The formal full-text translation of the Three Character Classic is introduced as follows:
Everyone is good when they are born, but due to the different learning environment during the growth process, the temperament will be better. The difference from bad.
If you are not educated well since childhood, your good nature will turn bad. In order to prevent people from becoming bad, the most important way is to educate their children with concentration.
During the Warring States Period, Mencius’ mother moved three times in order to provide Mencius with a good learning environment. Once Mencius played truant, Meng's mother cut off the loom cloth to teach him.
During the Five Dynasties, Dou Yujun, a native of Yanshan, was very good at educating his sons. The five sons he educated were all successful and became famous in the imperial examinations.
It is the father's fault to merely provide food and clothing for his children without educating them properly. It's just education, but if you don't have strict requirements, you are lazy as a teacher.
It is very inappropriate for children to refuse to study hard. If a person does not study hard when he is young, he will not understand the principles of life and have no knowledge when he is old. What good can he do?
If jade is not polished and carved, it will not become a beautiful utensil. If a person is If you don’t study, you won’t know etiquette and you won’t be able to become a talented person.
As children, you should get close to your teachers and friends from a young age, so that you can learn a lot of etiquette and knowledge about how to deal with others from them.
Huang Xiang, a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty, knew how to honor his father and warm his bed when he was nine years old. This is what everyone who is filial to their parents should practice and imitate.
When Kong Rong of the Han Dynasty was four years old, he knew how to give big pears to his elder brothers. This kind of respect and friendship for elder brothers should be known to everyone from an early age.
The first thing a person must learn is to honor his parents and love his brothers. The next step is to learn the knowledge he sees and hears. And you need to know basic arithmetic and advanced mathematics, as well as understand words and read literature.
Our country adopts the decimal arithmetic method: one to ten are the basic numbers, then ten ten is one hundred, ten one hundred is one thousand, ten one thousand is ten thousand...it keeps changing. .
You should also know some common sense in daily life, such as what are "three talents"? The three talents refer to the three aspects of heaven, earth and man. What are the "three lights"? The three lights are the sun, the moon, and the stars.
What are the "three principles"? The three principles are the three codes of conduct that should be observed in the relationship between people, that is, the king and his ministers The words and deeds must be righteous and moral, parents and children must love each other, and husbands and wives must live in harmony.
Let us take a look at the surrounding environment. Spring, summer, autumn and winter are called four seasons. . These four seasons are constantly changing, spring goes to summer, autumn goes to winter, and so on, and it never stops.
When it comes to east, south, west, and north, these are called "four directions." Refers to the position in each direction. These four directions must have a central position corresponding to each direction.
As for the "five elements", they are gold, wood, water, fire, Earth. This is an abstract concept used in ancient China to refer to various things in the universe. It is based on the five numbers one, two, three, four, and five and their combinations.
If all people. If we can all use the five unchanging laws of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trust as the standards for doing things, society will always remain peaceful, so everyone should abide by them and not be negligent.
Human beings. Some of the staple foods in life come from plants, such as rice, wheat, beans, corn and sorghum. These are important foods in our daily lives.
Among the animals are horses, cows, sheep, chickens and dogs. Pigs and pigs are called six animals. These animals, like the six grains, were originally wild. After being gradually domesticated, they became necessities in human daily life.
Happiness is called happiness, and anger is called anger. , sadness is called sorrow, fear is called fear, liking in the heart is called love, dislike is called evil, desire is called desire, and together they are called seven emotions.
Cyan. , yellow, red, black and white, these are the five traditional colors in ancient my country, which can be recognized by the naked eye.
In the food we usually eat, we can all distinguish it with our mouths. There are five kinds of taste: sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty.
Our nose can smell the smell of things. There are mainly five kinds of smell, namely mutton smell, burnt smell, fragrance, and so on. Fishy and decadent smell.
In ancient my country, the materials for making musical instruments were divided into eight types, namely gourd, clay, leather, wood, stone, metal, silk thread and bamboo, which were called "eight tones".
Our ancestors divided the tones of speaking voices into four types: flat, rising, going, and entering. The four tones must be used harmoniously to make people feel comfortable.
My great-grandfather begat my great-grandfather, my great-grandfather begat my grandfather, my grandfather begat my father, my father begat me, I begat my son, and my son begat my grandson.
