Excerpts from several classic sentences in Ceng Zi's The University.

The way of university is to be moral, to be close to the people and to stop at perfection. Zhi Zhi then decided: calm down first and then be quiet; Be quiet before you can be safe; Worry first; Think about it before you take it. Things start and end, and things end. If you know the order, you will find a shortcut.

If the ancient desire is obviously superior to the world, rule the country first; If you want to govern your country, you should first get your family together; If you want to reunite with your family, you should first repair your body; If you want to cultivate yourself, you should be upright first; If you want to be correct, be sincere first; Be sincere, let him know first; Knowledge exists in things. Things are known; Knowing it is sincere; Sincerity before righteousness; Put your mind right and practice again; After the body is repaired, the family is clean and tidy; Family harmony, and then national governance; The country rules and the world is at peace.

From Tian Zi to Shu Ren, one is based on self-cultivation. If it goes wrong in the end, it can't be cured. Thick is thin, thin is thick, nothing!

Chen Kang said, "Ke Mingde." Dajia said, "Destiny has returned." Emperor Dian said, "Mingde is also." It goes without saying.

The dish of soup said, "New is new, new is new." Chen Kang said, "Be a new citizen." The poem reads: "Although Zhou is an old country, his life has changed." Therefore, a gentleman does his best.

The poem says: "The country is thousands of miles away, but the people stop." The poem says, "A wild yellow bird stops at the corner of the mountain." Confucius said, "If you stop, you can go to Zhi Zhi. You can be a person instead of a bird! " The poem says, "King Mumuwen, stop at Ji Xi!" A gentleman stops at benevolence; Being a minister ends with respect; Being a son stops at filial piety; Being a father stops at kindness; Making friends with China people ends with letters.

"Poetry" said: "Look at him, he will be happy, and the bamboo will be graceful. There is a Fijian gentleman, such as cutting, cutting, grinding her awkward, and she is awkward. If you have a Fijian gentleman, don't be embarrassed! " As eager as you are, Taoism is also; If you are as sharp as a mill, you will learn from yourself; Awkward people are also embarrassed; He Xi Xi, proud and dignified; There are Fijian gentlemen, so don't make noise. Tao is the best, and the people should not forget it. The poem says, "Yu Xi! The former king did not forget. " A gentleman is virtuous, close to his relatives, and a villain is happy and profitable, so that he will not forget the world.

Confucius said, "If I hear a lawsuit, I am still a human being, and I will make it litigious!" A heartless person must not try his best. Afraid of what people want. This is called knowing it.

This is called knowing it. This is called knowing everything and saying everything.

The so-called sincere person is not deceiving himself. If it stinks, if it's lewd, it's called modesty. Therefore, a gentleman must be cautious! It is not good for a villain to do nothing and do everything he can; See a gentleman, dislike him, cover up his incompetence and value his goodness; If a person sees his lungs and liver, what good is it to see himself? This is called sincerity in the middle and tangible outside. Therefore, a gentleman must be cautious and independent.

Zeng Zi said, "What you see with ten eyes and what you point to with ten hands is strict!" The house is rich, virtuous, broad-minded and fat. Therefore, a gentleman must be sincere.

The so-called "self-cultivation in the right heart" is not right to be angry; If you are afraid, you may be wrong; What is fun can't be right; If you are worried, you may be wrong. Absent-minded, blind, deaf, eat without knowing its taste. This is called cultivating one's mind.

As the saying goes, "Qi Qi's family repairs his body", people are indifferent to what they love, to what they hate, to what they respect, to what they fear, to pity others, and to indifference. Therefore, it is difficult to know that good is evil, and knowing evil is beautiful! Therefore, there is a saying: "People don't know the evil of children, and people don't know the size of seedlings." This means that if you don't fix your body, you can't be at home.

The so-called "governing the country must first follow its home", and its home cannot be taught, but those who can teach people are nothing. Therefore, a gentleman is not a monk, but a Buddhist. Filial piety, so things are also jun; Like, so long; Yeah, that's why Gong Ye.

