Children don't talk about strangeness, strength, chaos and God.
The ceremony advocated by Confucius is, in the final analysis, the mapping and embodiment of the order of heaven and earth on human beings. Fundamentally speaking, it is just right for the sake of harmony and nature. A little more is too much, a little less is too little. This kind of discretion can only be understood, but not expressed. Fortunately, Confucius has a group of brilliant disciples who try to figure out the teacher's "Tao" from their daily words and deeds.
"Zi does not express strangeness, strength, chaos and spirit", which is a rare generalization in The Analects of Confucius. It has nothing to do with Confucius, but a concise summary of Confucius' words and deeds by disciples. What kind of "Tao" does it contain?
First, languages are often familiar.
Strange, it is an "anomaly" in essence. As the saying goes, "abnormality is a demon", and both monsters and demons are abnormal or abnormal.
Confucius refused to talk or seldom talked about monsters, but talked about abnormal phenomena and things in the world. It is normal that his old man pays more attention to common customs. Because normal phenomena are the essence and law of things, anomalies and abnormal situations are not enough to represent the essence and law of things. It is even easy to interfere with people's understanding of the nature and laws of things.
Everyone is familiar with the story of "waiting for the rabbit". The rabbit jumped out and bumped into a stump, which made the farmers working in the field "take advantage". This is called "strange" and does not conform to the normal law. It is precisely because farmers are too obsessed with "strangeness" and ignore the "regularity" of planting well and collecting well, thus missing the good opportunity of farming and leaving the notoriety of "stupidity".
Second, the language is not strong.
Force is power and force. In Confucius' view, the fundamental reason for the collapse of rites at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period is that the concern for morality between the Zhou Emperor and the vassal States has weakened, and relying on strength and strength is becoming a new order norm among the vassal States.
Confucius was silent about virtue, not because he could not see the influence of power and force, but because he recognized and appreciated the fundamental practice of advocating rule of virtue in the society of rites and music. There is no equivalent relationship between virtue and strength. Is it right to be strong? People can be tolerant, and a strong person is definitely a kind of contempt and harm to a virtuous person. Suntech can gather strength, and Suntech will eventually lose strength by ignoring Germany itself.
The fundamental reason why I don't talk about "strength" is that "respecting strength" tends to make society dirty, and Suntech is the last word. Strength is a gift and an objective reality; Virtue can be cultivated every day and subjectively.
Third, the rules of language are not chaotic.
Chaos is essentially a break and violation of the natural order of heaven and earth.
There is an old saying in China that "always walking by the river will eventually wet your shoes". If the "chaos" caused by violations of laws and regulations cannot be adjusted and corrected quickly, it will eventually pay the price.
The famous double-slit experiment in physics and Schrodinger's cat constitute the basic framework of quantum physics. Although we can't really uncover all the secrets of the scientific world, we can't really and thoroughly explain all the objective phenomena. But it has become common sense that people's subjective consciousness has an influence on the development of objective things. Too much emphasis on something is likely to pay off. Emphasize chaos and get chaotic results with high probability; By emphasizing the rules, we can get the results of the rules with great probability.
Confucius did not talk about "chaos", but essentially hoped that everything would move towards a harmonious and natural order.
Fourth, language is not God.
Confucius didn't shy away from God, but he seldom talked about God. A fundamental reason is that the state and rules of man and God are different.
Confucius' old man thinks that people should fulfill their obligations and responsibilities at birth. People can understand and agree with their obligations and responsibilities. As for being born as a god, what kind of obligations and responsibilities it takes is unimaginable. Before becoming a god, instead of obsessing about God's affairs thanklessly, it is better to leave God's affairs to God, be a good person honestly and conscientiously, and fulfill the obligations and responsibilities of a good person.