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The Rules of Discipleship, Etiquette, and Filial Piety

The Rules of Discipleship

General

The Rules of Discipleship are the teachings of the sages. The first is filial piety and fraternal duty, and the second is honor and trust.

Pan love for all, but pro-kindness. If you have the ability to do so, you should learn to write.

Filial piety

Do not be slow in responding to your parents' calls, do not be lazy in carrying out your parents' orders,

Listen with respect to your parents' teachings, obey your parents' reproaches, and be obedient to them.

Large-size in winter, large-size in summer, large-size in morning, and large-size in evening.

When you go out, you must tell your parents, when you go back, you must face them, when you live in a normal place, and when you work in a normal place, there is no change.

Though things are small, don't be unauthorized, if you are unauthorized, you will lose your way.

Things may be small, but don't hide them, if you do, you will be hurt.

What your parents like, you should do for them; what they hate, you should do for them.

If you are hurt in your body, you will be worried about your parents; if you are hurt in your virtue, you will be ashamed of your parents.

It is not difficult to be filial when you love me, but only when you hate me.

If you have any faults in your family, you should be reminded of them, and you should be happy to see my color and soften my voice.

If the advice is not forthcoming, the advice will be repeated, and the sobbing will be followed, and there will be no complaints.

When my parents were sick, I tasted the medicine first, and I served them day and night without leaving my bed.

The first thing I did was to get the money to pay for a new car, and then I had to pay for a new car, and then I had to pay for a new car.

The funeral was a ritual, the sacrifice was sincere, and the dead were treated as if they were alive.

Being a good friend

Brothers are friendly, brothers are kind, and filial piety is in the center.

Wealth is light, so there is no cause for resentment; tolerate words, and wrath will disappear.

Or eat or drink, or sit or walk, the elder first, the younger second.

When the elders call for someone, they call for them; when they are not there, they are there.

When you address your elders, do not call them by their names; when you address your elders, do not see them.

When one meets a senior on the road, one must hurry and greet him; when he has nothing to say, he must retreat and stand up.

Dismounting from the horse, getting off the car, and waiting for a hundred paces to pass.

The elders stood up, but the young ones did not sit down; the elders sat down, and were ordered to sit down.

Before you honor your elders, keep your voice low, but it is not appropriate to keep it low and unheard.

When you enter, you must tend; when you retire, you must be late; when you ask, you must not move; when you see, you must not move.

Serve your father as you would your father, and your brother as you would your brother.

It is my honor to rise early in the morning and sleep late at night, and to cherish this time when old age comes easily.

Morning must wash, and gargle, and poop back, always clean hands.

The crown must be correct, the button must be knotted, socks and shoes, all tight.

Placing the crown and clothing, there is a positioning, do not be messy, dirty.

Clothes are clean, not flashy, and they should be in accordance with the rules and regulations of the family.

To diet, do not pick and choose, food is appropriate, do not over it.

Don't drink alcohol when you are young; it is most ugly when you are drunk.

Step calmly, stand upright, bow y and respectfully.

Do not trample the threshold, do not limp, do not sit on the ground, do not shake your thighs.

Slowly open the curtain, do not have a sound, wide turn, do not touch the prongs.

It is not necessary to hold an empty vessel, as if you were holding it, or to enter an empty room, as if there were someone there.

Don't be busy, busy is wrong, don't be afraid of difficulties, don't take it lightly.

Do not go near the place of fighting and disturbance, and do not ask about evil things.

When you are about to enter, ask who is there, and when you are about to go to the church, your voice will be heard.

When people ask who they are, they give their names, and there is no distinction between us.

The use of characters must be explicitly sought, unexpectedly not asked, that is, to steal.

Borrow a character and return it in time, and do not be stingy when you borrow something.

Translation:

In general

The rules of discipleship, filial piety and respect for parents, friendship and love for siblings, followed by prudence in speech and keeping promises.

Broad love for the public and closeness to those with benevolence and virtue. After learning one's own thoughts and morals, if one has extra energy, one should learn more and ask more questions.

Entry is filial piety

If one's parents call one's self, one should answer in time, without willful delay; if one's parents explain to one's self to do something, one should move to do it at once, without willful delay or excuses for laziness.

When one's parents teach one's self, one's attitude should be respectful and one should listen carefully to what they say; when one's parents criticize or reproach one's self, no matter whether one believes that one's parents are right or wrong in criticizing one's self, one's attitude should be respectful in the face of the criticism of one's parents, and one should not contradict them to their face.

When the weather is cold in winter, you should warm your parents' blankets before they go to bed; when the weather is hot in summer, you should fan your parents' beds in advance; when you get up in the morning, you should visit your parents and greet them; at night, you should wait for your parents to go to bed and then go to sleep.

Before going out, you should tell your parents where you are going, so that they don't have to find yourself and worry about you; when you get home, you should meet your parents face to face and report your safety; although your parents will be happy when your children are successful, your parents' greatest expectation for your children is not how successful you are, but that you will be safe and sound, and that there will be no calamities in your life. Therefore, the place of residence should be as fixed as possible, not to move frequently, and the job of earning a living should not be changed frequently.

