What is the last sentence of the four sentences of Hengqu?

"Four Sentences of Hengqu" comes from Quotations of Hengqu written by Zhang Zai (known as Mr. Hengqu). The original text is as follows: "Make a heart for heaven and earth, make a life for the people, link the past with the future, and make the world peaceful." (The original sentence is "Seek Tao for the people" and "Seek life for the people" written in Selected Works of Hengqu of Sexual Principles. )

The main purpose of "Four Sentences of Hengqu" is to rebuild the spiritual value for the society, establish the meaning of life for the people, inherit the lost academic system for the former saints, and open up the foundation of permanent peace for future generations.

Feng Youlan, a contemporary philosopher, called it "four sentences in a horizontal canal". This is the ultimate ideal and pursuit goal of ancient literati life. Because of its conciseness, it has always been praised by people.

Extended reading:

1, "represents heaven and earth"

The more popular explanation is that heaven and earth are unintentional, people have hearts, and people's hearts are also "the hearts of heaven and earth"; "Keeping a heart of heaven and earth" means developing people's thinking ability and understanding natural things and laws. There is also a saying that "building a heart for heaven and earth" refers to establishing a spiritual value system centered on morality and ethics such as benevolence and filial piety for the society.

2. "Make a living for the people"

"Destiny" refers to people, and "destiny" refers to people's fate. This involves the problem of "settling down" that Confucianism has been paying attention to. It has long been popular in history that people can only resign themselves to fate. However, Zhang Zai believes that as long as people make their own moral efforts, they can control their own destiny in spiritual value and give meaning to life. Therefore, "making a living for the people" means choosing the right destiny direction for the people and establishing the meaning of life.

3. "Learn from the past"

"Most Holy" refers to the saints in history. The so-called saints in Confucianism actually refer to personality models and spiritual leaders. "Juexue" refers to the interrupted academic tradition. Neo-Confucianism generally believes that the Confucian learning system has been extinct since Mencius and should be restored. Zhang Zai inherited "Juexue", but he did not copy his predecessors, but tried to innovate. There are many contents in his theory that are not found in the Six Classics, which were not mentioned by the former sanctuary.

4. "Building peace for the world"

Since Duke Zhou and Confucius, "peace" and "great harmony" have been social and political ideals. In the Northern Song Dynasty, politicians and thinkers represented by Fan Zhongyan and Li Gou all put forward the idea of "harmony". Zhang Zai is not limited to the current "Taiping" order, but looks forward to the "Taiping" inheritance of "eternal life" with a far-reaching vision.

Ye Caijie: "Heaven and earth take life as their heart, and saints and counselors educate them, so that everything has its own life and is also the heart of heaven and earth;" Clarifying justice and principles and cultivating principles are also the way for the people; Following Juexue means to describe orthodoxy; When peace is achieved, it is said that if there is a king, Fallise will be occupied and it will last forever. Press: Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty believed that Taoism came from Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang,. As for Confucius, as for Mencius. Mencius did not, nor did his Tao spread. It was not until Song Ruxing that he advocated knowledge that had not been handed down for thousands of years. Therefore, it is called "a lesson from the past". Make way for the people. The anthology of Hengqu is called Nature for the People.