From: Collection of Mingxian
"Collection of Mingxian" is one of the elementary school textbooks for ethical and moral education for children in ancient my country. The specific author is unknown. From the content analysis, it is a textbook written by the Southern Song Dynasty. Later it was compiled by Confucian scholars. It collects the good words and good deeds of celebrities and wise men in the past dynasties since Confucius and Mencius, as well as popular proverbs about dealing with people, treating others, studying and cultivating virtues, etc., and selects and refines them. There are many sentences that provide insight into world affairs and inspire people's minds. For example, "If you don't have long-term worries, you will have immediate worries." It tells people to think about everything in the long term; "A kind word will warm you for three winters, but a bad word will hurt someone for six months." It advises people to respect each other with their words; and "If you live in poverty in a busy city and no one cares, if you are rich, "There are distant relatives in the mountains" expresses the harshness of the world in the feudal era. Although "Collection of Famous Sages" was a children's book in the past, today it still has certain intellectual and cultural value, and can also be beneficial to adults. Especially as you grow older and gain more experience, I believe you will have a different feeling when you re-read "The Collection of Famous Sages".
Of course, due to the limitations of the times, there are also many negative contents in "Collection of Famous Sages", such as: "Use the money if you have it, and it will be nothing after death" etc., which requires us to pay careful attention when reading. Screen in order to remove the dross and extract the essence.
But do good deeds and don’t ask about your future. It is convenient for others and convenient for yourself. Be kind to others and respect them over time.
People are poor but have short ambitions, while horses are thin and have long hair. The human heart is like iron, and the official law is like a furnace. Admonishment has both beauty and destruction.
Praising brings blessings, thinking about them brings disaster. A house that accumulates good deeds will always be happy. A house that accumulates evil will surely suffer disaster.
Have a rest and relax, the sun is calm again. It's easy to go when something bad comes in. People are silent and their level is not good.
Think of disgrace when you gain honor, and think of danger when you are safe. Although the lamb is beautiful, it is difficult for everyone to agree. Think twice before you regret anything.
When the prince enters school, the common people do the same. When the official reaches the first rank, all laws must be followed. There is a basis for gaining, and there is no basis for losing.
Be realistic in everything and accumulate blessings for yourself. Receive salary without merit, restless in sleep and food. He has great talent, strong words, and great power to bully others.
If you talk too much, you will lose your words, and if you eat too much, you will be sad. Give friends wine and three meals a day. Eat less wine and know more.
It is useless to argue and accuse others. When you are courteous to your subordinates, you must ask for something. He is sensitive and eager to learn, and he is not ashamed to ask questions.
You must choose your neighbors and make good friends. Those who follow nature will survive, and those who go against nature will perish. Get a cow from a man, and give him a horse in return.
Honestness is always there, and emptiness is always failure. Man dies for wealth, and bird dies for food. When three people travel together, there must be me as their teacher.
If a person has no long-term worries, he must have immediate worries. The mind is not ignorant and everything is clear. Give alms openly and repay them secretly.
The whispers in the world are heard by heaven like thunder. The dark room is dark, and the eyes are like lightning. There is something strange in my belly, a prophet of Shinto.
People are cheap when they leave their hometown, and things are expensive when they leave their hometown. Killing is forgivable but unreasonable. Human desires can be cut off and heaven's principles can be followed.
Gold is floating in the world, but old friends are few and far between. Gold is not expensive, peace and happiness are worth much more. Stop fighting for three inches of energy, and your young head will turn gray.
A hundred years will pass at any time, and everything will turn around and come to nothing. There is no grass for plowing cattle, but there is surplus food for hamsters.
Everything has been decided, and life is empty and busy. Make virtuous friends, never friends without justice. Always have a heart of self-denial,
and observe the laws. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always worried. He knows the pros and cons of things and knows the pros and cons of people.
A high heart can block the success of things, and a high earth can block the flow of water. Deep water flows slowly, and noble people speak late. When the road is high, dragons and tigers lurk,
Ghosts and gods are high in virtue. People talk about the past and present, and things come at a high price. Don't rely on it when it comes, beware when it goes away.