Though things are small, do not make decisions and take actions without authorization; unauthorized actions result in mistakes and make parents worry, which is against the nature of being a child.

What you have, even if it's small, don't hide it behind your parents' backs. There is no impermeable wall in the world. If you hide something, even if you are very careful, you will inevitably be discovered by your parents one day, and then your parents will be sad.

What your parents like, you should try your best to do; what your parents hate, you should be careful not to do.

An injury to one's own body is bound to cause worry to one's parents. Therefore, one should try to take care of one's own body and not let oneself be harmed unnecessarily. Damage to one's own reputation and virtue is bound to bring shame and humiliation to one's parents. Therefore, one should be careful with one's words and actions, and should not allow one's reputation and virtue to be damaged for no reason, and one should not do the kind of things that hurt one's morals, tarnish one's reputation, and cheapen one's virtue.

When our parents are kind to us, it is not difficult for us to respect and obey them; when our parents are not kind to us, criticizing us, complaining about us, or are mean to us, detesting us, hating us, scolding us, or even murdering us with knives and guns, it is rare for us to be able to be kind to our parents.

If one believes that one's parents are at fault, one should endeavor to persuade them to change for the better, so that they will not make even greater mistakes and be trapped in unrighteousness; but one should pay attention to the method, and should be pleasant and sincere in persuasion, and should speak in a soft tone of voice.? [3]?

If one's parents do not listen to one's own persuasion, do not force oneself to persuade them, but wait for them to be happy and then persuade them again, do not fight with them, and make them angry in vain, and do not achieve the effect of persuasion; if they do not listen to persuasion, and they cry and make a fuss, then obey them for the time being; if one persuades them to be annoyed, and then they are angry and hit themselves, do not be resentful, and even more so do not blame them to their faces.

When your parents are sick, you should taste the medicine for them, whether it is hot or cold, and whether it is safe; and you should do your best to serve them day and night, and never leave their bedside for a moment.

After the death of one's parents, one should observe filial piety for three years, often remembering and appreciating the kindness of one's parents' upbringing; one should abstain from alcohol and meat in one's life and in one's living.

The funeral of one's parents must be conducted with propriety and without extravagance; one must be sincere in paying tribute to one's parents; and one must treat one's deceased parents with the same respect as one would have done in one's lifetime.

Outgoing is the younger brother

Brothers should love their younger siblings, and younger siblings should respect their older brothers; if brothers and sisters can live together in harmony, parents will naturally rejoice, and filial piety will be in the midst of it.

If you emphasize righteousness over wealth, resentment will not arise; if you are tolerant and forbearing in your speech, anger will disappear.

Whether eating or drinking, or sitting or walking, the older person should be given priority, and the younger person should follow.

When the elders call for someone, they should immediately summon and relay the message on their behalf; if that person is not there or cannot be found, they should inform the elders in time.

When addressing an Elder of Honor, one should not call him by his name; in front of an Elder of Honor, one should be humble and courteous, and when one sees that an Elder of Honor is unable to do something, it is all right to help him, but one should not intentionally flaunt one's own talents and intentionally show that one is better than an Elder of Honor.

When one meets an elder on the road, one should respectfully greet and bow; if the elder does not speak, one should step back and stand respectfully by, waiting for the elder to leave.

If one meets an elder while riding on a horse or in a vehicle, one should dismount or get off the horse and greet him; wait until the elder is a hundred paces away before continuing on the road.

When the elder is standing, the junior should not sit. Specifically, before the elder sits down, the junior should not sit down first; when everyone is sitting and the elder stands up, the junior should also stand up; when everyone is sitting and another elder comes in, the junior should also stand up immediately as a sign of respect. After the elders are seated, the juniors should wait until the elders signal them to sit down.

To speak with an elder before an elder, or to speak with someone else before an elder, one should speak in a low voice, not in a staccato manner; but it is not appropriate to speak in a voice so low, to mingle, or to whisper, that the elder cannot hear you clearly.

When you come to your elders, you should step forward quickly; when you go back, you should be a little slower; when your elders ask you questions, you should stand up and answer them, and you should look at them and listen to them, not look around;

Treating your fathers and grandfathers, such as your adoptive father, aunts, uncles, uncles, fathers-in-law, grandfathers-in-law, grandfathers, grandfathers-in-law, great-grandfathers, great-great-grandfathers-in-law and so on, with filial piety and respect; and treating them as you would treat your own fathers. In general, one should treat one's elders as one would one's own father; and one should treat one's older brothers, such as cousins, older brothers, older brothers, etc., as one would one's own siblings.

Honorably

Wake up early in the morning, and do not go to bed too early at night; because life grows old, one should cherish the time.

When you get up in the morning, you must wash your face and comb your hair, brush your teeth and rinse your mouth; when you return from urinating or defecating, you should wash your hands.

