Lu Xun's Letter to Tai Jingnong: "It is amazing that Zheng Jun's learning uses Hu Shizhi method and often relies on its top secret." Ma Nancun's "Yanshan Night Talk Yang Guang School": "If compared with Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Wang Fuzhi and others, then Liu Xianting's research scope is wider, the purpose is clearer and more practical."
2. Tang Yuanzhen's "Awarding Du Yuanying's Assistant Minister according to the former Hanlin Bachelor System": "Be cautious and cultivate yourself, and push sincerity for me."
Self-cultivation and governing the country.
The defense of a gentleman is to repair his body and the world is flat.
If you don't practice your body, you won't stand up. If you don't stand up, you can become a widow at home, but the situation is worse than the world.
If you want to keep your family together, you should trim your body first.
Those who seek fame without self-cultivation are still ugly and blame Yan Ying for being in the mirror.
The source is quiet, the flow is clear, and the wealth is solid; Repair the inside and repair the outside, and the shape is correct.
Talent comes from learning, and equipment comes from cultivation.
Self-cultivation, first, Xiu De, and second, cultivating wisdom and having both ability and political integrity is the ideal result of self-cultivation. And Xiu De's first task is to cultivate one's morality. Confucius said, "Disciple, if you enter, you will be filial; if you leave, you will be sincere; if you believe, you will believe; if you love others all the time, you will be kind. If you have extra energy, go to study literature. " It is said that we should understand "filial piety", "sincerity" and "benevolence" before learning literature, which clearly tells us that Xiu De should come first. "Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faithfulness" are called the "five permanents" of China's ethics, and Confucianism advocates "benevolence, righteousness, propriety and faithfulness" for Xiu De. Walking into The Analects of Confucius, you will find Xiu De's way everywhere. For example, "Be determined to be benevolent and do all kinds of evil." "A gentleman is figurative, and a villain is figurative." "see no evil, don't listen to evil, don't say evil, don't move." "Do you believe in making friends?" This has become a well-known saying. The Analects also warns us that solemnity, generosity, honesty, diligence and kindness (courtesy, tolerance, faithfulness, sensitivity and kindness) are the "five virtues" of human beings. Regarding the cultivation of wisdom, The Analects not only points out the correct attitude of "being eager to learn without being ashamed to ask questions" and the learning methods of "drawing inferences from others" and "drawing inferences from others", but also clarifies the relationship between book knowledge and practice. Confucius said that even if "reciting 300 poems", it can't be used in practice ("it is impossible to do it with politics and religion; What's the use ("although it's a lot, I also think")? Therefore, he advocates that scholars should be "practical gentlemen". He also taught readers not to be narrow in knowledge, but to be broad in knowledge, and put forward "swimming in art" (that is, learning "six arts": etiquette, music, archery, calligraphy and mathematics).