This sentence comes from Ma Yifu's KuangYi Pavilion Formula. The full text is as follows:
When you know what the world is, Jiangshan is still there. When you boarded the ship, you were a stranger and there was an inheritance at your funeral.
I have learned that Gan Kun is great, but I still pity every grass and tree. Send birds to the sky, leave illusions and human spirits.
This is a realm, which means that you have understood the vastness and complexity of the world, but you still have not abandoned your love for nature beyond subtlety. This is human nature. For example, some people, once they see big events, tend to disdain the small things in their daily lives. Some people are different. On the one hand, he has seen the world, but his basic human nature is intact. What is the fundamental difference between two people? In fact, it is "the heart of awe." No matter how good your skills are, you can't escape the bondage of nature and yourself. Therefore, we should have awe of nature and humanity. ?
Extended data:
The meaning of the first half of this sentence not only refers to the vagaries and vastness of nature and the whole world, but also is beyond human reach. It also means that the owner is energetic and can easily turn over the plate and do Kun. It also means that the master has seen through all the negative things in the world, such as ugliness, hatred and separation. Standing high, you can look down. This is a kind of mind and realm, and it is also a kind of tenderness. The more experience, the deeper I feel that it is difficult for a person's knowledge to jump out of his level and position. The questions asked and the answers sought are often selfish. If you want to bend down and do things, you must stand on high ground first.
Ma Yifu was the first China native to introduce Marx's Das Kapital. Together with Liang Shuming and Xiong Shili, he is also known as the "Three Sages of Modern Times" (or "Three Sages of Neo-Confucianism"), one of the early representatives of modern Neo-Confucianism, the lyricist of "School Song of Zhejiang University", and the former professor of Zhejiang University. He has profound attainments in ancient philosophy, literature and Buddhism, and is good at calligraphy. He combined Cao Zhang and Han Li to form his own family. He was invited by Cai Yuanpei to teach in Peking University. After the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as the curator of Zhejiang Literature and History Research Museum, the deputy curator of central research institute of culture and history, and the invited representative of the second and third CPPCC members.
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Baidu Encyclopedia-I have learned that Gan Kun is big, but he still pities every grass and tree.