Dress neatly, button up your clothes; socks should be worn flat and shoelaces should be tied tightly.

When placing clothes, they should be fixed in place; clothes should not be put in a disorderly manner, so as not to make the home dirty.

Clothing should be worn in a neat and tidy way, not in a flashy way; on the one hand, one should consider one's status, and on the other hand, one should live according to one's family's strength.

Treating food and drink, do not pick and choose, too much of this and that; food and drink to eat and eat well on the line, do not go overboard in the pursuit of food, three meals only need to eat an eight-minute meal can be avoided to avoid excess, jeopardizing the health.

Young people should not drink alcohol; drunkenness is the most ugly thing.

Walk with a calm and steady pace, stand upright; when visiting others, bow with your hands, and be sincere and respectful.

Don't step on the threshold, don't stand crookedly, don't lean on the wall; don't stretch out your legs when sitting, and don't shake them about.

When going in and out of a room to lift a curtain or open or close a door, one should move gently and not make noise on purpose; when turning a corner, one should go around in a bigger circle and not turn straight against a corner or right angle, so as not to bump into the corners of the objects and get hurt, and not to bump into each other because of the sudden appearance of someone at the corner.

When holding an empty utensil, it should be carried as squarely as if it were filled with something inside, not flung about, or it will look frivolous; and when entering an unoccupied room, it should be carried as if it were an occupied one, and not casually.

When doing things, do not be flustered, even if they are urgent, for it is easy to make mistakes in busyness; do not be afraid of difficulties, and do not act rashly.

Fighting, gambling, pornography and other undesirable places, absolutely do not approach; on the evil and strange things, do not be curious to ask.

Before you enter a room, ask, "Is anyone there?" Before entering the living room, you should raise your voice to let the people in the house know that someone is coming.

The person in the house asks, "Who is it?" , one should answer by name; if one answers, "It's me," it makes it impossible to tell who it is.

When one wants to use someone else's goods, one should explicitly ask the person for permission; if one does not ask the owner about his wishes, or if one does ask but does not get the owner's permission and takes it without permission, then it is stealing.

When one borrows from another, one should return it in time; if one has an urgent need for it in the future, it is not difficult to borrow it again.

Expanded Information:

"The Rules of the Disciple" is a rhyming text in three lines written by the Qing Dynasty educator Li Yuxiu. Its content is based on the sixth article of the Analects of Confucius: "Disciples should be filial, fraternal, prudent and trustworthy, and love all people and be kind to them. If you have the ability to do so, you should learn the language", compiled with three words and two lines. The entire text consists of 360 sentences and 1080 words.

The Disciple's Rules is a code of conduct for schoolchildren based on the teachings of Confucius, in the form of three-word rhymes, with Confucianism's core ideology of filial piety, fraternal duty, and benevolence.

Background:

During the Kangxi period, the ruling class took the initiative to pursue the recognition of traditional thought and culture for the purpose of long-lasting rule. Including the reverence for literature and Confucius, advocating the study of the Four Books and Five Classics, and honoring Confucius as the "Great Sage Wenxuan Xianshi"; large-scale renovation of the Confucius Temple, the Spring and Autumn Festival, and Confucianism as the foundation of the country.

In 1670, according to the core of Confucianism to develop and issue the "Oracle" sixteen, as people's ideological norms and norms of behavior: filial piety and fraternal duty to the importance of human relationships; Ducheng clan to show the harmony of Yong; and the township party to quell the litigation; emphasis on agriculture and mulberry in order to meet the needs of food and clothing; still thrifty and sparing the use of money; Long school to the end of the scholarly habits; depose the heresy to promote the right to learn; speak of law The government has also been promoting the education of the people by establishing schools for the purpose of promoting scholarly learning; promoting righteous learning by rejecting heresy; teaching the law to warn fools; enhancing customs by making clear the rules of etiquette; setting the people's mind at rest by doing their own work; forbidding wrongdoing by disciplining the sons and daughters; protecting the good by putting an end to false accusations; preventing the stash of bandits to prevent them from being involved in the crime; saving money and grain by completing the collection of food and grain; eliminating thieves and robbers by joining with the security guards; and valuing life by solving the hatred of others.

Additionally, in the twelfth year of the Kangxi period, the recommendation of the mountains and forests, the opening of the Museum of History in the sixteenth year of the Kangxi period, and the recommendation of the 17th year of the Hongzhi, the network of famous scholars, and the promotion of Confucianism. All these initiatives promoted the development of Confucianism.

It was in this literary atmosphere that the Disciple's Rules were written. Its original name was "The Analects of Confucius," and its original author, Li Yuxiu, was a scholar during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. He used the Analects of Confucius, "Learning" in "Disciples are filial piety, fraternal duty, prudence and faith, love all, but pro-kindness, line of work, then to learn the text" as the center, listing the disciples at home, out of the house, treating people, receiving and learning should abide by the code of conduct norms. Later, Jia Cunren revised and renamed it "The Rules of Discipleship".

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