What goes up is progress, what stops is Zhi Zhi, and what goes right is righteousness.
In my opinion, "going up", "stopping" and "being right" represent three different stages of life: youth, middle age and old age.
The progress of "upward" people represents youth. It is the golden age of arming the mind and forging ahead.
It is not difficult to understand that when you are young, you should study hard, make progress every day, pay attention to lectures in class and raise your hand actively.
Progress is a positive attitude towards life. It is the energetic pursuit of young life, the accumulation of the initial stage of our life, and the stage of continuous addition.
We learn all kinds of knowledge theories, constantly enrich our experience, make friends, be full of novelty and yearning for the world, have a strong desire to explore, and believe that life is infinite.
We are like looking up at this colorful world, full of longing and curiosity, without hesitation, eating and drinking a lot of nutrition, and the so-called skills are self-defeating, hoping to make a big difference one day.
Zhi Zhi, who "stops", should be in the middle of his life, and "Zhi Zhi will decide later" will go through a relaxed civil and military road.
When we have certain knowledge, experience and things, we begin to re-examine life.
The word "up" plus 1 | becomes "stop", warning us that "stop" is Zhi Zhi. This "stop" is enough, it is to simplify the complex, and it is to maintain moderation and stability.
I didn't like the word "golden mean" before, and thought it was synonymous with old age and old age.
With the growth of my age, I gradually realized that the golden mean is a state, impartial and just right, which is really difficult to achieve!
"Zhuangzi Neipian Sansheng Master" said: "My life is limited and my knowledge is limited. With restrictions, there is no restriction, and it is almost there! It's almost enough for people who already know! Good has no near name, and evil has no near punishment. The Governor thinks that he can protect himself, support his relatives all his life, and work for many years. "
What do you mean?
In other words, human life is limited, but knowledge is infinite, and it will fail to pursue infinite knowledge with limited life. I already know this fact, but I still have to do it. Failure is certain. Do good things without seeking fame and gain, do bad things without violating the criminal law, and follow the laws of nature as the law of doing things, so that you can save your life, nature, spirit and family.
I am deeply convinced!
Life is just a few decades, and if you want to do everything, you will eventually accomplish nothing.
So, we have to start subtracting our lives.
Do what you are good at and what is important to you.
At this stage, we must learn to simplify the complex and make some choices to make our life simple, indifferent, transparent and happy.
"Righteousness" not only means stepping into old age and defending the reputation of life, but also is a life creed to be practiced at all stages of life.
There is a saying in Mencius Ugliness: "I am good at nurturing my noble spirit".
Etymologically speaking, the noble spirit is grand, the upright spirit is upright, and the noble spirit is upright.
It goes without saying that what we call "positive" is also positive integrity.
"Awesome spirit" is a philosophical concept with innovative thinking put forward by Mencius, saying that this spirit is "stalwart and strong" and "stuck between heaven and earth". It has had a far-reaching impact on the ideological and moral tradition of the Chinese nation for more than two thousand years.
Mencius believes that a person with eternal spiritual strength can be calm and calm in the face of all great temptations and threats from the outside world, and reach the realm of "unmoved". That's what Mencius once said: wealth can't be lewd, poverty can't be moved, and power can't be bent.
Therefore, "progress" and "Zhi Zhi" are concrete external manifestations, while "righteousness" is abstract internal spirit.
From the enterprising spirit of "making progress" to "Zhi Zhi" who knows how to grasp the appropriate scale, and then to "keeping the right" as always, life can be described as perfect.
From "making progress" to "Zhi Zhi", we can relax one by one, advance one by one, and retreat one by one, which shows the way to weigh the gains and losses on the road of life, and the spirit of "keeping the right path" further penetrates into our values of communication with people.
The words "Shang", "Zhi" and "Zheng" highly summarize the growth process of life, including the philosophy and wisdom of China people from ancient times to the present; These three words are also closely related to everyone's study, work and other specific life, which deeply implies the way of interacting with people.