The Three Joys of Mencius
Mencius in Wan Zhang Shang has the following saying: ? The gentleman has three joys, and the king of the world does not exist with them. The first one is that the parents are still alive, and the brothers are not dead. The first one is the one that is not ashamed of the sky, and the second one is not subterfuge. To get the world's talents and educate them, three joys. The gentleman has three joys, and the king of the world is not with the survival of the world.
With all due respect, the number of people who have been given this three joys in the past and present is very small. The first one is the one that is not a part of the story, and the second one is a part of the story that is not a part of the story. The third is a question of effort and opportunity. Get the world of talent, first of all must make themselves at least become the world of talent, to achieve this step is not easy. Even if you have done so, it is a matter of God's will whether or not the world's best can be placed under the whip. The most difficult thing to do is a music, which is not their own can say or their own efforts can be achieved. Parents? and the end of the brother must be no reason, and vice versa, ? The opposite is true: if the brother is without a cause, the parents may not be present. and the parents may not be there. Life is unpredictable! Su Dongpo on life's paradise of loss of deep understanding, had the image of the bright moon metaphor:? People have sadness and happiness, the moon has the shade and roundness, this matter can not be complete. Even like Su Dongpo such a thousand years of history of the generation of literary greatness, but also only two or three of the joy. What about the sage Confucius? He did not have this first joy either. He was still in his mother's womb, and his father had already passed away. The sage Mencius himself also lost his father at a young age and was brought up by his mother. Therefore, no father's love has become the pain of Mencius' life, and the joy of having both parents has also become the joy of Mencius' life. This is one of the greatest revelations of life: real happiness and joy is not sometimes realized only after the loss.
This brings us to the question, how to grasp the happiness and joy? The truth is simple and least difficult to do, and that is to start from the present moment.
? Parents are all present, brothers are no longer there, ? is undoubtedly the greatest joy of life, but also the greatest fortune. Chinese people have always been the young loss of parents, middle-aged loss of wife, old age loss of children as the three great misfortunes of life, is the truth, from the reverse side of the support of the joy of Mencius. However, it is a common problem in life that people are born in the midst of blessings but do not know the blessings. Most people, especially nowadays, do not care too much and fully enjoy this joy and happiness, parents show slow or insensitive, on the brotherhood of pain and itch is even more indifferent to it. Once there is a mountain high water low, then chest thumping, regret too late. More sadly, social filial piety is lost, never before! Abuse of parents has become commonplace. The world is going down, the lonely old man poor cry in the road; and the wind has gone, six relatives do not recognize the white eyes in the downtown area. Scrupulously abide by filial piety, is the bottom line for people, depending on the bottom line do not think, what is not out!
witness the world's winds, what is the joy of the world? The first thing you need to do is to get the money, the power, and the color!
Extended reading
Mencius three joys, one said that parents are all there, brothers have no reason, this is the joy of heaven and earth; the second is not ashamed to look up to heaven and earth, this is born for the joy of people; the third is to get the world's talent and education, the joy of this edification. Teachers are prone to this feeling, this article for my father in the fall of 2008, now read, more feel his feelings for his hometown overflowing paper, hometown of the third middle school entrance also has a stone carving describing the article of Mencius. Scott Cook has never written a poem, but has made the mountains and rivers into a tapestry. The river has been flowing for thousands of years, and the river in his hometown is still quiet and still, it is there.
The Source of Three Lucks (Prose)
Zhang Minsheng
It is a blessing for a person to have been touched by a person or an event. If an identical person, an identical thing has touched you for twenty-two years, what is that feeling? That is not a happiness, but a painful torture! This torture, making you sometimes too sad, overly sensitive, touching the scene or, to drink or sad, sad that you can not explain to anyone such feelings, such sadness.
The last noon of the late fall, I could not sleep no matter what, after getting up and fidgeting. In the past, I was able to quietly turn a few pages in the office, but that day showed a rare annoyance. I thought I was sick, but my mind remained clear and a voice always rang in my ears: ? You should visit there.?
What is that place? I know. For twenty-two years, I sometimes suddenly remembered the old houses there, the green stone road, the long diagonal stone steps stretching down to the river. There were a few village women washing vegetables and laundry by the pier. The sunlight leaking from the tops of the ancient camphor trees is dotted with flowers.
Twenty-two years of work in Leping, due to the occupation, I have been to almost every township, every village in Leping. I do not know from when to develop the habit, may not be their own Le Ping people's sake, sometimes, the village name of the origin, meaning, and what local celebrities, famous products, etc., always love to ask a question in the end, want to understand as soon as possible, familiar with there, for fear that later will make a joke.
Now well, in the network randomly search a village, you may find a very strange phenomenon. No matter how big or small, no matter how remote, there are always a few celebrities to be proud of, or a region to be proud of.
