What does mingde mean?

Mingde, a Chinese word, is pronounced míng dé, which means bright virtue.

Yi Zhou Shu Ben Dian: "I don't know what Mingde is, what politics and religion are, what people are, and what rituals and music are for, so I ask my uncle."

Historical Records Biography of the Five Emperors: "All the world's famous virtues began in Yu."

Song Xie Yuwen: "Officials have no wisdom, but they are anxious to complain about their troubles. Since God gave it, it is still beneficial. "

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Ming Ming De is from The Book of Rites, University. At the beginning of this article, I said: "The way of a university lies in being clear about virtue, being close to the people and stopping at perfection."

The first sentence at the beginning of the classic of Chinese excellent traditional culture "University" is that "the way of university lies in virtue, being close to the people and stopping at perfection", and the word "virtue" here is the soul of the whole "university". So what exactly does "Ming Ming De" mean? In short, it is to achieve the state of knowing its virtue, being wise about its virtue, knowing its virtue internally and knowing its virtue externally. It is the double cultivation of sex and life.