Following them are his sons and grandsons, and then his great-great-grandsons and great-grandsons. From great-great-grandfather to great-grandson, they are called "nine tribes". These "nine tribes" represent the order of seniority and inferiority of people and the continuity of family lineage.
Fathers and sons should pay attention to mutual kindness, the relationship between husband and wife should be harmonious, the elder brother should be friendly to the younger brother, and the younger brother should respect the older brother.
When interacting with older people, they should pay attention to the order of superiority and inferiority; when friends get along, they should keep each other's trust. If the monarch respects his ministers, the officials will be loyal to him.
The ten righteousness mentioned earlier: kindness to father, filial piety to son, harmony to husband, obedience to wife, brother-friendship, brother-respect, friend-faithfulness, friendship-righteousness, king-respect and minister-loyalty, these are what everyone should do. What you obey must not be violated.
Zhan Shei, Qi Shei, Da Gong, Xiao Gong and Qi Ma, these are the five kinds of filial piety clothes that different people in the ancient Chinese relatives wore when they died.
Etiquette, music, archery, driving, calligraphy and arithmetic are the six skills that ancient scholars must learn. No one can master these six skills at the same time.
Among the six arts, only calligraphy is still respected by everyone. After a person knows Chinese characters, he can study "Shuowen Jiezi", which is helpful for studying advanced knowledge.
The development of Chinese writing has gone through ancient Chinese, large seal script, small seal script, official script, and cursive script. This must be understood clearly and not confused.
If you want to learn knowledge extensively, it is not easy and there is no way to start. However, if you can do general research, you can still understand many basic principles.
Any teacher who teaches children who have just entered school must speak clearly every word, explain every sentence clearly, and make the children know how to segment sentences when reading.
As a scholar, you must lay a solid foundation in the early stages of your studies and learn the primary school knowledge thoroughly before you can read the "Four Books."
The book "The Analects of Confucius" has twenty chapters. It is a book written by Confucius's disciples and his disciples' disciples about Confucius' remarks.
The book "Mencius" was written by Meng Ke and is divided into seven chapters. The content is also about the cultivation of character and the promotion of moral virtues such as benevolence and righteousness.
The author of the book "Zhongyong" was Kong Ji. "Zhong" means impartiality, and "Yong" means unchangeable.
Zeng Shen was the author of the book "The Great Learning". He put forward the idea of ??"cultivate oneself, harmonize one's family, govern the country and bring peace to the world".
Only after you have mastered the Four Books and understood the principles of the Classic of Filial Piety can you read such a profound book as the Six Classics.
The "Poetry", "Book", "Yi", "Li", "Spring and Autumn", plus "Music" are called the Six Classics. This is an important classic of ancient Chinese Confucianism and should be read carefully.
"Lianshan", "Gui Zang" and "Zhouyi" are three books in ancient my country. These three books are collectively called the "Three Yis", and the "Three Yis" are written in "Gua" A book that explains the cyclical changes of everything in the universe.
The content of "Shu Jing" is divided into six parts: the first code is the basic principles of establishing a country; the second mo is the plan for governing the country; the third precept is the attitude of the ministers; the fourth edict is the king's announcement; The five oaths are the proclamation to raise troops; the six orders are the orders of the king.
The Duke of Zhou wrote "Zhou Rites", which recorded the official system of the six palaces and the composition of the country at that time.
Dade and Dai Sheng compiled and annotated the "Book of Rites" and passed on and expounded the works of sages, which enabled future generations to know the regulations and systems of the previous dynasties and the situations related to rituals and music.
"Guofeng", "Daya", "Xiaoya" and "Song" are collectively called the four poems. It is a poem with rich content and deep emotions, which is really worth reciting. .
Later, due to the decline of the Zhou Dynasty, the Book of Songs was also ignored, so Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn". This book contains implicit praise and criticism of real politics and the good and evil behavior of various countries. Distinguish.
The three biographies are "Gongyang Zhuan" written by Yang Gao, "Zuo Zhuan" written by Zuo Qiuming and "Gu Liang Zhuan" written by Gu Liangchi. They all interpret "Spring and Autumn Period" 》 book.
After familiarizing yourself with the classics and biographies, you can read Zishu. The books are complicated, so you must choose the more important ones to read, and remember the cause and effect of everything.
The Five Sons refer to Xunzi, Yangtze, Wen Zhongzi, Laozi and Zhuangzi. The books they wrote were called Zishu.
After you have become familiar with the classics and zishu, you must study the lineage of each dynasty and each generation when reading history books, and understand the reasons for their rise and fall, so that you can learn lessons from history.