The wisteria grows around the tree, but the tree falls and the wisteria dies. When an official is full, he is like a flower withering away. When he is defeated, his slave bullies his master. The strong man deceives the ghost, and the weak man tricks the ghost. But if you get a step forward, why don't you be a human being? People are not as good as a thousand days, and flowers are not as beautiful as a hundred days.
When a person is ten years old, ghosts and gods dare not approach him. It's not crazy to forgive people, it will be easier later. A person who is petty is not a gentleman, and a person who is not poisonous is not a husband. Horsepower can be seen from afar, and people's hearts can be seen from time to time. To maintain the way of a gentleman, there must be a time when you are satisfied.
The wild geese cannot fly everywhere, and people are attracted by fame and fortune. There are three rivers in the land, but no one has the heart of the four seas. If you have money, use it.
It will be all gone after death. To be benevolent is not to be rich, and to be rich is not to be benevolent. A gentleman is likened to righteousness, and a villain is likened to profit.
It is difficult to be poor without resentment, but easy to be rich without arrogance. It's still alive for a hundred years, and no one can control it at all. When you respect your parents at home, there is no need to burn incense from far away. It doesn't matter if your family is poor and peaceful, but how bad is it to be unjustly rich. If you want to open a water channel, you must be protected from heavy rains.
A noble son is born from a poor family, and a high official is born from a white house. Generals have no seeds at all, and men should strive for self-improvement. If you want to be a master, there is nothing you can do in one day. Three thousand disciples stood together, seventy-two wise men. An adult is not comfortable, and being comfortable is not an adult.
The country is upright and the people are at ease, and the officials ask the people to be at peace. A virtuous wife brings few disasters, and a son is filial to his father and has a generous heart. White clouds are passing by, and the blue sky is leisurely day by day. I have no luck in my family, but I blame the world for its difficulties. If you have money, you can understand your words, but if you don’t have money, you can’t listen to them.
Time is wind and fire, burning the cold clothes of the year. Life is less than a hundred years old, but a thousand years old is always worrying. Those who talk about right and wrong are right and wrong.
They are right and wrong. Accumulating good will be rewarded with good, accumulating evil will be rewarded with evil. Retribution will come sooner or later, and good fortune and misfortune come naturally.
Flowers bloom again and again, but people never grow old. A tiger has a mind that is harmless to people, but a tiger has a mind to hurt others. It's easy to catch a tiger in the mountains, but it's hard to tell someone. A loyal minister is not afraid of death, but a disloyal minister is afraid of death. So many things in the past have come to nothing.
It is full of secrets, all in silence. Now that we are under the eaves, how dare we not bow our heads?
A poor family knows a filial son, and a country in chaos knows a loyal minister. Anyone who sets out on this path is a person of poor fortune. A gentleman from a poor family is clumsy, but sometimes a villain becomes stronger.
No matter how good your life is, you will be rich until you grow old. Fate was good but his intentions were bad, and he died in the middle of the journey. My life is not good.
I will be poor until I grow old. When you are old, your heart is not old, and when you are poor, you will never be poor. Death has existed since ancient times, and people cannot stand without faith.
The leader will do good things to others, but will not bring harm to himself. After reading the books of Confucius, you must achieve the etiquette of Zhou Gong. Jun
You should be respectful and courteous to others. It is a humiliation for you to do things to you, and you are so sparse for friends. Man has no power to reward Heaven, but God has the power to nourish man. A good horse is not worthy of two saddles, and a loyal minister is not worthy of two masters. I long to be a slave of
strength, but I don’t think of a son of inaction. People have misfortunes and blessings day and night, and the sky is cloudy and sunny day and night. A man will not be rich without a windfall
A horse will not be fat without night grass. A gentleman accumulates blessings when he is in power, while a villain uses his power to bully others. People put rituals and music first, and trees put their branches and leaves into forests. The horse has the meaning of hanging the rein, and the dog has the kindness of wet grass. When gold is transported, it loses its luster, and when iron arrives, it also loses its glory. Don't do it if you are afraid of being known, but be respected and diligent in learning. Mount Tai does not remove the dust, but accumulates small mounds into tall ones. In the human world, whoever has no worries will grow old even when the wind comes and the waves come. The poor live in the busy city and no one cares about them, but the rich
have distant relatives in the mountains. Human relationships are like meeting each other for the first time, and there will be no resentment until the end. White horse with red tassels and colorful colors
New, those who are not relatives force themselves to kiss. Once the horse dies, all gold is gone, and relatives become like strangers. When green grass grows, it will cover the ground. How can Yuntong find his old friend? But if you can make a living based on principles, you will never see a word of gold.