Chen Kang said, "If you protect your son." Sincerely ask for it, although it is not in the middle, it is not far away. Those who haven't learned to adopt children before getting married are also!

A benevolent government, a benevolent government; A letter, a goodsky letter; One person is greedy, and one country is chaotic. Its machine is like this. This is a word, one person decides the country. Yao and Shun lead the world with benevolence, and the people follow it; Xie Shuai ordered the world to be violent and the people followed it. What it does is the opposite of what it wants, but the people don't follow it. Therefore, a gentleman has himself and then asks for others; If you don't have yourself, then you are not everyone. Hidden things are unforgivable, but they can be used to describe people, but nothing is left. So the rule of the country lies in its own home.

"Poetry" says: "Peach flies away, but its Ye Zhenzhen. The son of Yu Gui is suitable for his family. " Suitable for their families, and then you can teach people. "Poetry" says: "You should be a brother and a brother", and then you can teach the people. "Poetry" said: "It's just four countries." Father-son law, then civil law. This means that the rule of a country lies in its own home.

The so-called "the world governs its country", the old man is old and the people are filial; Grow in the world and flourish in the people; On T-shirts, people are not twice as lonely as people. It is also a way for a gentleman to have a good attitude.

If you are evil, don't let it fall; What is evil is the next, not matter; Evil is ahead, not behind; What is the evil of the future, not the evil of the past; Right evil, not left; If you hate the left, don't give it to the right: this is called the right way. "Poetry" says: "Only the gentleman is happy, but the parents of the people are also happy." The people's place is good; What people hate is what they hate This is called people's parents. "Poetry" says: "Nanyue is hard to see, but rocks are hard to see. Hehe, Teacher Yin, the people have a vision. " A country cannot be careless. The monarch is the world.

"Poetry" says: "Yin has a clear conscience without losing his teacher. It is not easy to be strict with yin. " If you talk more, you will get the country; If you lose people, you lose your country. Therefore, a gentleman must first be cautious. Some people have virtue, some people have soil, soil has wealth, and wealth is useful. Virtue is the foundation. Those rich people will end up with nothing. Outside, fighting for the people. Therefore, if you gather wealth, the people will disperse, and if you scatter wealth, the people will gather. Those who say the wrong thing come out and go in. Goods that go in illegally will also go out illegally. Chen Kang said, "But life is not normal." If it is good, you will get it, if it is not good, you will lose it. The Book of Chu said: "Chu does not value wealth, but kindness values wealth." My uncle said, "The dead don't think about treasure, but Rendezi thinks about treasure."

"Qin Shi" said: "If I am ruined and have no other skills, I will rest and be tolerant. People have skills, if any. A man's heart is good, and if it comes from his mouth, it can be tolerated. It is also conducive to protecting my children and people! People have a skill, and diseases are evil; Man is sacred, but it is unreasonable to violate it; I really can't stand it, it can't protect my children and grandchildren, it's very dangerous! " Only the benevolent let nature take its course and burst into four barbarians, not with China. This means that only the benevolent can love and be wicked. If you don't do it when you see a sage, you will die if you don't do it first. If you see something bad, you can't back down. If you back down, you can't go far. What a good man hates and what a bad man likes is his arrogance, and disaster will catch his husband. Therefore, a gentleman has a way, and he gains it with loyalty and loses it with arrogance.

There are avenues to make money: many people live and few people eat; Those who are sick, those who use them, those who are suitable, and wealth remain unchanged. Kind people get rich by money, and unkind people get rich by their own bodies. There is no kindness, but evil is also; Without righteousness, there is no end; If there is no wealth in the treasury, those who are not rich are also.

Meng Xianzi said: "Cattle and horses ride, not chickens and dolphins;" The home of ice cutting, not cattle and sheep; A hundred times home, not a minister of livestock; It is better to have a thief than a minister. "That is to say, the country does not benefit from benefits, but also benefits from righteousness. To serve the country, those who spend money must be small. He is good, the villain's ambassador is the country, and the disaster comes from his mouth. Although there are good people, none of them are good! This means that the country does not benefit from profit, but also benefits from righteousness.