Cao Cao's Introduction and Extracts from his Family Motto "All Children's Orders

Introduction to Cao Cao and excerpts from his family motto, "All Children's Orders"

Excerpts from Cao Cao's family motto

I want to choose a child who is filial, and who can grow up to be a good "All Children's Orders" Cao Cao.

This Shouchun, Hanzhong, Chang'an, first want to make a child to supervise the leadership, want to choose filial piety does not violate my order child, but also unknown with who also. Although the children see love, and grow up to be good, will be used. I am not a two-speaker, not only do not private ministers and officials, the son also do not want to have some private.

Translation

The three important towns of Shouchun, Hanzhong, and Chang'an are each to be governed by a son. I want to choose the one who is charitable and filial and does not disobey my orders, and I don't know who is good to use.

Although my sons were loved by me when they were young, I will definitely use them when they grow up, if they are both virtuous and talented.

Cao Cao (155-220), with the character Meng De, was a native of Qiao County, Peiguo (present-day Huizhou, Anhui Province).

Cao Cao was an outstanding statesman, militarist, and man of letters at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was the first ruler of the state of Wei in the Three Kingdoms, and in the name of the Son of Han, he traveled far and wide, eliminating Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Liu Biao and Han Sui in the Central Plains, and subduing the Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan and Xianbei in the North, eventually unifying the North and implementing a series of policies to restore economic and social order. Cao Cao first served as Prime Minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, then as King of Wei, and upon his death was posthumously named King Wu. After his son Cao Pi became emperor, he was posthumously honored as Emperor Wu, with the temple name of Taizu.

Cao Cao is well versed in the art of war, good at writing poems, expressing his political aspirations, and some reflecting the suffering of the people at the end of the Han Dynasty, with different styles, some majestic, some impassioned and sad; the prose is clear and neat, opened up and flourished the Jian'an literature, which has left behind an extremely rich and valuable spiritual wealth for the future generations, known as the bones of the Jian'an style, which was recognized as the ancestor of the reformed essay by Lu Xun.

The Children's Order reflects Cao Cao's educational ideology of daring to entrust his sons with important responsibilities, cultivating, exercising, and selecting them in practice, and choosing his successors on the basis of meritocracy. Cao Cao cultivation and education of children really have a set, according to "Wei Zhi Wendi Ji", "Ren Cheng Chen Xiao Wang Biography", "Wu Wen Shi Wang Gong" records, Cao Cao's son has 25, literary and military, each with excellence.

His second son, Cao Pi, and fourth son, Cao Zhi, were both quite literate, and were the backbone of Jian'an literature. Cao Zhi, in particular, was described by Zhong Rong in his Poetry as a master of Jian'an. The last four lines of Cao Zhi's "Contempt" are: "I wish to be the grass in the middle forest, burnt by the wildfire in the fall. I would like to be the grass in the middle forest, burnt by the wildfire in autumn. I would like to be connected to the roots of the plant. With the use of not hesitate to destroy, would like to be connected with the roots, contrasting to the pain of the roots, strongly expressed the poet's dissatisfaction with the flow of no constant place, so that the reader is shocked and touched.

There is another story, Sun Quan once sent a beautiful pheasant. Cao Cao wanted to watch the pheasant dance, but tried everything he could, but the bird just wouldn't sing or dance, so people couldn't do anything about it.

The young Cao Chong came up with an idea to have a craftsman make a large bronze mirror and place it in front of the pheasant. The pheasant saw the same kind in the mirror, the heart of the competition, and immediately danced, this time the mirror into a pair, very beautiful.

Cao Cao's third son, Cao Zhang, was a strong and powerful warrior, and had the spirit of a general. In 218 A.D., Wuwan in Dai County rebelled. Cao Zhang led the troops to the north, the first soldier, the front line, not only broke the Urumqi, but also let the mountain watching the tigers of the Xianbei people asked to surrender, the northern part of the pacification of all.