Wealth is reflected in people's hearts, and mountains and rivers are connected to ancient and modern times. Don't do anything lucky, otherwise natural disasters will not come.
God refuses to let people die, so why is it difficult for God to die. I have seen some families become poor and then become rich, and some families
have become rich and then become poor again. Three inches of Qi is used in many ways, but once it is impermanent, everything will stop. A person can do anything while he is alive, but everything is ruined once he dies. People see benefits but not harm; fish see food but not hooks. Yes
It’s not just about talking too much, the troubles are caused by being too strong. It is rare to live a life of more than seventy years, with many different scenery
life. Once the Yangtze River is gone, there will be no return, and people will never be young again when they are old. Dao Dao advises people to do three things: quit drinking and don’t spend money gambling. He has been upright and selfless throughout his life, and asked God if he would spare his mercy. Even if the tiger is no longer lying in the road, there will be a time when the trapped dragon will ascend to heaven. It was too late to rein in the horse near the cliff, and it was too late to make up for the leakage when the boat arrived at the middle of the river. Family business is sometimes recorded as
comings and goings, and repaying money is always recorded as borrowing money. The cicada wakes up before the golden wind moves, plotting against the impermanence and dying without knowing it. Green hills
can only illuminate the past and present, but green water can never wash away right and wrong. There will be days when there will be no days and there will be no days. Don’t wait until there is no time and think about the days when there is no time.
Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, it’s just a matter of whether they come early or come late. Ganoderma lucidum is hidden in the wormwood, and purple is hidden in the mud
The golden cup. I advise you not to do harm to your heart, as you have let go of anyone in the past and present. The eminent monk in the mountain temple has not yet risen, so fame and fortune are not as good as leisure. Too many words and lost words are all because of drinking, and friendship and distance are broken only because of money. When something happens, a gentleman says it.
Don’t listen to villains about right and wrong. Why should a virtuous wife worry about the family not being rich? Why should a filial son need his father to move forward? A good-hearted disciple
My dear son, why should you rely on your ancestral land for a good life? Invading people's land and defrauding people of money, they have only been rich for a few years. Mo Dao
There is no retribution in sight, and it is clearly left to the children and grandchildren. A thousand cups of wine with a close friend is too little, and half a sentence without speculation is too much.
When the clothes are torn, there are few guests, and there are many people who know the right and wrong. Grass is afraid of severe frost and frost, and it is afraid of the sun. Evil people will have their own evil
People grind away. After the fifteenth day of the month, there will be less light, and after the middle age, everything will be peaceful. A kind word warms the winter for three months, but a bad word hurts someone in the winter. In the rain, deep in the mountains and in the snow, it is easier to see than to do. Nameless plants and trees grow old every year.
I don’t believe that a man will be poor all his life. If you don't practice convenient methods with others, all your thoughts on Amitabha will always be empty. The young man should stop smiling.
The old man, the flowers will be red for a few days. The more cunning you become, the poorer you become. Nature does not tolerate cunning. Wealth and honor
If it is obtained through cunning, the strong man in the world will be sucked by the west wind. A loyal minister will not marry a second monarch, and a virtuous daughter will not marry a second husband.
The villain is cunning and evil-hearted, but the gentleman trusts God to be fair. The price of a thousand catties is not much, so who knows how to write it?
Who knows? A small person can serve the country, but what can a big man do in the sky? A good man hides something from a fool, but a fool never knows. A good man turns into a donkey and is ridden by a fool.