The author imagined a scene of holding a bonfire party in winter and making intimate friends to talk about literature and art, which made the language of this book friendly and natural, easy to understand, and occupied an important position in the literary history of Han Dynasty because of its unique views.
This book * * * is divided into 22 1 article, with "settling down and making a living" as the general topic. From ten aspects, such as morality, self-cultivation, reading, loving poverty, teaching children, loyalty and filial piety, and diligence, this paper reveals the profound meaning that "morality, merit and speech" are all based on "industry".
1. Poverty is impossible, but thrift is possible. What's more, clumsy and diligent.
There are two things to change the face of poverty: one is to increase income, and the other is to reduce expenditure. There is really no way to be poor. Only thrift can change the status quo. People who are born clumsy need not lose heart. As long as they are willing to work hard, they can still achieve their goals
2, loyalty and filial piety, filial piety to parents, we can know that the word loyalty and filial piety is not something the poor can do; There are benevolence and falsehood, and there are benevolence and falsehood. We can know that there are some wicked people in the two ways of benevolence and righteousness.
A kind of loyalty is regarded as a fool, that is, "foolish loyalty", and a kind of filial piety is regarded as a fool, that is, "foolish filial piety". It can be seen that people who are too smart can't do the words "loyalty" and "filial piety".
Similarly, there is hypocrisy in benevolence and righteousness. Therefore, there may not be treacherous people among the benevolent.
3. Teach children to be strict and strict enough to calm down; To the villain, to the heart can turn evil spirits.
Educate children to take it seriously, and a rigorous attitude can calm the impetuous spirit in children's hearts; Treat villains with respect. A respectful attitude can influence evil spirits in their hearts, and even if they can't, they can protect themselves from evil spirits.
4. People who are good at making a living are diligent and work constantly, so there is no need to enrich their families; People who do things well examine and approve the articles of association and do not make profits for themselves.
People who are good at making a living will teach future generations the ability to make a living and will not leave too much property to future generations. People who are good at doing things will make decisions according to their objective attitude, not necessarily for their own self-interest.
5. If you are virtuous and rich, you will lose your ambition; If you are stupid and rich, you will benefit from it.
If a wise man leaves too much property for himself, it damages his ambition and makes him unwilling to make progress; If a fool's elders leave him too much property, it will make him more unscrupulous and make his mistakes deeper and deeper.
6, the character is not high, always for a good word can not be bad; If you don't make progress in your studies, you can't get rid of a lazy word.
Translation: people's character can't be improved, always because their own interests can't be broken; No progress in study is always due to laziness.
7. The mind can debate and make decisions; People never forget their shame, and they are neither humble nor supercilious.
If the mind can distinguish right from wrong, it can handle things quickly and decisively. If you don't forget the courtesy, justice and shame, you will be upright and upright, and you will not go along with the despicable people.
8. The ancient can be an article, and it can really repair everything. Although the ancient characters entered calligraphy, they were like getting a magic pill and turning iron into gold.
People who can write articles are good at quoting famous sentences. Although I only said a few words, it played a finishing touch and made the article more beautiful and moving to read.
9, gas perverse, mostly the son of death; A miser is always a miser.
People with eccentric and bad temper are often restless and short-lived because they are narrow-minded and can't tolerate others. People with bitter mouths, because they have no eloquence, let everyone stay away from others and get it.
1 1. The disaster begins at an unbearable moment and cannot be ignored.
Major mistakes are often caused by impulse, so learn to be cautious.
12, but blame yourself, not others, this is the way to complain.
Find your own reasons for everything, and there will be no complaints. Mencius also said the same thing. You can't help asking for a complete list of princelings' children.
13. It is better to study all day than to make friends randomly.
It is better to make friends than to study behind closed doors at home. Reading a good book is like talking to a thinker. Also make friends, but also great friends.
14. If you have unattainable ambitions, you will have unattainable achievements. If you don't have the heart to talk, you will be very painful.
Only by setting an unattainable ambition can we eat what others can't eat and do what others can't do, can we make great achievements and give future generations hope. If people find mistakes in things and don't have the heart to blame and correct them, it will inevitably lead to great disaster because they can't bear to say it.
15. To make friends, you must pay attention to his benefits in order to benefit; For sages, it is necessary for me to study as usual.
When you associate with friends and travel together, you must carefully observe their strengths and study hard to get the benefits of friends. We must follow the words left by ancient sages in our daily life in order to truly understand the words in the book.