Zhu Zi family training full text translation and author

Zhu Zi family training full text translation and author

Zhu Zi family training

[Author Introduction]

Zhu Bailu (1627-1698), name with pure, word Zhiyi, Yushan people in Kunshan, the Qing Dynasty, a famous rationalist, educator. His father Zhu Jijuan was a Ming general stationed in Kunshan, and in 1645, he was killed in a battle against the Qing army, and he cried bitterly day and night. At that time his younger brother with white, with Jin age is still very small, Zhu Bailu both to serve his mother, but also to support his younger siblings, life is extremely difficult. He admired the Jin Wang Ai climbed the tomb of the righteousness of the Berlu, so he called himself the Berlu.

In the Zhu Baolu live in the countryside during the teaching, he Cheng Zhu theory as the basis, dedicated to learning, advocating knowledge and behavior, practice. He was y convinced that there were many shortcomings in the education method at that time, so he wrote "drop out of the lecture language", self-reproach, the words are quite painful. Zhu Bailu is upright, strict self-discipline, and willing to interact with him at the time of the officials, gentry, are treated with courtesy. Kangxi 37 years (1698), Zhu Baolu contracted a disease, before his death, especially instructed disciples: learning in the silk legitimate, career in the loyalty and filial piety.

Zhu Bailu life wrote "to amend the yijing meng yin", "the four books lecture", "shame ner set", "sleepy equilibrium record", "no deception record", "five biographies of the spring and autumn discretionary solution" and other books. Among them, "Zhu Zi family training" has a great influence, the book a porridge and a meal, when thinking about the place is not easy; half silk and half a wisp, always think of the material strength of the difficult, etc., is still widely circulated aphorisms and aphorisms.

[Introduction]

"Zhu Zi family training", also known as "Zhu Zi family maxims", "Zhu Bailu family maxims", which Zhu Bailu's own lifelong study of governance as the basis for the core ideas of Confucianism to cultivate the body, the family for the purpose of the purpose of a wide range of experience in dealing with the world compiled.

This book reflects some of the ancient people of China's life principles, is a very good collection of folk proverbs, most of which are very philosophical, intriguing moral, worthy of our modern into the study. Most of the proverbs are very philosophical and have a meaningful meaning, which is worth studying in modern times. Most of the content of the book is to teach people how to survive and develop and how to live in the world, which can be said to be a complete model of home rule.

Zhu Zi's family training book is the subtlety of the book is that he used a good, step-by-step method of teaching, first talk about the home, and then linked to the repair of people, and then extended to the governance of the country, the content of its in-depth, easy to understand the language, the reasoning pertinent and precise, the whole book is only more than 500 words, but eloquently elucidated the way of cultivation of the body and the family.

The book inherits and carries forward the excellent features of traditional Chinese culture, such as respect for teachers and elders, thrift and diligence, and neighborly harmony, which are still of great relevance today. Of course, the book also includes some Taoist and Buddhist ways of dealing with the world, in addition to some feudal dregs, such as prejudice against women, superstitious retribution, and conformism, which need to be viewed dialectically and selectively absorbed and drawn upon.

The first thing you need to do is to get up at dawn and clean up your house, inside and out.

Both dusk will rest, lock the door, must personally check.

[Translation]

Every morning at dawn, we must get up, first sprinkle water on the ground inside and outside the court and then sweep the floor, so that the inside and outside of the court are clean and tidy; and near dusk, we must rest and personally check the doors and windows to be closed and locked.

A porridge and a meal, when thinking of the place is not easy; half silk and half a wisp, always remember that things are difficult.

[Translation]

A bowl of porridge and a bowl of rice must be considered to be hard-won. （Half a thread, half a strand of thread (on a garment or fabric) must be considered to be difficult to obtain.

It is better to save for a rainy day than to dig a well when one is thirsty.

[Translation]

Be prepared for everything, just as when it is not time to rain, you should first fix up your house, and do not make preparations for a rainy day, like digging a well only when you are thirsty.

Self-consecration must be frugal, and banquets must not be effusive.

[Translation]

One must be thrifty in one's own life and in the cultivation of one's body and mind, and not miserly in the feasts of one's friends.

