The Analects of the Analects for the Politics of the Second Commentary, Day33 The Analects of the An

Zizhang asked: "Can you know the tenth generation?" Zi said: "Yin is due to Xia Li, and the profit and loss can be known; Zhou is due to Yin Li, and the profit and loss can be known. It or the successor of Zhou, although it is a hundred generations, can be known. ”

Zizhang asked, "Can the etiquette system of the next ten generations be known in advance?" Confucius said

The Yin Dynasty followed the ritual system of the Xia Dynasty, abolished, added, and known; The Zhou Dynasty followed the etiquette system of the Yin Dynasty, and it is also known what was abolished and what was added. Then, assuming that there are people who inherit the Zhou Dynasty and are in power, even if they are a hundred generations in the future, they can also be known in advance. ”

My Harvest] The evolution of history is traceable, so every person with lofty ideals should study history, sum up lessons and lessons from history, take its essence, and remove its dross.

Read history wisely, know the past and learn from the present.

The Old Tang Book has clouds: The husband uses copper as a mirror, and he can be dressed and leaked; With history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall; With people as a mirror, you can see the gains and losses.

Don't forget the past life, the teacher of the future life.

What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the past by the future. --Hugo, "The Smiling Man".

Zi said: "If it is not its ghost, it will be sacrificed, and it will be flattering." If you don't do righteousness, you don't have courage. ”

Confucius said, "If you don't sacrifice to the ghosts and gods you should worship, this is flattery." It is cowardice to not be able to stand up when you need to be brave. ”

My takeaway] I must be measured in my dealings with others, be too attentive, behave unreasonably, and appear flattering. And when it is necessary to act bravely, it is a sign of cowardice. These are all behaviors that leaders should avoid.

Leaders should have the courage to act in the face of righteousness, practice what they do, and create a good social atmosphere of mutual help and mutual assistance, so as to convince the people and make them follow suit.

As the saying goes, it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow, and it is easy to add icing on the cake. As a leader, you should always think about the difficult things to do for others, rather than picking the things that are the icing on the cake and easy to achieve.

Ziyou asked filial piety. Zi said: "Today's filial piety is said to be able to raise." As for dogs and horses, they can all be raised. Disrespectful, why not? "It's a skin.

Confucius's student Ziyou asked Confucius for advice on what filial piety was. Confucius said: "Nowadays, the so-called filial piety is only enough to be able to support one's parents.

However, even dogs and horses can be raised. If you are disrespectful to your parents, then what is the difference between supporting your parents and raising dogs and horses? ”

Think: True filial piety cannot stop at the level of buying something to meet the material needs of parents. Instead, we should visit our parents more often, chat, respect our parents in words and deeds, and pay attention to their spiritual needs.

I once saw a sentence in "People**": "We are looking for two things all our lives, one is a sense of value and the other is a sense of belonging. A sense of worth comes from being praised, and a sense of belonging comes from being loved. ”

Everyone has spiritual needs, and as an elderly parent, there is less contact with the outside world, and more need to be seen, encouraged, praised, cared for, and respected by their children.

Sometimes we tend to ignore the spiritual care for our relatives, and if we really love our family, we must care for them both spiritually and materially.

The writer Su Cen once said: "The most extravagant person in the world is the one who is willing to spend time with you." Everyone's time is valuable, and giving it to you is equivalent to giving you your own world. “

For filial piety to parents, let's start by giving them more time to do it, starting with playing more ** and going home more to visit relatives. Let them blend into your world together, just as you were their whole world when you were a child.

Let's encourage together.