What are the methods of Confucian cultivation, and what are the ways of self cultivation advocated b

Confucianism emphasizes self-cultivation and moral self-discipline. If you don't hear it, you will be good to yourself, and if you reach it, you will help the world.

To sum it up in a sentence from Zengzi"I am three times a day, and I am not loyal to others? Making friends and not believing them? Are you used to it? "

With a self-introspective attitude, we should always examine ourselves and society, dynamically capture every shortcoming, and improve it, in order to improve ourselves and the world. Introspection is an attitude that is not limited to three times, nor is it limited to three things.

The method of Confucian monasticism lies in "entering concentration".

Analects: No intention, no necessity, no stubbornness, no self.

Mencius: I am good at nurturing my heroic spirit.

University: Knowing and then having a decision, and then being able to ...... quietly

Yi: Silent and unmoving, feeling and passing.

Confucian monasticism theory: Yi. Sixty-four hexagrams, three eight and four hexagrams, depending on the time and place, from event to person, no hexagram and one hexagram must be good.

So don't be attached to everything. Attachment is wrong. This point is completely consistent with the principle expounded in the Buddhist "Diamond Sutra" that "there should be no mind to live in".

A "Yi" is the Confucian monastic tantra. It comprehensively explains the precautions for every step from the initial effort to the transcendent initiation.

If your level of ancient literature is not enough to read "Yi", you can take the road of cultivating sentiment by playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and playing in the mountains and rivers. Of course, there is also a specific method (mentality): do things seriously in the moment of encounter (whether you like it in your heart or not), and forget about it completely after doing it.

That is to say, "Yi" says: the six voids of the cycle are not dwelling, and the "Diamond Sutra" says: the heart has no place to live.

The ways of self-cultivation advocated by Confucianism include self-cultivation, self-denial, prudence, and self-examination.

The specific behavior of self-cultivation is to choose the good and follow it in daily life, to be erudite in literature, and to be courteous. Self-cultivation is not something that can be achieved overnight, and it is not that you can become or even surpass a saint by reading some sage books. As for those miscellaneous studies that do not help individuals to cultivate their sentiments and generous will, they are not only not conducive to self-cultivation, but also make people arrogant, think that they know everything, and talk exaggeratedly.

The reason why it is said that to cultivate one's own character is to first correct one's mind, because if the heart is angry, it cannot be corrected; If there is fear, you will not be able to be right; If you have a preference, you can't be right; If you are anxious, you will not be able to be right.

The mind is not right as if the mind is not in itself: it is looking, but it is as if it is not seeing; Though they were listening, they were as if they had not heard; I was eating, but I didn't know what it was like. Therefore, in order to cultivate one's own character, one must first correct one's mind.