The quality of the utensils is clean, and the pottery is better than the gold and jade; the meals are about and refined, and the garden vegetables are more precious.

If the utensils are clean and tidy, even those made of clay are better than those made of gold; and if the food is small and refined, even the ordinary vegetables are better than the delicacies.

Do not build a splendid house, do not seek a good field.

[Translation]

Don't build luxurious houses and don't seek rich fields.

The three nuns and six women are really the matchmakers of adultery and theft; the beauty of maidservants and concubines is not the blessing of the boudoir.

Those people, they are the matchmakers of prostitution and thievery (this is not the three nuns and six women, but some women who love to make a fuss about right and wrong, like the king's wife in the Water Margin), and the beautiful maidservants and beautiful concubines are not the blessings of the house.

Child servants do not use handsome, concubines should not be colorful.

[Translation]

Don't choose handsome-looking ones for your book-boys and servants, and be sure not to wear heavy makeup for your concubines.

Although the ancestors are far away, the sacrifices must not be insincere; although the children and grandchildren are stupid, the scriptures must not be unread.

[Translation]

Though our ancestors are far away from us, the sacrifices must be sincere; though our children and grandchildren are stupid, they must read the four books and the five classics.

The first thing we need to do is to be frugal in our lives, and to teach our children the way of righteousness.

We must be frugal and simple in our lives, and we must teach our children and grandchildren in a good way.

Don't be greedy for unexpected wealth and don't drink too much wine.

[Translation]

Don't covet money that doesn't belong to you, and don't drink too much wine.

Do not take advantage of trade with the shoulder-bearer; and when you see your poor neighbors and relatives, be kind and compassionate.

[Translation]

Do not take advantage of those who are carrying flat burdens to do small business.

They are the ones who have been in the business for a long time, and they are the ones who have been in the business for a long time.

The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new pair of shoes, and you're going to be able to get them to fit in the back of your head.

Those who are mean to others and make a fortune will never enjoy it permanently. He who acts against common sense will soon disappear from the world.

Brothers, uncles, and nephews, must be divided into more and more moist and fewer; elders and children, inside and outside, it is appropriate to be solemn and strict.

Brothers, uncles and nephews should help each other, and the rich should support the poor; a family should have strict rules, and the elders should speak to the younger generation with dignity.

The first is to listen to the words of women, and to be good to the flesh and blood, and not to be a husband; to emphasize the wealth, and to be thin to the parents, and not to be a son.

[Translation]

Listening to the words of a woman and spoiling her flesh and blood is not the behavior of a husband. It is not the behavior of a son to value money and treat his parents thinly.

The man who marries a daughter and chooses a good son-in-law does not ask for a heavy salary; the man who marries a daughter-in-law does not count on a thick trousseau.

[Translation]

To marry a daughter, choose a son-in-law of good character, and do not ask for an expensive bride price; to marry a daughter-in-law, ask for a dignified lady, and do not count on a rich trousseau.

The most shameful of all is the one who is flattered by the rich and the powerful, and the one who is proud of the poor, the one who is cheap.

The one who sees the rich and the powerful and flatters them is the most shameful; the one who meets the poor and makes a deliberate show of arrogance is the lowest.

The first thing you need to do is to avoid litigation at home, for litigation is the end of evil; and to avoid talking too much in the world, for more words are bound to be lost.

[Translation]

When you live at home, you should prevent fighting and lawsuits, and if you do, the result will be bad no matter whether you win or lose; and when you live in the world, you should not talk too much, and if you talk too much, you are bound to make mistakes.

Do not bully the widows and orphans with your power; do not kill the animals with your mouth and stomach.

[Translation]

Don't use power to bully and oppress orphans and widows, and don't kill cattle, sheep, chickens, and ducks for the sake of appetite.

Behave yourself, and you will have many regrets and mistakes; be lazy and self-satisfied, and you will not be able to make a success of your family.

The man who is eccentric and thinks he is right is bound to be remorseful because he often does wrong, and the man who is lazy and indolent is hard to build a family.

The man who is intimate with a young man is bound to be tired of him; the man who is old and ambitious is in a hurry to be dependent on him.

