All good deeds emphasize filial piety first, but we only look at whether there is filial piety in our hearts, but we can't pay attention to his behavior. If we pay attention to our behavior, there will be no dutiful sons in poor families. The worst of all evils is lewdness, but we can only look at his behavior, not his heart. If you look into his heart, there will be no perfect person in this world.
Source: Night Talk Around the Furnace by Wang Yongbin in Qing Dynasty.
Night Talk Around the Furnace is a popular Confucian reader of Wang Yongbin, a famous literary critic in Qing Dynasty. Evaluate and discuss the stories, characters, events and articles in the literary world at that time and before. It's profound.
It's hard to tell whether the traditional literati in China are happy and extraordinary, or miserable and depressed. Even when the literati of that generation lived a comfortable life and had a proud career, they always had a sense of urgency in their hearts. When they met with unexpected accidents and lost everything, they always maintained a cool attitude with no regrets.
This is the heritage of China's traditional culture. Because of its broadness, the minds of China literati nourished by it are also broad and generous, and their spiritual world is more colorful.
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In the Qing Dynasty, the real name of the mountain was Mr. Yishan, and the later king was called Mr. Yishan. He experienced five dynasties in his life: Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang, Xianfeng and Tongzhi.
Born in Renzi, Ganlong at the 23rd day of the first month, he died at the 25th day of Tongzhi at the age of 78. After Wang Weixiao in the Southern Song Dynasty, he moved twice until his father moved to Xishimenkan, Zhijiang County, Jingzhou Prefecture during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. When he was young, his brother died and he once faced dropping out of school. After he got angry, he had to go to school in the county.
He didn't like the imperial examination, and was awarded the title of Gong Sheng subject very late. Participated in the compilation of the Tongzhi edition of Zhijiang County Records, and served as the "sub-compilation". The post-candidate Oracle was deeply influenced by Confucianism. In teaching, shilling students cultivate themselves and teach them to read, not taking the imperial examination as the sole purpose. Moreover, they can set an example and train themselves to teach.
At the same time, for the villagers, there will be rewards for being brave; If you see it, you must persuade it repeatedly to make it completely correct. Wang Yongbin dabbled extensively. Except for his writings, all scholars in history are familiar with calligraphy and medicine, and he is especially good at poetry. Wang Baixin, his literary friend in the same county, wrote the biography of Wang Gong who was ordered to repair Lang Yishan, in which it was recorded that "besides his public works, he was especially good at reciting poems, and established a poetry club with Liu Xi of Gao 'an Zhou and Luo Mengsheng of Yiling (Yiling), and there were three friends in the chanting altar".
Wang Yongbin doesn't like wealth, but he is pure and ambitious. Guangxu's "Jingzhou Fuzhi" Volume 57 "Literature and Art Records" records: "Wang Yongbin, whose real name is Mountain, was born at the age of 18, a filial friend and a reclusive professor. The city ordered Zhu to listen to his name and humbly visit. Yongbin hollowed out and fled. " Every time I get drunk with my friends, I can't stop crying when I talk about the ancient things of loyalty, filial piety and righteousness.
He is the author of "Night Talk Around the Furnace" and "Collection of Mottoes".
Baidu Encyclopedia-Wang Yongbin