"Be cautious and pursue the distance, and the people's morality is thick."
Caution: Think carefully about the meaning of life between heaven and earth.
Go further: look at what our ancestors left behind and compare ourselves with the sages. We should follow the example of ancient sages. Everyone thinks so, and the people's morality will naturally be sincere. Caution, fear; The end, the result; Pursuing distance refers to finding the original motivation and reason. As the saying goes, mortals are afraid of fruit, while saints are afraid of cause. Ceng Zi means: If every mortal can think about the motive and original intention of something before doing it, and can think about the consequences of doing so. Then the folk customs can be honest and pure, and you can do less wrong.
The Analects of Confucius is an interpretation of Confucianism in Song Dynasty, which can't represent the whole meaning, and even has many places worth discussing. Be careful, be careful. The Book of Rites The Doctrine of the Mean: "Destiny is nature, frankness is Tao, and cultivation is teaching. If you are a Taoist, you can't leave for a moment; You can stay, but you can't. So a gentleman is wary of what he can't see, and fear is almost unheard of. If you don't see it, you don't show it, so the gentleman is cautious. "
If people can be cautious all their lives, they are almost close to the Tao. Such people will be admired by future generations.