It's from Yan Zhitui's Family Instructions of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, which means that any difficulty can be overcome as long as you are willing to work. There is a saying that nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it. This means that as long as you are not lazy and are willing to persist in doing things without absolute difficulties, you will certainly succeed if you learn slowly.
One tenth is hard to waste.
There is only one thing in the world that can be destroyed by difficulties, and that is to go against objective laws, ignore one's own reality, and persist in doing things that are impossible to succeed.
"Nine times out of ten people who waste laziness": Everyone has laziness, including great men, celebrities and saints. The terrible thing is that they can't take the initiative to overcome laziness, and laziness has become inertia. They always pin their hopes on tomorrow, on me in the future, or they are jealous of other people's good opportunities and complain about their backs, just not checking whether they are lazy or not.
Yan Jiaxun is the first family instruction with rich content and grand system in the history of Han nationality, and it is also an academic work. The author Yan Zhitui was a famous writer and educator in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
This book was written after Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty destroyed the State of Chen and before Yang Di ascended the throne (about the end of 6th century AD). Yan Zhitui's personal experience, thoughts and knowledge are the books to warn future generations. * * * There are seven volumes and twenty articles. They are first in order, second in godson, third in brothers, fourth in marriage, fifth in running the family, sixth in moral exercise, seventh in wood constitution, eighth in reading, ninth in articles, tenth in name and substance, eleventh in doing things, twelfth in saving trouble, thirteenth in stopping, fourteenth in discipline, fifteenth in nourishing the heart, sixteenth in returning to the heart, seventeenth in documentary evidence, and eighteenth in pronunciation and miscellaneous words.
Educational thought
As a model teaching material in the traditional society of Han nationality, Family Instructions of Yan Family directly created the precedent of family instructions in later generations, and it is a precious heritage in the theoretical treasure house of ancient family education in China. Yan Zhitui didn't have Hector's merit and rank, but he has a long-standing reputation because of one of Yan's family precepts, which shows that his family precepts have far-reaching influence. Yan's Family Instructions, praised by Chen as "the ancestor of family instructions in ancient and modern times", is an important ancient book in China's cultural history. It is not only reflected in the style of the book, but also in the contents of "discussing the rhythm of calligraphy and painting, correcting allusions and appreciating literature and art" and "stating the method of governing the family and distinguishing right from wrong", so scholars of all ages have praised it as a model for educating future generations and family education. Throughout history, Yan's descendants have made amazing performances in moral and academic aspects. Only in the Tang Dynasty, Yan Shigu, who annotated Hanshu, Yan Zhenqing, whose calligraphy has been a model for the world for thousands of years, and Yan Gaoqing, who shocked the festival and died, all made people have an extraordinary deep impression on the Yan family, further proving the effectiveness of the family precepts set by their ancestors. Even in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, members of the Yan family continued to be employed as officials, especially in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Generally speaking, Family Instructions of Yan Family is a work with rich cultural connotations and an excellent culture of the Han nationality. It not only has important reference significance for us today in family ethics cultivation, but also has high academic value for studying ancient philology and studying the history and culture of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. At the same time, the author's wise thinking under the special political atmosphere (troubled times) has valuable cognitive value for future generations.
Because Yan Zhitui was born in troubled times, grew up in the army, spread abroad and heard a lot, he had a thorough understanding of the social customs, political gains and losses, and the characteristics of study style in the North and South. After he entered the Sui Dynasty, he wrote a book Family Instructions of Yan Family, combining his own life experience and philosophy, with the purpose of "serving Wang Zhidao first and respecting his family business" to admonish future generations. There are 20 books, each of which covers a wide range, but it mainly uses traditional Confucianism to educate children and talk about how to cultivate self-cultivation, keep the family in order, live in the world and study, and many of them still have reference significance today. For example, he advocates learning and opposes being unlearned; It is believed that learning should focus on reading and attach importance to the knowledge of workers, peasants and soldiers and businessmen. It is unrealistic to advocate "learning is expensive and can do it" and oppose empty talk. He despised and satirized the corruption and incompetence of the gentry in the Southern Dynasties, and thought that most of the children who traveled expensive had no academic knowledge and only paid attention to clothes and shoes. Once separated, they have no choice but to turn to the ravine. He was also deeply dissatisfied with the shyness and flattery of the northern gentry. And often through the narrative of their own experiences, a few words, will write the social feelings at that time, especially the flattering atmosphere of aristocratic society. For example, the article "Dragon Son" said: "A scholar-bureaucrat in the Qi Dynasty said,' I have a son who is seventeen years old and is quite knowledgeable. I want to teach him Xianbei language and play the pipa. I want to know a little to serve the ministers. I love them all and it is important. "I don't answer on my stomach. Different, this man's adopted son is also! If this industry is conscious, I don't want you to do it. " The language is concise and vivid, and the mentality of a scholar-bureaucrat comes to my face.