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This sentence roughly means that now that we know the truth, then let the things that have been wrong in the past pass, and from now on we will follow the "Tao". This is a superficial meaning.
Dig deeper, "Chaowen said, you can die at night." "The word 'smell' here, the smell here refers to: famous and reused by the rulers.
As soon as Confucius finished speaking, "If you hear the Tao, you can die at night", it seemed that he could not convince the people, so he continued: "The scholar is committed to the Tao, and the shameful clothes and evil eaters are content and discussed" This is where the word "Tao" comes out.
The "Dao" in "Shizhi Dao" has the same meaning as "Chaowen Dao", and the Tao here refers to the political ideal, that is, benevolent government.
Based on the above, we can easily know that "Chaowen Dao, it is okay to die at night." It means that if in a country, if a person can achieve the ideal that he has always adhered to.
If he implements his own political ideas (Renzheng), then it will be worth it even if he dies at night.
Here, we must not simply regard the word "Wendao" as an idle "understanding the truth", which will inevitably be a thousand miles away.
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On the surface, I heard about the avenue in the morning, and I was willing to die at night.
Deeply, when I heard about the Great Me, I immediately followed the Great Dao, abandoned the old self, and lived a new self.
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I heard the truth in the morning, and it is good to die in the evening. Demonstrate a studious spirit of learning from the past.
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In the sentence "Dao" refers to all the laws and principles in the universe. That is, "the Tao is very Tao".
The other words in the morning are very easy to understand, such as "chao" and "xi" correspond, let's understand "dao".
We often say that "the Tao is the Tao is very Tao", "the Tao is natural" or "the Tao is enlightened", etc., which shows the importance of "Tao" to people's lives.
Dao refers to "all laws, rules, principles, or truths in the universe"; The second refers to "the way to achieve a certain moral standard or ideological standard", such as humanitarian, wolf-like or heavenly, with an emphasis on "the path to success".
The Tao follows the Confucian moral standard of "benevolence" in the Analects, that is, "benevolence, righteousness and morality". Confucius explained very clearly in the Analects that Confucius was willing to "die" for "benevolence", which was the "Tao" in the context of that era.
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The meaning of "I understand the truth in the morning, and I can die at night." The "Tao" of "Chaowen Dao" refers to the core idea of Confucianism, that is, "benevolence".
This sentence shows that Confucius was willing to practice benevolence all his life, even if he used his life to defend benevolence, he had no regrets.
The analysis of the death of the morning newsChaowen said, "Death at night can be carried out" from "The Analects of Liren IV", which shows Confucius's moral ideals. Confucius spent his life practicing his moral ideals and political ideas, and was a person who could live for the Tao and die for the Tao.
"Benevolence" is the core of Confucianism, the moral ideal of Confucius, and the highest moral code. The "Tao" of "Hearing the Tao and Dying at Night" is not an ordinary "truth" or "matter", but specifically refers to the "way of benevolence and righteousness" of Confucianism. Once we understand the principle of benevolence and righteousness, we should put it into practice with our own lives, sometimes even sacrificing our own lives in order to defend it.
This is the moral value of Confucius, and this is the profound connotation contained in the sentence "If you hear the Tao, you can die at night".
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