From Fuxi, Shennong to Huangdi, these three ancient emperors were diligent and caring for the people, and were very great, so later generations respectfully called them the "Three Emperors".
After the Yellow Emperor, there were two emperors, Yao and Shun of Tang Dynasty. Yao thought that his son was unworthy, so he passed the throne to Shun, who was both talented and virtuous. Under the governance of the two emperors, the world was peaceful and people were peaceful. People praise.
The founding monarch of the Xia Dynasty was Yu, the founding monarch of the Shang Dynasty was Tang, and the founding monarchs of the Zhou Dynasty were King Wen and King Wu. These kings with both ability and political integrity were called the Three Kings by later generations.
Yu passed the throne to his son, and from then on the world became owned by one family. After more than four hundred years, Xia was destroyed by Tang, thus ending its rule.
Shang Tang conquered Xia Jie and named the country Shang. The Shang Dynasty existed for about six hundred years. It was destroyed by the reign of King Zhou
King Wu of Zhou raised troops to destroy the Shang Dynasty. , killed King Zhou and established the Zhou Dynasty. The Zhou Dynasty had the longest history, lasting for more than 800 years.
Since King Ping of Zhou moved his capital eastward, his control over the princes has become weaker and weaker. Wars often broke out among the vassal states, and lobbyists also became popular.
The Zhou Dynasty is divided into two stages, one is the Spring and Autumn Period, and the other is the Warring States Period. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi, Duke Xiang of Song, Duke Wen of Jin, Duke Mu of Qin and King Zhuang of Chu were known as the Five Hegemons. The seven heroes of the Warring States Period were Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, and Qin.
At the end of the Warring States Period, the Qin State became increasingly powerful, wiping out other vassal states and establishing a unified Qin Dynasty. When the Qin Dynasty passed to Hu Hai, the second generation, the world began to be in chaos again, and finally, the situation between Chu and Han was formed.
Yang Jian reunified China and established the Sui Dynasty, known historically as Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. After his son Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui, came to the throne, he became dissolute and immoral, and the Sui Dynasty soon perished.
Li Yuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, raised an army to rebel against the Sui Dynasty. In the end, the Sui Dynasty was destroyed. He defeated various anti-Sui rebel armies, conquered the world, and established the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty ruled for nearly three hundred years, and there were twenty emperors. By the time Emperor Zhaoxuan of the Tang Dynasty was usurped by Zhu Quanzhong, the Liang Dynasty was established, and the Tang Dynasty was destroyed. To distinguish it from the Liang Dynasty in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it was historically called the Later Liang Dynasty.
The third time is to read "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" and the fourth time to read "The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms". While reading, we should also refer to the classics and "Zizhi Tongjian" so that we can better understand the governance of history. Chaos rises and falls.
In the Song Dynasty, there was a Liang Hao who won the first prize at the age of eighty-two. He responded fluently to the emperor's questions in the Golden Palace. All the references
two girls like this , one understands music, the other can compose poetry, and is so talented. As a man, he must always be vigilant and enrich himself.
During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, there was a child named Liu Yan who was only seven years old. He was promoted as a child prodigy and became the official responsible for correcting texts.
When we read and study, we must have perseverance and think carefully while reading. Only by putting your mind into studying morning and night can you truly learn well.
Although Liu Yan is so young, he has already become an official and shouldered the important responsibilities given to him by the country. If he wants to become a useful person, as long as he is diligent and studious, he can be as famous as Liu Yan for future generations.
Dogs will guard the door for people at night, and chickens will wake up every morning. If people can't study hard and live in a daze, what qualifications do they have to be called human beings.
Silkworms spin silk for us to make clothing, and bees can make honey for people to eat. And if people don't know how to learn and use their own knowledge and skills to realize their own value, they are really inferior to small animals.
We must study hard when we are young and constantly enrich ourselves. When we grow up, we can apply what we have learned to serve the country and benefit the people.
If you make due contributions to the people, the people will praise you, and your parents will also be honored by you, adding glory to your ancestors and leaving a good example to the next generation. .
Some people leave gold and silver money to their descendants, but I am not like that. I only hope that they can be good at reading and study, and become people who make a difference when they grow up.
I repeatedly talked about many truths, but just told the children that anyone who is diligent and motivated will have good harvests, but those who only care about fun and waste a good time will definitely regret it.