Due to coincidence, I came across the origin of this sentence, which is human nature's resistance to Datong. Rather than being selfish. The full text is about, "The evil you do does not come from yourself, and you don't have to do it for yourself." Because the Confucian people only care about your studies, they don't care about your life or death, so this sentence exists. This is the conclusion of despair after practicing Confucian teachings
The great road, from Qin to Qing Dynasty. The highest political ideal in ancient China.
Datong comes from "Book of Rites·Liyun".
"Book of Rites" is one of the Confucian classics. Dai Sheng of the Western Han Dynasty compiled and compiled various etiquette treatises before the Qin and Han Dynasties, with 49 chapters.
Liyun, the title of the "Book of Rites", is a work written by Confucian scholars in the name of Confucius in the late Warring States period or during the Qin and Han Dynasties.
Original text
The journey of the great road also means that the world is for the common good, selecting the worthy and capable ②, adhering to trust and cultivating harmony ③. Therefore, people do not only have relatives ④ their relatives, nor do they only have sons and daughters, so that the old will have their end, the strong will be useful, the young will have their own growth, the weak, widowed, lonely, alone, and disabled people ⑤ will all be supported, men will have their share, and women will have their own. Return ②. If the goods are disgusted and thrown away on the ground, there is no need to hide them in oneself ③; if the power is evil and they do not come from the body, there is no need to hide them for oneself ④. This is why people seek to be closed but not prosperous ⑤, who steal and commit robberies but do not commit ⑥, and who live outside ⑦ but not close ⑧. This is called Datong ⑨.
Yan Shigu's "Kangmao Zhengsu" corrects many errors in pronunciation and annotation, and is very rich in content. It can be seen from here that many errors have occurred in the circulation of documents and classics due to oral transmission and written copying, and as time has continued, these errors have been circulated as correct things.
Yan Shi’s ancient book "Correcting False Customs" was precisely to prevent fallacies from spreading and causing harm to future generations. When Yan Shigu corrected errors in pronunciation and annotation of classics, he did not simply mark them as correct or incorrect, but quoted a large amount of information to clarify the causes and consequences of the fallacies. This not only made his conclusions fully convincing, but also objectively preserved a lot of valuable information. . Yan Shigu summed up a lesson from many fallacies: "The "Biography" says that a gentleman is ignorant of what he does not know. If you don't know how to practice, why should you make assumptions to mislead the future?" Now there is a group of people, old It's about attacking people and not doing it for yourself. If you don't believe it, look at the historical records. It's all done by a quick-and-dirty vest. I have already spoken out, and no amount of persuasion can stop it.
Quote this article as a warning.
We must continue to have our own way. There is nothing I can do about it. In the eyes of Chinese people, in traditional Chinese cultural books, heaven is the embodiment of justice. It only rewards good and punishes evil. It is fair and reasonable.
So some people think, "Would God be so stupid as to kill people who don't care for themselves and only care for others?" There are some fools who believe this and only serve others, but suffer a loss in the end, so they oppose it. People who seek personal gain have always existed at least in ancient times. And it often succeeds.
Politically, Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty gained the world by falsely accusing Taoism for itself, Confucianism in the Eastern Jin Dynasty gained the world by tampering with Taoism for itself, and Liu Bang in the Han Dynasty gained the world for himself.
Not only in politics, in the Zhou Dynasty, Mencius slandered Yang Zhu only for his own sake. Laozi did not directly criticize the princes for launching wars but persuaded them because of fear.
Yang Zhu only acted wisely and protected himself. Enter the dangerous city.
Not only the ancient times, but also modern Neo-Confucianism, it was for its own sake that it was only for its own sake that it was in vain that the orthodox Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming Dynasties be regarded as a wrong interpretation and ignore Neo-Confucianism.
It is wrong for people to be punished by heaven and earth if they don’t do it for themselves. However, this proverb has been around since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Now, if you do it for yourself and don’t tell the truth, it is extremely dishonest. People who are self-centered are very popular now anyway
So it is interpreted as "cultivation and behavior practice" to suppress one's own viciousness and anxiety. At the same time, because this kind of understanding cannot prevent one's own viciousness and anxiety, it turns to forcing others to complete certain rituals to relieve inner anxiety. The process is to arbitrarily disrupt audio and video, destroy ancient cultural books, and in order to Obtaining society's forgiveness facilitates personal behavior, so they have a reasonable excuse to prevent public opinion. They openly support criticizing selfishness and advocating kindness. Because it is internal rather than external, it can be called behavior with symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. And the relief is only temporary. Fraud is persistent. Some people who study Chinese studies and are thoughtful interpret it from the standpoint of Chinese studies. Ji, the pronoun, represents personal virtue. So what you can do is: If people don’t save their own virtues, they will be destroyed by heaven and earth.
Another view is that this is the representative thought of Yangzi among the hundreds of philosophers. The deeper meaning is: without the orderly existence of individuals, the general environment of heaven and earth will be chaotic and even destroyed. Some people who read Chinese studies explain from the perspective of Chinese studies that the word "wei" is pronounced with the second tone, which means "made". In other words, if a person does not realize his own nature and his own way, he will be punished by heaven and earth. According to Buddhism, human beings are originally Buddhas. They are deceived by karma and become human beings. If they can return to their original nature, they will become Buddhas.
An explanation from some people who read Chinese studies from the standpoint of Chinese studies