What does mingde mean?

Míng dé is a Chinese word, which means the virtue of light. It comes from a university.

People get a lot from heaven, so people have all kinds of virtues. Virtue has many names, but the most important one is mingde. What is Mingde? Barely speaking, it is human spirituality, a feature of human perception, knowledge and understanding. The difference between humans and animals lies in their clear spirituality. I often like to make such a metaphor, you can teach a person to be a dog, such as a wolf child; But can you teach a dog to be an adult?

People and birds have their own boundaries. That is, Confucianism believes that man is the heart of heaven and earth. Between heaven and earth, it was originally chaotic, and only after passing people can it be clear. Attention, this is a person. In daily life, people can know what they are doing, what they have done and why they have done it. People can know themselves only because of virtue. Why should people be responsible for their actions is also because of this virtue.

This virtue is natural and abundant, and will not increase or decrease because of anyone. Later, Mencius said that good knowledge and ability are different, but they are also based on this.

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The first is "virtue". What is virtue? The explanation of this word is too complicated, troublesome and difficult to understand. But we can still be clear. The key to making it clear is not to give a definition of virtue, but to explain the source of virtue. Where does virtue come from? From heaven!

What fell from the sky? Being born as a human being is endowed by nature. This is a virtue. Virtue falls from the sky, because it is in the human body, so it can be said that everyone has it. Virtue, people's income is also in the sky.

Therefore, the ancients said that people with virtue will also get it.

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Virtue and virtue have been made clear. Virtue comes from heaven, while virtue is spiritual and can be felt. So what is a clear virtue? Is to let people know that we have this virtue?

This is really a problem. It is not easy to let people know that they have virtue. The hardest thing for people to know is what they are already familiar with. The so-called knowing is not a problem that can be solved by saying it. On the other hand, not everyone knows it. Can they understand it? How many people in the world think they are ignorant? Everyone knows that they have ears and eyes. Do people still need to know?

From this, there will be another explanation. That is to push Mingde high and far, thinking it is a great realm, and it has become something similar to Buddhism, Taoism and nature in everyone's mouth. In this way, it becomes a very important and meaningful thing, and it seems that most people can't reach it, and only a few people can finish it. As long as this process is realized, the significance of human health, smooth work, happy family and complete life can be realized.

I personally don't like the explanations and statements along the way. The sureness of life will not be there. The fruit of melons and beans must be its own cause. Anyway, what exactly is Mingde, and why should we be Mingde? Since Mingde has his own tools, why should Mingde?

There is a more critical issue. Since people are wise, they come from virtue. Because they have virtue, people have spirit and reason. So, is the mingde used for Ming Ming from mingde?

It's like, light comes from a candle, but it is used to illuminate the candle itself. Generally speaking, since everyone is a Buddha, why should he become a Buddha? Isn't this talking to yourself, asking yourself and answering yourself? How is the process of Ming Ming De realized?