"The so-called self-cultivation is in the right heart." Righteousness is to make the heart right, that is, to make the heart right. Thought is the source and guide of language and action. Only when people are upright in thought can they be upright in words and deeds, while filial piety is a guide to integrity. Just like Wen Tianxiang's famous saying, "My heart is a magnet, it doesn't mean that the South won't rest." "Filial piety" and "loyalty" are like compasses, so that the behavior of life will not be lost. The first chapter of the Book of Filial Piety says: "Parents dare not be harmed when they are physically ill, and filial piety begins; Standing on the road, I will make a name for myself in later generations to show my parents that I am filial. "
With the word "filial piety" in one's mind, one will not live up to parents' expectations, and can do things that benefit the country and the people and achieve great things. Yue Fei, a hero of a generation, can never forget the four characters of "loyal to serve the country" tattooed on his mother's back, which made him strong and passionate. Lin Zexu always has the heart of saving the nation from extinction, which is why he has his grandiose words of "fighting for the country's life and death and avoiding every cloud has a silver lining". On the contrary, Qin Gui, a traitor and traitor, was forced to frame Zhongliang, kill Yue Fei and become a sinner through the ages because of his sinister intentions. Yuan Shikai, who moved against the historical trend, played tricks and dreamed of becoming an emperor. As a result, he was strongly opposed by the whole country and died in betrayal and embattled. He became a pile of shit despised by human beings and was nailed to the shame column of history forever.
(2) "Filial piety" is the foundation of self-cultivation.
Confucius said: "He is upright and does not order; His body is not right, although he does not obey. " "If you are honest, what about politics? Can't be right, like a right person? "Confucius warned people, Confucius warned people that self-cultivation is the top priority, and if you can cultivate yourself, you can go into politics. People living in this world, the most important thing is self-cultivation. What is the relationship between self-cultivation and filial piety? The Book of Filial Piety gives a direct answer: "Filial Piety is the foundation of virtue." "Filial piety, beginning with the pro, is more important than the prince, and finally stands. "That is to say, filial piety is the basis of self-cultivation and virtue. Self-cultivation based on filial piety can make people as deeply rooted as trees and win people's trust and respect when interacting with others.
Giving up my son and marrying my two daughters to Shun means that Shun is a model of filial piety and will surely achieve the great cause of governing the world in the future. Dr. Sun Yat-sen particularly emphasized the importance of national cultivation. He said: "If we want human progress, we must cultivate noble personality. If human beings want to have noble personality, they must reduce animal nature and increase human nature. Without animality, they naturally won't do evil. It is completely human nature, and natural morality is noble: morality is noble, and what they do is of course on the track, making progress day by day. " (1923 "Speech at Guangzhou All-China Youth Federation") As mentioned earlier, Dr. Sun Yat-sen believed that the cultivation of morality should start with "loyalty and filial piety".
(3) "Filial piety" is a wonderful recipe for the family.
Putting your family in order is to manage your family. The "university" said to the aligner, "The so-called rule of the country must be based on the family, and the family can't teach, and there is no one who can teach." Because the family is the cell of society and the country is made up of families, it is necessary to govern the country first. "A big family is a big business", so how do you keep a family together? "If you want to reunite with your family, you should first take care of yourself." As I said before, filial piety is the foundation of self-cultivation. Self-cultivation should start with filial piety, and so should families. Thousands of years of experience show that filial piety is a wonderful recipe for families. The Book of Rites sets a standard for the correct family tree: "Father and son love each other, brothers live in harmony, husband and wife live in harmony, and the family is fat." "Yan Family Instructions" is: "If the father is not kind, then the son is unfilial; If a brother is not a friend, then a brother is disrespectful; The husband is unjust and the woman is not smooth. " These philosophical words are also in line with materialist dialectics. Kindness and filial piety, friendship and courtesy, benevolence and obedience are both opposites and unity; They are both independent and interdependent. The feudal era advocated large families. It is common for a family to have dozens, dozens or even hundreds of people who have not left home. What does such a big family depend on? Don't you just rely on one word "filial piety"? There are stories in Twenty-four Filial Pieties, such as brothers fighting for filial piety and filial piety spreading five times, which is enough to illustrate. On the contrary, families that don't govern their families by filial piety are not harmonious, and they are often intrigued and divided, so that their families are ruined. Someone concluded: "Filial piety is the adhesive of family, and filial piety is the source of family happiness." This is a very accurate statement.
(4) "Filial piety" is the highest virtue of governing the country.
Throughout the history of China's 5,000-year civilization, every tyrant in the past dynasties always ruled the country by tyranny, without filial piety or filial piety, but acted arrogantly. Finally, the people rose up against the emperor. Ming Jun, on the other hand, ruled the country by virtue and regarded filial piety as the main way to govern the country. What is the reason? First of all, as a country as a whole, it consists of two parts, namely, the managers of the country and all the people. The managers of a country should be virtuous. Since filial piety is the foundation of virtue, as a national manager, it should be a model of filial piety. The fifth chapter of the Book of Filial Piety is very pertinent: "Filial piety is loyalty, respect for ministers is obedience, and loyalty is not lost." Managers who are filial and loyal will gain the trust and admiration of the people, and then the government decrees will be unblocked, and the government will be harmonious.
Secondly, the state should regulate people's words and deeds. In the final analysis, governing the country is to educate and manage the people, and education and management must have unified standards and unified systems. However, different educational standards and different systems have different governance effects, even the opposite.