a limping tortoise can reach its destination, but six good horses can't. There is no other reason, just one doing and one not doing!

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Although the Tao is close, it cannot be done; Small as it is, nothing is impossible. He is also an idle person, and it is not far away.

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Even if the distance is very close, you can't get there without walking; Even if things are small, you can't succeed without doing them. People who live in the world and spend a lot of time hanging around will never go far, even if they can surpass others.

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Good law, too; Dedication and body, the gentleman also; Qi Ming is inexhaustible, and saints are also. If people can't, they are dumbfounded; If there is law without ambition, the canal will be natural; Deep according to law, then warm.

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A man who loves etiquette and tries his best to obey it is a bachelor; Is a determined and practical gentleman; He who knows everything and never exhausts his thoughts is a saint. People who have no manners will be confused and at a loss; If you have etiquette and don't know its purpose, you will be in a hurry; Only by following etiquette and grasping its specific guidelines can we be calm and poised.

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Rites, so the body also; Teacher, so courtesy also. Rude, how can you be honest? Without a teacher, I am polite, right? However, politeness is also a sense of security; When a teacher talks in a fog, he knows if he is a teacher. Love with courtesy, knowledge with teacher is holy. Therefore, you must not be indecent; Without a teacher, there would be no teacher. It is better to use it for your own use than to learn the law. For example, distinguish between color and blindness, distinguish between voice and deafness, and do nothing without chaos. Therefore, those who learn also have manners; Teacher, it is also important to be a tool of justice and stabilize yourself. "Poetry" said: "I don't know, I don't know, I follow the son of heaven." This is also called.

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Etiquette is used to correct body and mind; Teachers are used to clarify etiquette correctly. Without etiquette, what can be used to correct the body and mind? Without a teacher, how do I know that etiquette is like this? It's the etiquette. It is his nature to be content with etiquette. That's what the teacher said. He said so. Obeying the teacher is his reason. A saint is a person who is content with etiquette and obeys his teacher. Therefore, violating etiquette is ignoring etiquette; Disobeying the teacher is ignoring the teacher. I don't agree with teachers and manners, and I like willfulness. Take him for example, just like letting the blind distinguish colors and the deaf distinguish sounds. Nothing good can be done except nonsense. So learning is learning etiquette; That teacher is a person who sets an example and pays attention to keeping good manners. The poem says, "I don't seem to understand or know, but I obey God's law." That is to say, this situation.

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If you are obedient to your younger brother, it can be said that it is good; Study hard and be sensitive, and you will be supreme and be a gentleman. Stealing Confucianism and fearing things, indulging in food unscrupulously, can be described as a villain; It's not easy to add up, but it's not easy to be a thief, so we don't know. Although trapped in punishment, it is also possible.

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Being correct, cautious and obedient to his younger brother is a good boy; Coupled with diligence, modesty and agility, only those who are equal to him but do not surpass him can be called gentlemen. If you are lazy, timid and gluttonous, you can be called a bad boy. Coupled with bohemian, fierce and immoral, insidious and harmful, disrespectful to brothers, it can be called an ominous teenager; Such people can be killed even if they are punished.

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When you are old, the strong return; Not poor, but accumulated by people passing by; What you do is invisible. If you don't report it, you are virtuous and ungrateful. People have these three lines, although there are bigger mistakes, life is still not enough!

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Respect the elderly, then mature people will come to join; Don't embarrass the ignorant, then the sensible will gather; Do good deeds in secret and give alms to those who can't repay, then talented and incompetent people will gather. I'm afraid God won't destroy the man who has these three virtues, even if he makes a big mistake!

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The gentleman's pursuit of profit is also slight, and its far-reaching harm is also early. He avoided humiliation and fear, and his behavior was brave.

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A gentleman has no intention of seeking profit, is prepared to avoid disasters, is afraid to avoid shame, and has the courage to pursue morality.

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A gentleman's ambition is not poor, and he respects each other with wealth. Yan 'an is not lazy, tired or withered, but he is angry and happy. The gentleman is not poor in ambition, and the benevolent is also; Rich and respectful, killing potential also; Yan' an is not lazy, and Cambodia is reasonable; Tired but not withered, easy to make friends; Anger can't be taken away, joy can't be given, and law wins over private interests. "Book" said: "Do whatever you want, follow Wang Zhidao; Do no evil, follow the way of the monarch. " It is said that a gentleman can overcome selfish desires with justice.

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Even if a gentleman is poor and embarrassed, his ambition is Judas; Even if he is rich and noble, his body is respectable; Even at ease, the spirit is not slack and lazy; Even if you are tired, your appearance is not

; Don't punish others too much even if you are angry; Even if you are happy, you can't reward others too much. The gentleman is poor, embarrassed and ambitious because he wants to preach benevolence and righteousness; He is rich, noble and respected because he wants to weaken his power; Comfortable and lazy, because he chose a reasonable standard of living; Tired and not listless, because he likes manners; He won't punish others excessively when he is angry, and he won't reward others excessively when he is happy. This is because his idea of pursuing etiquette is better than his affair. Shangshu said: "I don't care about my personal hobbies, but follow the right path set by my former king;" Regardless of personal disgust, take the right path determined by the former king. " This means that a gentleman can overcome his personal desires with morality that conforms to the public interest.