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"The Great Learner" introduction:
"The Great Learner" is an essay discussing the Confucian idea of self-cultivation and governance of the country and pacifying the world. It was originally the 42nd chapter of "Little Dai Li Ji". It is said to be written by Zeng Zi . It is actually a Confucian work during the Qin and Han Dynasties. It is an important work in ancient China discussing educational theory. Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi of the Northern Song Dynasty were respected with great efforts, and Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty also wrote "The Great Chapters and Sentences", which was eventually called the "Four Books" together with "The Doctrine of the Mean", "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius". After the Song and Yuan dynasties, "The University" became a textbook designated by the school officials and a must-read for the imperial examinations, which had a great impact on ancient Chinese education .
The "Three Programs" proposed in the "Great Learning" (to be clear about virtue, be close to the people, and end at the highest good) and the "eight items" (studying things, seeking knowledge, sincerity, uprightness of the mind, self-cultivation, family management, country, and peace of the world) emphasize that cultivating oneself is the prerequisite for governing others, and the purpose of cultivating oneself is to govern the country and peace of the world, and to show the consistency of governing the country and peace of the world and personal moral cultivation.
The full text of "The Great Learning" is simple, with profound connotations and far-reaching influence. It mainly summarizes the theory of moral cultivation in the pre-Qin period, as well as the basic principles and methods of moral cultivation. It also has a systematic discussion of Confucian political philosophy, which is profoundly enlightening for being a person, dealing with things, governing the country.
"The Great Learning" (Excerpt 10) Original text and explanation:
[Original text]
" Kanggao " says: "Only the destiny is not normal." If you do good, you will get it; if you are not good, you will lose it.
"Book of Chu" says: " Chu has no treasure, but good people are treasures." The uncle said: "The dead people cannot be treasures, but benevolent relatives think they are treasures."
[Translation]
"Kang Gao" says: "The destiny of heaven will not be consistent." This means that if you do good, you will get the destiny of heaven, and if you do good, you will lose the destiny of heaven.
"Book of Chu" says: "There is nothing treasure in Chu, it is just treating goodness as treasure."
uncle said: "The exiled people have nothing treasure, they just treat benevolence as treasure."
[Original text]
"Qin oath" says: "If there is a minister who has no other skills, his heart will be restless, and he will be tolerant. A man who has skills is as good as a sage. If a man likes it, his heart is liked by him. If he can really tolerate it, he can really tolerate it, so that he can protect my descendants and the people, it is still beneficial! A man who has skills is to hate it. A man who violates it and cannot tolerate it, so that he can't protect my descendants and the people is also said to be in danger!" Only a benevolent person lets him go, and he can burst into the four barbarians, and does not match China. This means that only benevolent people can love others and be evil.
[Translation]
"Qin Oath" says: "If there is such a minister who is loyal and honest, although he does not have any special skills, he is broad-minded and tolerant. Others have the ability, just like he has it himself; others have both virtue and ability, and he is convinced, not just verbally, but praises it from the heart. Using such a person can protect my descendants and the people, and can benefit them! On the contrary, if others have the ability, he will be jealous and disgusted; others have both virtue and ability, and he will try every means to suppress and exclude them, and he will not tolerate it no matter how. Using such a person can not only prevent my descendants and the people, but it can also be said to be very dangerous." Therefore, benevolent people will exile such people who cannot tolerate others and expel them to the remote four barbarians, so as not to allow them to live together in the country. This shows that benevolent people have a clear distinction between love and hate.
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