What is the meaning of "love your son and teach him righteously"?

The meaning of "Love your son, and teach him righteously" is love your son, and teach him righteously.

Origin of the work

From Zuo Qiu Ming's Zuo Zhuan - The Third Year of Hidden Duke.

The original text of the work?

Weizhuang Gong married in the East Palace of Qi to get Chen's sister, said Zhuang Jiang, beautiful and childless, the Wei people for the Fu "Shuo Ren" also. And married in Chen, said Li Gui. Xiao Bo was born, died early. Di Dai Gui, born Huan Gong, Zhuang Jiang as his son. Duke in the state of the Yu, favorite of the Yu also, have favor and good soldiers, the public can not be banned. The king did not forbid it, but Zhuang Jiang hated it. Shi Que remonstrated with him, saying, "I have heard that I love my son, and teach him righteousness, but I do not accept evil. Pride, extravagance, lechery, and licentiousness are all evils. The four of them, favor and wealth is also too much. The state will be established in the state of Yu, is determined to carry on; if the 犹未也，阶之为祸". Favored but not proud, proud but able to descend, descend but not regret", regret but can be "few". And if the lowly harm noble, less Ling long, far between relatives, new between old, small increase, obscene broken righteousness, the so-called six rebellious also. The so-called six rebellions are also the so-called six obedience. The so-called six obedience are also the so-called six obedience. To go along with the effect of the reverse, so quick disaster. The gentleman, will be the trouble is the service to go, and the speed of it, no is not can not be that "Fuh listen. His son, Hou and Zhou Yu tour, prohibited, not. Huan public, is old.

In the spring of the fourth year, Wei Zhou Yu regicide Huan Gong and established.

Zhou Yu failed to and his people, Hou asked Dingjun in Shi Zi. Shi Zi said; "the king of the Haji for can." Said: "how to get hajj?" Said. "Chen Huan Gong Fang has favor with the king. Chen, Wei Fang amicable, if the Chen ambassador please, will be able to get also." Thick from Zhou Yu such as Chen." Paraffin wax make told in Chen said: 'Wei small, old man old age", unable to do. These two people, who actually killed the oligarch, dared to figure it out." The Chen people executed them, and asked for a river in Wei.

In the ninth month, the Wei people made the right Zai Chou to kill Zhou Yu in Pu, and Shila made his Zai Ruyang Miao to kill Shihou in Chen.

Junzi said: "Shi La is a pure minister. The first is that the state is not a good place to live, and the second is that the state is not a good place to live. The 'righteousness of the family', it is so called!"

Works Notes?

Wei: the name of a vassal state, with the surname Ji, in the area of present-day Qi County and Slide County in Henan Province.

Qi: the name of a vassal state, with the surname Jiang, in the area of Linzi in present-day Shandong.

Donggong: refers to the crown prince.

Dechen: the crown prince of Duke Zhuang of Qi.

Zhuang Jiang: Duke Wei Zhuang's wife, Zhuang is the husband's posthumous name, Jiang is the maiden name.

Shuo Ren ("shuo人"): a poem praising Zhuang's wife in Wei Feng (诗-卫風).

Chen: the name of a vassal state with the surname of Gui, east of Kaifeng in present-day Henan Province and north of Huxian County in Anhui Province.

Li Gui: the wife of Duke Zhuang of Wei.

Di: sister.

Dai Gui (戴妫): the younger sister of Li Gui who married with her.

The Favorite: a lowly and favored person. Here, it refers to a favored concubine.

Shi Que: a scholar of Wei.

Na: a person.

Evil: evil ways.

Licentiousness: indulgence.

Step: ladder. Here it means to lure.

Descending: a decline in status.

Regret: to hate.?

Can: restrain.?

Quick Woe: to cause calamity to come quickly.

Junren: one who is a ruler.

Wu Nai: I am afraid, probably.

Old: to retire.

Harmonize with the people: to make the people stable and harmonious.

Determining the ruler; stabilizing the throne.

Shi Que: Shi Que.

Shi Que: Shi Que, a prince of the Husband of Zhou, who was a member of the Husband of Zhou.

Advancement to Chen: an audience with Duke Huan of Chen.