[Translation]

If you associate with those who are evil, you will be dragged down by them in the long run; if you associate with those who are mature, you can rely on them in case of an emergency.

The first is to listen to what is said, and to know that it is not the slander of men. The first thing you need to do is to think about what you're doing, and what you're doing is to think about what you're doing.

[Translation]

Do not easily believe in the slander of others, think about whether it is someone else's slander, and should be patient and think about it; quarrel with each other because of something, think about whether it is your own fault, and think about it several times in a calm and quiet manner.

Do not forget to give favors without thinking about them.

[Translation]

Don't keep in mind all the time what you have done to help others, but don't forget what you have received from others.

You should leave room for maneuver in all things, and you should not go back to the past when you are pleased.

Whatever you do, you should leave room for maneuver; and when you are satisfied, you should be satisfied and not go further.

When people are happy, they should not be jealous; when people are in trouble, they should not be happy.

[Translation]

When others have a joyful event, do not be jealous; when others have a misfortune, do not be happy.

If good desires to be seen, it is not true good; and if evil fears to be known: it is great evil.

[Translation]

If you do good things and want others to see them, you are not really good; if you do bad things and are afraid of others knowing them, you are really evil.

If you see the color of a woman, you will be rewarded by her wife and daughter; if you hide your grudges and use dark arrows, you will be condemned by your children and grandchildren.

[Translation]

He who sees a beautiful woman and thinks evil of her will have retribution on his wife and children; and he who harbors a grudge and harms others in secret will be a scourge to his children and grandchildren.

The family is in harmony, although the breakfast is not enough, but also have the joy; the national course is completed early, that is, the bag has no surplus, self-enjoyment.

[Translation]

If everyone in the family is on good terms, even if there is no food to eat, there will be joy; and if the study of the national curriculum is completed, even if there is no money in the pockets, there will be self-fulfillment.

The study of books aspires to sages, not disciples of science and technology; for the official heart of the king's country, do not count the body and family.

[Translation]

The study of books is an ambition to learn from the sages, not only for the imperial examinations; and when you are an official, you should have the ruler and the country in your heart, and you should not think only of your own family.

Be at peace with your life, and listen to heaven in accordance with the times.

[Translation]

If we keep our duty and work hard, the heaven will have its own arrangement.

If you are a human being, you are close to it.

[Translation]

If we can be like this, then we are almost in line with the truth of the sages. A quote from Ding Guanhai, father of Ding Zhaozhong, in response to a question about how he raised his Nobel Prize-winning son.

Ding Guanhai (1911-1991) was a native of Rizhao, Shandong Province. He is a famous civil engineering expert and has been a professor in Jiaozuo Institute of Technology, Shandong University, Chongqing University and Taiwan University. Mr. Ding Guanhai is the father of world-renowned experimental physicist and Nobel Laureate in Physics, Professor Zhaozhong.

Mr. Ding's teenage years were characterized by a period of war and turmoil, and a turbulent life in hiding, coupled with poor health and illnesses when he was a child, so formal education was not possible to talk about. During that time he stayed at home and had his parents to teach him knowledge. Gunnar's mother was a professor of child psychology, she was very good at grasping the child's psychology, although the knowledge taught to Ding Zhaozhong, but never asked him to go to the test 100 points, Gunnar she understood that 100 points for a child does not have much significance. The key is to cultivate the child's interest in learning, and to cultivate the child's spirit of exploration of the unknown world.

After the victory of the war, Ting's family returned to Qingdao. His father sent him to a very strict Catholic school run by German nuns. The teachers at the school were all nuns. The sisters were all very serious, and they were very strict with the children. Since Ting had never had a formal education before, he had great difficulty in learning under the strict and rigid education of the Catholic school. At this time, his parents never blame him, they do not force the child to get good marks in school towel, but often take him to the Peking Opera, watching movies to relax. After two days Ding Zhao towel with the family told his parents, do not want to go, his parents changed schools for him. However, regardless of the school, Ding Zhaozhong's results are not outstanding, he said with the memory: in the examination ranking list, from the front is not easy to find me, from the back is very fast to find me. But his parents did not blame him for this, but let him develop his own interests. Since then, whether he went to high school in Taiwan, or later went to the United States to study in college, the choice of major, his parents fully respected the interests and decisions of Ting Shiu-chung. Therefore, when different people in the world asked him on different occasions and at different times about the secret of his success, he always had only one answer: interest. One of the things he always says is that you must be interested in what you are doing, and then you must focus on it.

