Original text:
Confucius said, "Five out of ten, I am determined to learn; I am thirty years old; Forty without confusion; At the age of fifty, I knew my destiny; I am obedient at the age of sixty; I am still obedient at the age of seventy; I didn't cross the line. "
Translation:
Confucius said: "I was determined to be a college student at the age of fifteen;" At the age of 30, I can stand on my own feet; Forty years old can be confused; At the age of fifty, I learned the basic laws of the physics of Heaven. At the age of sixty, I can hear everything; At the age of 70, he can do whatever he wants and stay within the law. "
Source: The Analects of Confucius for Politics
Extended data
Confucius described the process of his study and cultivation. This process is a process of gradually improving the ideological realm with the growth of age. As far as the ideological realm is concerned, the whole process is divided into three stages: the age of fifteen to forty is the stage of learning and understanding; Fifty or sixty years old is the stage of peace of mind and stability, that is, the stage of being unaffected by the environment; Seventy years old is the stage of integration of subject consciousness and life rules. At this stage, moral cultivation has reached the highest level.
There are reasonable factors in Confucius' moral cultivation. First, he saw that people's moral cultivation can not be completed overnight, nor can it be completed overnight. It takes a long time to study and exercise, and there should be a gradual process. Second, the highest state of morality is the unity of thought, words and deeds, and consciously abide by moral norms, not reluctantly. These two points apply to anyone.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-the Analects of Confucius is politics