Heaven rewards diligence is an idiom in China, which comes from the hexagrams in Zhouyi. God will reward those who work hard, and their efforts will be rewarded.
The hexagrams in the Book of Changes: "Heaven is healthy, and gentlemen are constantly striving for self-improvement; The terrain is Kun, and the gentleman carries things with morality. " Heaven (that is, nature) is just strong, accordingly, a gentleman should be resolute and hardworking; The potential of the earth is thick and slippery, and the gentleman is tolerant. .
"Yi" says that "a gentleman is modest and restrained, and eventually ends up."
As far as Shangshu is concerned, there is a saying that "Heaven rewards diligence". Han Yu once wrote an inscription "Heaven rewards diligence" to encourage others.
The word "Tian" first appeared in Shangshu, and it appeared in many pre-Qin books, mainly referring to "the law of nature", and it was also explained in Ci Hai (or see "Tian" in Ci Yuan).
"Heaven rewards diligence" is compressed from the Book of Heaven, "Heaven helps me succeed, and Heaven only helps me to be diligent", and similar examples include "Building a harmonious society" and so on. The original text is as follows:
Shu Dawei: God helps me succeed, and I dare not spare Wang Ning's life.
Han said to Kong Anguo: Shun and Shen Ye, it is said that success lies in the meticulous work of my Zhou family. I dare not do anything planned by King Wen, that is, peace.
Don Lu Deming said: The secret of cymbals.
Daxin said: Heaven's Taoism taught me to be cautious, and explained the cloud: Heaven's caution helped me Zhou's success. Kong: Zhong, Shen. Textual research on Ben Yun: Yi and Shen Ye. As the word cymbal is used as a symbol, it is not suitable for reproduction. According to the cloud, God helped me succeed. Knowing this lesson,
This is due to labor, and glyphs are related. Later generations made mistakes, but Confucius didn't. According to the classics: diligence, interpretation is diligence, and this cloud says: caution. Then you can be diligent. In the clouds: Heaven is only useful for our people. This is hard work.
There is a cloud in the sky: Heaven can only help our people with diligence, if there is disease.
Kong Anguo said, "Heaven also cares about our people and wants peace. When people are sick, they want to go. " .
Tang Kong Yingda Shu Yun: It's an act of God that King Wen worked so hard and came to my house seriously and diligently.