On the Book of Rites and the Book of Songs

Don't be rude, be thoughtful, be calm and peaceful. The general meaning is: you can't think without respect and speak peacefully, so that the people will be at peace. Further interpretation: there is no disrespect and serious gentleman image, just like thinking seriously. Speak methodically, cadently and rhythmically. If you are calm, your words will be stable and comfortable, if you are respectful and strict, your words will be stable, and then the image of a gentleman will be admired by the people. 1. "Aspiring to the Tao" can be interpreted as metaphysical Tao, that is, aspiring to the sublime and reaching the desired realm. This "Tao" includes heaven and humanity, both metaphysical and metaphysical. This is the most basic and highest goal that teaches us to aspire to. Whether it can be done or not is another matter. Just as everyone had just gone out to work when he was young, he was determined to gain fame and fortune. As far as making money is concerned, at least I hope to earn tens of millions. But despite my determination, I actually earn thousands of dollars a month. If you only take a few thousand dollars because you are determined to want tens of millions, "Stop it!" Don't want to go back to work! This shows that whether ambition can be realized is another matter. Therefore, Confucius said that learning should aim high, which is the first meaning of "aiming at Tao"

2. "Put morality first", aim high, but proceed from human nature. The so-called harmony between man and nature should start with moral behavior. In other words, "taking Tao as the aim" is philosophical thinking, and "taking morality as the basis" is an act of treating people. The ancients explained that virtue is virtue, and achievement is virtue. It can be seen that Confucius told us that thought is based on Tao and behavior is based on virtue. If we analyze the truth in The Analects of Confucius according to the four points here, many of them are "based on morality".

3. "Benevolence", as I have said, is useful. Benevolence's body is internal cultivation, and the so-called life and spiritual learning are internal. External use shows the love of people and things, such as the universal love of Mozi's thought and the universal love of western culture. "Benevolence" means benevolence, that is to say, how to play Tao and virtue depends on whether you love people or things. With this love, we can love people, things, society, our country and the world, and extend our love to the whole world. This is the play of benevolence.

4. "Swimming in the operation" and "relying on benevolence" can "swim in the operation". Swimming is a swimming tour, not a game tour. Here, pay special attention. The game swims next to "Ji", and here is a swimming tour by the water. The art of "swimming in art" includes six arts: ritual, music, archery, imperial art, calligraphy and mathematics. Confucius' education in that year was mainly based on six arts. In modern times, "ceremony" includes all cultures of philosophy, politics, education and society. As for modern art, dance, drama, music, art and so on all belong to music. "Shooting", military and martial arts. It used to be said that archery with bow is equivalent to modern shooting, fighting, sports and so on. "Royal", driving, in modern times, of course, also includes flying planes and spaceships. "Book", literature and history. "Number" refers to science. The cultivation of all talents and the enrichment of life must be based on six arts, and art is by no means a narrow art. Painting used to be literature and art, but now art and literature are separated, and the more they are divided, the thinner they are, but the narrower they are. Some people say that science is so subdivided that it is moving towards a morbid state. For example, if someone goes to see a doctor with a stuffy nose, and the rhinologist says it may be caused by teeth, he will go to the dentist first, and then return to the original rhinology department after all the examinations of radiology, neurology and electrocardiogram are completed. At this time, the nose doctor said to the patient, you have the wrong doctor. I specialize in treating the left nostril. Your right nostril is blocked. You need to find a doctor over there. This is to use medical diseases to satirize the excesses of scientific classification. "to the virtual pole" makes it extremely "to". "Zhi" is a verb, which means to achieve. There is no such thing as emptiness in a vacuum. "Empty" is what Buddhists call "empty". In the past, Taoism only talked about "clear" and "empty". "Qing" is to describe that realm, and "Xu" is an ethereal symbol of that realm, and the two have the same meaning. Virtual to virtual yue "pole". "Empty" means empty to the extreme, without any distractions and pollution, empty and bright, and Zhan Ran is bright.

"Keep quiet", say "Quiet" and don't move. Virtual and vigorous, static and motionless, saying "Benedict". "Keeping quiet and faithful" is about practicing martial arts, and we should "keep" our hearts wholeheartedly. Like a civet cat catching a mouse, she is staring, absorbed and highly concentrated. Another example is the hatching of an egg. Close your eyes, keep your mind inside and concentrate on the hatched egg. This is a kind of revision, and it is also a metaphor of virtual silence to the extreme.