A gentleman s marker

Gentlemen don't have instruments. Follow heaven and earth and change at any time. What you mentioned is only a description of the gentleman's part. Few people are able to define it completely. The interpretation of gentleman in the language today is very different from the meaning of gentleman in ancient books.

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It should be: Jade and Gentleman Bideyan. The meaning of this sentence is: A gentleman's virtue is as immaculate as white jade.

Jade and Gentleman: A gentleman refers to a literati with outstanding talents, love for the country and the people, and a noble and decent person, not necessarily an emperor, and their origin, composition, and status are not uniform. In the era before Confucius, this group of social intellectuals had already found jade as a symbol of their material, in order to boast that they were virtuous and courteous gentlemen, so Confucius Ziyun was a gentleman in the past who was more virtuous than Yu Yuyan (see "The Book of Rites: The Dowry"). Therefore, the gentleman must admire the jade in his body, so as to regulate his words and deeds and not go out of line, and he cannot be relieved of the mourning without encountering murder.

The literati used Peiyu to prove that they were a gentleman who deserved to be trusted and respected. It can also be said that the gentleman and the jade can be equated, the gentleman is the jade, and the jade is the gentleman. The gentleman and the jade are inseparable day and night.

Jade is the carrier of virtue and the embodiment of the gentleman, so the gentleman is more virtuous than jade. Among them, Confucius said the true meaning most clearly, he cited a sentence in the "Book of Songs" "Words and Thoughts of a Gentleman, Wen Qi is like a Jade", to explain that the gentleman is also noble (source ibid.). The gentleman's temperament is docile and pure, gentle and gentle, which is in line with the gentle and lustful beauty of Liangyu, and is loved by the gentleman.

Isn't it jade and gentleman than Deyan?

Since ancient times in our country, there has been a tradition of "gentlemen in jade and virtue", so "the ancient gentleman must wear jade", "the gentleman has no reason, the jade does not go to the body" ("Rites and Jade") Peiyu has become a symbol of the gentleman's virtue.

Warm and moist, benevolent. Be cautious and know. Honest but not, righteous also.

Hanging like a pendant, courtesy. The sound of knocking, the clearer the longer, the end of the voice, the joy also. Flaws do not hide Yu, Yu does not hide flaws, loyalty also.

Fu Yin Punda, Shinya. The air is like a white rainbow, and the sky is also. The spirit is seen in the mountains and rivers, and the earth is also.

Guizhang Teda, Deye. There is no noble person in the world, and the Tao is also. ”

Jade is not fully endowed with such a rich moral connotation, so the gentleman must wear it, and after wearing it, the jade pendant makes a sound when walking, and the gentleman is bound to be gentle and elegant when he walks, without the slightest evil thought. Because the jade pendant only makes a rhythmic and melodious sound when it is not fast or slow, and is full of rhythmic steps, this sound not only concentrates the attention of the gentleman, but also tells the people around him: the gentleman comes and goes openly, and never peeks and eavesdrops on other people's words and actions, which becomes a sign of the gentleman's actions are above board.

Therefore, "the ancients and gentlemen must wear jade, the right sign angle, the left palace feather, tend to pick Qi, line to the summer, Zhou is also in the rules, fold back to the middle, advance is to shake it, retreat is to raise it, and then the jade Qiang Ming also." Therefore, the gentleman hears the sound of Luan and harmony in the car, and the line is Ming Peiyu, which is the heart of non-refuge, and there is no self-entry. It means that between the gentleman's entry and exit, the jade pendant will make a sound, so "if you don't have a heart, you can't enter yourself."

Today, although the ethos of virtue and jade has been greatly diluted, and most of the people who wear jade can no longer say that jade has so many moral connotations, but as a symbol of moral cultivation and cultural taste, peiyu is still recognized by some people. In particular, the tradition of "gentleman in Yubide" can still be seen everywhere in our daily life today.

A gentleman's virtue is the same as that of jade.

Analects of Taber VIII [sic].

8.4 Zeng Zi was ill, Meng Jingzi (1) asked (2). Zeng Ziyan said: "The bird is dying, and its song is also mourning; When a man is about to die, his words are good.

The gentleman is the most valuable person of the Tao: moving appearance (3), Si Yuan is violent and slow (4); positive color (5), Si near the letter; Out of the rhetoric (6), Si Yuan despised (7). The matter of the bean (8) is stored by the division (9).

Notes] 1) Meng Jingzi: that is, Meng Sunjie, the doctor of Lu State.

2) Q: Visitation, visitation.

3) Moving Appearance: Make your inner feelings express in your face.

4) Tyranny: Rough and presumptuous.

5) Positive color: make your face solemn and serious.

6) Rhetoric: Speak, speak. Refers to paying attention to the tone of speech and tone.

7) Contempt: Contempt, rudeness. Double the same back, back reason.

8) The matter of 笾豆: 笾 (pronounced biān) and beans are both utensils used in ancient rituals and ceremonies.

9) Yousi: refers to the official in charge of a certain aspect of affairs, here refers to the official in charge of rituals and ceremonial affairs.

Translation] Zengzi was ill, and Meng Jingzi went to visit him. Zengzi said to him, "The bird is dying, and its cry is sad; Man is dying, and what he says is good.

There are three aspects of the Tao that a gentleman should pay attention to: make his appearance solemn and serious, so as to avoid being rude and presumptuous; Make your face serious, so that you are close to honesty; Be careful with your words and tone of voice, so that you can avoid rudeness and backlash. As for the rituals and ceremonies, the officials in charge of these matters were in charge.

Comment] Zeng Zi and Meng Jingzi were opposite in political positions. Before Zengzi died, he was still trying to change Meng Jingzi's attitude, so he said: "When a person is about to die, his words are also good."

On the one hand, he confessed that he had no ill will towards Meng Jingzi, and at the same time told Meng Jingzi that as a gentleman, he should pay attention to three aspects. These truths still seem to be very meaningful now. It has important reference value for personal moral cultivation and harmonious interpersonal relationships.