Advocate: to ask Duke Zhen of Chen to make a request to the king of Zhou.

Ru: to go, go to.

hank: narrow.

Old: old. Eighty or ninety years old is called ninety.

River: to come.

Yuuzai: official name.

U: a person's name.

Pu: the name of a place in Chen.

Zai: vassal.

Ruyangshou: a personal name.

With: to participate in, together with.?

Translation of the work?

Duke Zhuang of Wei took as his wife the sister of Deshen, the crown prince of Qi, named Zhuang Jiang. Zhuang Jiang was very beautiful, but did not bear children, and the people of Wei composed a poem for her called Shuo Ren (硕人). Later, Duke Zhuang of Wei married a woman from the state of Chen named Li Gui. Li Gui gave birth to Xiao Bo, who died young. Her sister Dai Gui, who married Li Gui, gave birth to Duke Huan of Wei, and Zhuang Jiang treated Duke Huan of Wei as her own son. Duke Zhou Yu, the son of a concubine of Duke Zhuang, was favored by Duke Zhuang and liked to hurt people with weapons, but Duke Zhuang did not forbid it, so Zhuang Jiang detested him very much. Shi Que, a great scholar, advised him, "I have heard that if you love a child, you should teach him in the right way, and you should not make him go into the evil way. Pride, luxury, lechery, and indulgence are the causes of evil. These four vices arise from giving him too much favor and gifts. If you want to make Zhou Yu the crown prince, then make sure; if you can't make sure, then you will cause trouble. There are few who are favored but not arrogant, who are arrogant but can be suppressed, who are suppressed but do not resent, and who have resentment but do not do wrong. Besides, the lowly harm the noble, the young bully the old, the estranged alienate those who are close to them, the newcomers provoke the old, the lowly oppress those who are high, and the lustful destroy those who have propriety and righteousness; these are the six things that deviate from reason. A ruler who acts justly and appropriately, a subject who obeys orders, a father who loves his son, a son who is filial to his father, an elder brother who loves his younger brother, and a younger brother who honors his older brother are the six things that are often said to be in accordance with reason. To deviate from what is rational and to follow what is irrational is the reason why one will soon incur misfortune. As the ruler of the people, he should try his best to get rid of evils, but now he is speeding up the arrival of evils, which is probably not possible, isn't it?" The Duke of Wei Zhuang did not listen to his advice. Shi Que's son, Shi Hou, forbade him to go out with Zhou Yu, but he was unable to do so. When Duke Huan of Wei became king, Shi Que retired to his old age.

In the spring of the fourth year of the reign of Duke Yin of Lu, Zhou Yu of Wei killed Duke Huan of Wei and became king himself.

Zhou Yu was unable to stabilize the people of Wei, so Shi Hou asked Shi Que for advice on how to stabilize the state. Shi Que said to him, "If you can go to see the son of Zhou, you will be able to stabilize your throne. Shi Hou said to him, "How can I go to see the son of Zhou?" Shi Hou replied, "I can go to see the son of Zhou. Shi Que replied, "Duke Huan of Chen is now in the favor of the Prince of Zhou, and Chen and Wei are on good terms. If we go to see Duke Huan of Chen and ask him to ask the Prince of Zhou for a favor, we will surely be able to get it. Shi Hou went with Zhou Yu to the state of Chen. Shi Que sent to Chen, saying, "The state of Wei is small, and I am old, so I can do nothing. The two men who have come are the murderers of our king, so please try to dispose of them while you have the chance." The people of the State of Chen seized Zhou Yu and Shi Hou, and went to the State of Wei to ask someone to come and dispose of them. In the ninth month of that year, Wei sent Right Zai U forward, and killed Zhou Yu in the land of Pu. And Shi Que sent his own vassal, the cowardly Yang Jian, to kill Shi Hou in the state of Chen.

The king said, "Shi Que is a pure and upright man, and he hates Zhou Yu. He hated Zhou Yu, and killed Shi Hou with him. This is probably the kind of thing that is meant by the saying, 'Great justice destroys one's own family'."