In Le Ping, such a place, such a village, when the lluviakou dai village.
Twenty-two years ago, I transferred from Jingdezhen, "Le Ping newspaper" society as a small reporter. 1988 the fall of a day, a colleague working in Jingdezhen received a task to write for the "Chinese scientists," the dictionary of Dai Liangmu's entry. He entrusted me with this task.
I first learned about Dai Liangmu's main biography from the Records of Le Ping County. Out of curiosity, I thought it would be better to visit Dai Village.
Sitting in a broken jeep, all the way bumpy to lluvia mouth town ***. Town *** very enthusiastically sent a comrade to accompany me to Dai village. Autumn sunshine is still very bright, Le'an River water wave light leap gold, small boats on the river to cast nets and fish?
Along the green stone road, in the crooked alleys through, the ancient camphor tree leaning out of the side, the ancient homes are scattered, simple and elegant. The company's main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers," said Mr. Kennedy.
Seven turns, finally arrived at Mr. Dai Liangmu's home. It's a small one-room bungalow with two rooms. His former residence is elsewhere and has long since been sold to someone else for a house.
In my memory, Mr. Dai Tiecheng was very tall, very enlightened, and very talkative. Because he was the eldest son, Mr. Dai insisted that he return to his hometown, and the rest of his siblings were out of town. He also said that his father insisted on being buried in his hometown after his death, and the grave is on the hillside over the river.
He sent me a photo of his father, and together with the manuscript of Mr. Dai's life, I sent it to my colleagues in Jingdezhen.
How many years later, every time I think of this matter, there is always an indescribable taste in my heart. But what flavor, and always can not tell.
Dai Village should be a famous place. A.D. 195 yuan (Xingping two years), the county seat in Cook mouth (Daicun) set up Leping County for Lean County. In 621 A.D. (the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty's Wude era), the county was reorganized again, and was still ruled by Cook's mouth (Daicun) in the township of Le'an. It is a miracle that Daicun was established and abolished twice. Dynasties, in the same place, in addition to Xi'an, Kaifeng, Nanjing and other places set up the ancient capital of the dynasties, in a small mountain village near the river, successive *** set the county seat for 402 years, I'm afraid that in the country is unique.
Dai Village at that time is Le, Germany, wu three counties to and from the ship docking wharf, the center of the distribution of materials, where there is a city god temple, drums, stores?
Dai Village was the center of the ship docking area of Le, De and Wu counties, where there was the City God Temple, the Drum Tower, shops? Why is it that Dai Village has been the leader in a very long history that has lasted for hundreds of years and has not deteriorated?
I can't explore the mystery!
In that glorious and proud era, every green stone slab in Dai Village could tell a beautiful story, every store would hear a different dialect, and every camphor tree would have a moving legend. Only in the Qing dynasty, neighboring lluviakou village has four or five schools, before the Qing dynasty or even earlier, dai village has how many? Teaching hall? ,? Scattered Museum? and? School of righteousness? What's the name of the school? The academy? And? Not known, but should not be under lluviakou. Plus the north and south merchants, politicians, east and west dialects, native language in the fusion of exchange here, in the political, transportation center, and naturally formed the center of culture. Therefore, Dai Village is our Le civilian folk customs, civilization etiquette of the birthplace.
Here is destined to be a celebrity!
Dai Liangmu was born.
I can't get into the details of Dai Liangmu's life. When he was a child, he walked through the stone alleyways every day, and sometimes he was curious about the conversations of the merchants, and listened to them with his ear to the side, as if he didn't understand them. When he grew up, he sometimes stood by the pier, looking at the white sails and thinking about how he had traveled down the Le'an River. How he was down the Le'an River along the Yangtze River to Nanjing to study, and how to travel to the East China Sea, in Japan and the former Qing Jin Gege fell in love. Back in China, and how to run for governor and resigned governor? Dragging children with them, moving from place to place, and then up the Le'an River, and finally chose to set up a middle school in Le Ping Confucianism.
This year, he was 27 years old.
From then on, this person, this thing began to move me. For twenty-two years, it has been affecting me and tormenting me.
Dai Liangmu should be a very good talent, graduated from Southeast University and then studied in Japan, and fell in love with the descendants of the royal family. After returning to China, campaigned to become the governor, and quite a political name. Abandon politics from teaching, when the Tsinghua University, Southwest United University and other university professors.
Dai Liang Mo is a very traditional intellectuals, when the national tragedy, the people do not want to live, but he chose to run a middle school in his hometown, which requires much courage and perseverance. In particular, he has seen the world, drank foreign ink, determined to return his eldest son to settle in his hometown of Dai Village, himself and his partner will be buried in the Cook River. His eldest son was his incarnation, and he asked his son to stay in Daicun, his hometown, instead of him. He will be able to hear the river flowing in his hometown every day, pouring out his endless thoughts and eternal blessings to his hometown!