The focus on interest also makes Ting full of confidence. Over the decades, he has always been doing things that have not been done before, there is no way to rely on righteousness, interest has become the only driving force along the frontiers of experimental physics to go on. Almost every result of his experiments tells the world what the world is or is not. Someone asked him whether he had faced experimental failure over the decades, he said without hesitation: No. Never. Never. Some people doubt whether there is a fluke and luck, he still said simply: not at all. Every experiment is the result of serious efforts, are the cause of prior caution.

About Zhu Ziqing's Family Tradition and Personal Profile

About Zhu Ziqing's Family Tradition and Personal Profile_

Naturally, the good or bad and success or failure of a person is not entirely dependent on school education: to say that it is a non-study and half a career is not possible, perhaps just our editorial opinion. In this matter, I am not able to have a certain idea now; especially in this time of change and uncertainty, I know that the seeds are how? At present, what we can do is to cultivate their basic strength of mind and eyes: children are still children, naturally, we can't talk about the high and far, slowly from the near and small places in the afternoon. This natural can only be exempted in accordance with my own appearance: God and Mingzhi, the existence of a person, the light is also, pouring charm is also, ordinary is also, let them each do their own strength to go. Zhu Ziqing, "Children".

Introduction

Zhu Ziqing (1898-1948), formerly known as Zihua, No. Qiu Shi, later changed his name to Ziqing, the word Peiyin. Originally from Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, he was born in Donghai, Jiangsu Province, and grew up in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, so he called me a Yangzhou native. Graduated from Peking University, he was a professor and head of the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University. He is a modern essayist, poet, writer, scholar and democracy fighter. Zhu Ziqing joined the Literary Research Society in 1921 and was one of the important writers of the May Fourth period. His writing is fresh, adding magnificent colors to modern Chinese prose, and creating a prose system and style with Chinese national characteristics for establishing a new aesthetic feature of modern Chinese prose.

Mr. Wu Han recalled in the article "Zhu Ziqing does not lead the United States relief food"

said: At this time, his stomach disease has been very heavy, can only eat very little, a little more to vomit. His face was thin and he spoke in a low voice. He had seven children, large and small, and the days were more difficult than anyone else. But once he read the manuscript, without hesitation, immediately signed. He has always been writing is regular, this time, he still with a trembling hand, a meticulous signature on his name. Until the end of his life, Zhu Ziqing also earnestly instructed his wife, said: one thing to remember: I was in the rejection of U.S. flour declaration signed, in the future, do not go to buy the KMT rationed U.S. flour!

This incident also left a deep impact on the children. Zhu Ziqing's second son, Zhu Leunsheng, would often tell people: my father taught me enough to last a lifetime, and he was a true gentleman. It was my father's death that set me on the path of revolution, and his sense of justice and strong patriotism y shocked me.

Zhu Ziqing has a vivid teaching quote: Let the children love to break in the right way, can not let them like chickens under the wings of the old hen, that is a lifetime of no success.

Zhu Ziqing is an independent personality of the Bai Nan intellectuals, of course, he hoped that the children are also so. His third son, Zhu Qiaoshen, was still in high school when he participated in the Chinese Democratic Youth League, the same year he participated in the Chinese **** production party, high school has not graduated from the organization to participate in the revolutionary work. He also recalled that his father in his later years, in our children's feelings, was indeed too pure to be pure. He respected our political choices and never interfered. He asked us to say please and thank you for everything we did for him. This was not common courtesy, but stemmed from a deeper respect and concern for our character. This righteousness that our father left behind is indeed something we will carry with us for the rest of our lives.