Works Appreciation

There is a saying; "A tiger's venom does not eat its children." This means that although the tiger's temperament is ferocious, it still has to abide by the boundaries of kinship; ferociousness is external. On the other hand, it treats its own flesh and blood with love, and will never turn it into a meal in its stomach. It is the nature of animals to love tigers, and there is nothing to be said about it. For human beings, we should do things according to our nature. Affection is not exempted by human nature, and the affection between parents and children is the law of nature. There is no parent in the world who does not love his own flesh and blood. If the human nature of this thing also exists, the love between parents and children should belong to the human nature; if the human nature is eternal, this kind of love is also eternal, otherwise, it is the loss of human nature, the loss of conscience, should no longer be crowned with the name of "human".

On the other hand, human beings, as thinking, rational beings beyond animal instincts, cannot act entirely by nature, nature, instinct; they have to obey the laws of society. The laws of morality and ethics, the laws of reason. The laws of nature must also be subject to the laws of society, of morality, of reason. Without this, man would be no different from any other animal.

In this way, nature and the laws of nature often come into conflict with the laws of society, morality, and reason, and often inevitably; choices have to be made and faced. The so-called "righteousness" is a manifestation of this conflict, and is the result of choosing to subordinate nature to the laws of society, morality and reason.

To do this, one must have a high degree of revolutionary consciousness and revolutionary self-consciousness; one must have a high degree of moral cultivation and a strong rational power. It is difficult for most people to do so, otherwise, the righteousness of the family would not be a noble virtue worth praising. Most people have difficulty in severing the ties of kinship and the strong bond of nature, and they often prefer to subordinate the social, moral, and rational laws to the laws of nature and nature. In this way, a man like Shi Que is distinguished, great and noble, and admired by all.

However, while it is one thing to be able to destroy one's own family in the name of righteousness, which is certainly honorable, it is also necessary to pay attention to the word "righteousness". That is to say, "righteousness" represents something, to be worth the price people pay for it to destroy their relatives. In ancient times, it was "great unrighteousness" for a minister to shi the king, for a son to kill his father, or for a wife to harm her husband. The ruler of a country was the son of heaven, embodying the will of heaven and the gods, and the first parents of the common people, so how could he be offended or even killed casually? How could he be offended or even killed casually? This is a greater sin than killing one's own biological parents, and it can really be called a "mortal sin". The killing of one's parents under such circumstances is a just and righteous act that can be sung and glorified.

The content of "righteousness" itself is constantly changing with the times and concepts. What was righteous in the past may not be righteous today. We always decide what to take or leave in terms of righteousness from today's standpoint, so that we can make choices in our actions.

Author

Zuo Qiu Ming, birth and death date is unknown, one said that the plural name of Zuo Qiu, the name of Ming; one said that the single name of Zuo, the name Qiu Ming. For a long time due to the pre-Qin and Han Dynasty literature on the "Zuo Zhuan" author of Zuo Qiu Ming records are very limited, scholars through the generations of Zuo Qiu Ming's name, age, place of origin, official position and writings has been a variety of different sayings, there is no conclusive.

The late Spring and Autumn period historian, writer, thinker, and ? prose writer? He was a historian of the state of Lu, and is said to have made Zuo Zhuan (also known as Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals) for the purpose of analyzing the Spring and Autumn Annals, as well as Guoyu, and was blind when he made Guoyu. The two books recorded a lot of important historical events of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Annals and preserved the original materials of high value. Due to the detailed historical information and vivid writing style, they have aroused the love and discussion of scholars in ancient and modern China and abroad. He was known as "Sage of History of Wen Zong" and "Ancestor of Jingchen Shi", and Confucius and Sima Qian honored Zuo Qiu Ming as "gentleman". Successive emperors and kings have made many edicts: the Tang Dynasty named him a scripture master; the Song Dynasty named him a flawed Qiu Bo and Zhongdu Bo; and the Ming Dynasty named him a Confucian and a sage. Scholars throughout the ages have had a variety of different accounts of his time, place of origin, official position and writings, and there is no definitive conclusion.

Zuo Qiu Ming is the founder of traditional Chinese historiography. The historians regarded Zuo Qiu Ming as the founder of Chinese historiography. He is regarded as "the ancestor of a hundred texts and the ancestor of the ancient texts of the ages". Zuo Qiu Ming's thinking is Confucianism?