It is incredible that a man did something for his hometown in such a difficult time, something that will benefit future generations! Dai Liangmu founded in 1928? Leping County Secondary School? According to the Records of Le Ping County: ? Until 1956, there was no other middle school in the county except for the Leping Middle School? In the fall of 1954, Shangrao Special Department designated Wuyuan, Dexing, Wannian and Yujiang as the high school enrollment area of Leping Middle School. Although the turnover of the world, Le Ping Middle School are at that time Le Ping and even the surrounding areas of the highest school. I think, if slightly enlarged a little Dai Liangmu to Le Ping and the surrounding areas of education and indoctrination of the contribution made, then, should be comparable with the Shandong Qufu Confucius. Because, our future generations of students in northeast Gan, our teacher's teacher's teacher, should be Mr. Dai's disciples. We should call Dai Liangmu ? Dai Zi?
After dinner, I was led to Dai Zi's home by Principal Jim Yuanhua of Dai Village Primary School. There were a few small lights on the small square, and two or three women were twisting their waists and shaking their hands to dance to the accompaniment of dance music. The breath of modern civilization was spreading and penetrating wherever there were people at an alarming rate. We made our way to Dai Zi's house with the small torch of a lighter and made seven turns. I came to this home twenty-two years ago. Dai Zi's eldest son, Dai Tiecheng, had passed away many years ago, and his son, Mr. and Mrs. Dai Changlin, received us warmly. His daughter was studying in the city. Looking around the indoor objects, I was saddened. A descendant of a famous person, life is so embarrassing and difficult!
We withdrew in silence.
We are back to Dai Village Elementary School, where we had a long talk with Jim Yuanhua. Although Dai Tiecheng is illiterate but has been the village mediation director for many years, the village people have great respect for him. But when it comes to understanding, Jim Yuanhua, Tan Shengping two are assigned here in 1991 as a teacher, never mobilized, and their loved ones are Daicun people, I was filled with infinite feelings!
Early the next morning, I accompanied Principal Jim to the market to buy food, because there are five female teachers in the city whose meals he is responsible for. He said that they might be transferred later. But it's not easy for a girl to work in this remote place for a few years. We have become a stagecoach station here, receiving and sending away many teachers. This is Mr. Dai's hometown, I can only keep here.
In the grocery shopping, I ran into Mr. Dai, whom I met a few years ago. A few years ago, I did not see, aged a lot. He is very tall and was definitely a handsome man when he was young. He fought the fish yesterday, five small carp and crucian carp in a big basket, less than half a catty. Dai old seventy years old, no children, no daughter, fishing for many years to make a living, fell all over the body, each knuckle is swollen and thick. A few years ago, I went to his home, then he said, the river is almost no fish, the water above the down, even the screws are dead!
Autumn morning, not very cold. He was wearing a very thick cotton coat and very big cotton shoes. I asked him how he was doing. He said, good! Good! Sometimes you can catch a few fish in the pits dug by gold panning. Now can not go to the field to fish, the boat is broken, people are old, it is not good to get ah.
After breakfast, I let the principal Jim motorcycle took me to the opposite side of the river, I wanted to go to worship exhaustion Dai Zi's grave. Along the way on both sides of the flat land dry cracked, barren grass everywhere, reeds grow very lush. I suddenly did not want to go, in front of Dai Zi, what can I say good? We diverted to the Wuyiqiao Elementary School. This elementary school is built in a mountain nest, 52 students from seven or eight small villages, first through fifth grades, three compound classes, three teachers. When they saw me taking pictures of them, the children smiled really brightly!
On our return, we waited for the ferry by the river. Principal Dai pointed to a small river close by and told me that it was the Cook River. The place where we were standing was Cook's Crossing.
In the fall, the river was golden, and the village of Dai on the other side of the river looked like a painting. As the sand-loading boat unloads sand, a tall suction pipe rushes down the river, and the water and sand fall into a beautiful pattern of fine sand.
Cook mouth! The confluence of wu water and cook water, right here, right in Daicun, the ancestors of the Cook mouth below the river named the world's best-sounding and most auspicious name? Le'an River! From then on, our mother river? Le'an River flows westward from here, straight down to Poyang Lake, connecting with the Yangtze River and running to the sea.
The water flows long, people will grow old. We seem to have forgotten this place. If we really forget the Le'an River, Scott Cook, and Dai Zi, then who are we really?
This is sacred ground!
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This is not only the source of the mother river of Leping (Leshui), but also the source of civilized etiquette of Leping (Leli), and the source of Leping's education and indoctrination (Leping)! Here, we should *** with the same have, always worth cherishing, love and take pride in pride? The source of the three music?