Since ancient times, Ming emperors have been diligent in learning, and the situation is average! This is unprecedented. I can't be serious. I want to talk about something important in modern times in order to enlighten you. Children of scholar-officials are taught when they are a few years old. Many of them study etiquette and biography, while a few don't lose poetry and prose. When it comes to crown marriage, the body is slightly fixed; Therefore, secrets must be trained and seduced. People with lofty ideals can sharpen their skills and become vegetarians; Those who don't stand up will die if they fall down slowly. There is work when you are alive: farmers will measure crops, businessmen will take bribes at meetings, skilled craftsmen will use fine tools, geisha will ponder over magic, martial artists will be used to bowing horses, and scribes will talk about classics. More commonly, the scholar-officials were ashamed to engage in agriculture and business, and were sent as prostitutes. They can't wear letters when they shoot, but only remember their own names when they write. They have nothing to do but eat and drink, and they sell their days all year round. Or because of my family background, I got the first place and a half, so I thought I was satisfied and forgot to study; And there are good and bad events, talking about gains and losses, opening your mouth like sitting in the clouds; Public and private banquets, speaking of ancient poems, Seymour bowed his head, but did not extend. Look on with knowledge, but go deep underground. What a pity to have studied hard for several years and been humiliated for a long time!

Fu Ming's "Six Classics" refers to a hundred books, which can't be virtuous and vulgar, but still be an art at his own expense. Fathers and brothers can't always rely on each other, and the country can't always protect itself. Once you are displaced and there is no one to protect you, you should ask for help. As the saying goes, "It's better to get a treasure than a Ji Bo". Those who are easy to learn and valuable never read. This world, regardless of ignorance, wants to know many people and has a wide knowledge, but refuses to study. It is still hungry and lazy, and it is warm and lazy to cut clothes. People who learn talk to themselves that agriculture has come. Under the universe, everyone knows several people, and everyone sees several things. People who succeed or fail like and hate, and the theory of solid emptiness is that heaven and earth cannot be hidden, and ghosts and gods cannot be hidden.

When people see that their neighbors have good relatives, they make their children admire them and learn from them. I don't know how to make them learn from the ancients. The whole world knows that you can cross the horse and take a strong bow, and you will know that I can do it; I don't know whether I know the sky, the geographical location, the quantity and the wonderful rise and fall. But knowing the connection, gathering wealth and gathering valleys, then I can be the phase; I don't know how to worship ghosts, change customs, adjust yin and yang, and recommend sages. However, I can rule the people only after I know that I am rich and private, and the business is done; I don't know if my punishment is sincere, but I insist on fighting against the wind and turning the owl into a phoenix like a group. But if I know how to obey the law, punish early and abandon late, then I can go to prison; I don't know the same view of sin. I am chasing money with a sword. I am guilty of making false statements, but I don't ask, but I am aware. He, the farmer, the servant, the slave, the fisherman, the butcher, the farmer and the shepherd all have advanced skills. They can be teachers and learn from others, which is not conducive to things.

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Since ancient times, those wise emperors have not studied hard, let alone ordinary people! Such things can be seen everywhere in classics and history books, and I don't want to give too many examples. Just pick something important in the near future to enlighten you. Nowadays, the children of scholar-officials are uneducated at how old they are. Those who have learned a lot have already learned the Book of Rites and Zuo Zhuan. Those who have learned little have finished reading The Book of Songs and The Analects of Confucius. When they are adults, their physique and temperament are gradually taking shape. At this time, it is necessary to double discipline and induce them. Those who are ambitious among them can temper themselves to achieve their innocent and bright career, and those who have no integrity will become mediocre people from now on. In this world, people should do some work: farmers should plan farming, businessmen should negotiate business, craftsmen should elaborate various articles, artists should thoroughly study various skills, warriors should be familiar with riding and shooting, and literati should talk about Confucian classics. Ordinary scholar-officials are ashamed to engage in agricultural commerce and lack handicraft skills. Archery can't even penetrate a layer of armor. I can only write my own name when I start writing, eating and drinking all day to kill time and end my life. Others, because of the shadow of their ancestors, got official positions, so they were satisfied with themselves and completely forgot to study. When encountering good and bad events, they talk about gains and losses, keep their mouths shut and know nothing, just like falling into the fog. At various public and private banquets, some people talk about the past and the present, and write poems to express their feelings. However, he seems to have gagged, lowered his head, yawned and stretched. Knowledgeable onlookers are ashamed of him and want to get into the ground. Why don't these people study hard for a few years to avoid being humiliated at home all their lives?

Knowing the ambition of the Six Classics and dabbling in the works of a hundred schools of thought can still be used to enrich themselves, even if it can't improve moral cultivation and encourage the secular. You can't depend on your father for a long time, and your hometown country can't be safe forever. Once you are displaced and there is no one to shelter and support you, you should do your best. As the saying goes, "accumulating wealth is not as good as skill." The world, whether stupid or smart, wants to know more people and has a wide range of knowledge, but refuses to learn. It's like being too lazy to cook when you want to be full, but too lazy to cut clothes when you want to be warm. People who read books, starting from Fuxi and Shennong, have met many people in this world and learned a lot, which is of course not worth mentioning to the success or failure of ordinary people, even to the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth.

How ignorant people are to let their children learn from their neighbors and relatives, but they don't know how to let their children learn from the ancients. As long as ordinary people see a galloping horse, wearing armor and holding a spear and a strong bow, they say that they can also be generals, but they don't know how to understand the weather, distinguish regional risks, compare adversity with prosperity, and examine and grasp the mystery of rise and fall. Most people only know that when they become prime ministers, they will command officials and store food for the country's wealth. They say they can also be prime ministers, but they don't know all the details of serving ghosts and gods, changing customs, regulating yin and yang, and recommending talents. Most people only know that private wealth will not fall into their pockets, and business matters will be dealt with as soon as possible. They say that they can also govern the people, but they don't know the truth of being sincere to others, being a model, having the ability to subdue the people, fending off wind and fire, eliminating disasters and taking refuge, turning the owl into a phoenix, and turning evil into good. Most people only know that according to the law, the sentence should be early and the pardon should be late, so they can handle the case impartially, but they don't know how to treat the crime coaxially, divide the knife and chase the money, induce the traitor to expose with false words, and find out the case without repeated interrogation. By extension, even those farmers, businessmen, craftsmen, servants, slaves, fishermen, butchers, cattle farmers and shepherds have people who are worthy of their predecessors in virtue and knowledge. They can learn from them extensively as role models, which is beneficial to their career.