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"Zengguang Xianwen". Also known as "Xianwen of the Past" and "Xianwen of the Ancient and Modern Times", it is a children's enlightenment book compiled during the Ming Dynasty in China. The title of the book was first seen in the opera "The Peony Pavilion" during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. From this, it can be inferred that the book was written during the Wanli period at the latest.
"Zengguang Xianwen" collects various Chinese mottos and proverbs from ancient times to the present. Later, after continuous additions by literati from the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was changed into its current form, called "Zengguang Xianwen", commonly known as "Zengguang Xianwen".
The meaning of these two sentences is that things are not as simple as I thought when I was a child, especially when I work hard, I find that the relationship is complicated and it is difficult to have both. Nothing is right, so be more magnanimous. If you think there is a way out, it will become difficult to do things, so you should have the spirit of burning the boat.
Give up what should be given up, insist on what should be persisted, give up small, persist big, give up bad, persist well, give up cowardly, persist bravely.
Basic information of "Zengguang Xianwen"
"Zengguang Xianwen" may seem messy and disorganized on the surface, but as long as you read the whole book carefully, it is not difficult to find its internal logic. The book's understanding of human nature is based on the Confucian Xunzi's "theory of evil nature" as the premise, and it provides a cold-eyed insight into social life.
Family love is polluted by money, "If you live in poverty in a busy city, no one cares about you, but if you are rich in the mountains, you have distant relatives." Friendship is just a lie, "There are many brothers with wine and meat, but no one can be seen in times of crisis."; Honor and inferiority are determined by money. To decide, "If you don't believe it, just look at the wine at the banquet, and serve the rich first";
Law and justice are controlled by money, "The yamen is open with eight characters, no one can come in if you have reason and no money"; human nature is controlled by interests Twisted, "There are straight trees in the mountains, but there are no straight people in the world"; sophistication leads to unpredictable people, "It is difficult to paint the skin of a tiger, and it is difficult to draw the bones of a tiger, and it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil when you know the face of a person." People say that it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil, "The tiger is not afraid of hurting people when entering the mountain, only the human feelings. A double-edged sword."
"Zengguang Xianwen" highly summarizes the dark phenomena in many aspects of society and coldly displays them in front of readers. Most of the sentences in "Zengguang Xianwen" come from collections of classics and history, poems, dramas, novels and literati's miscellaneous notes. Its ideas and concepts come directly or indirectly from Confucian and Buddhist classics. In a broad sense, it is a collection of refined and popular works. A popular version of the "Sutra".
You can read it without explanation. By reading "Zengguang Xianwen", you can also understand the thoughts and life wisdom of the scriptures. "Zengguang Xianwen" is also a collection of proverbs.
Reference for the above content? Baidu Encyclopedia - Zengguang Xianwen