What does each word mean?

1, benevolence: benevolence makes people do good. Morality is conscience, and conscience is justice, and it is also pushing the will of oneself and others.

2. Righteousness: Righteousness is appropriate, so it should be suitable for the time, place and people. Do what should be done and don't do what shouldn't be done. As you can see, there is no cause and effect in taking ill-gotten gains.

3, ceremony: ceremony, saying: ceremony, performance, so things are blessed by God. Name interpretation: courtesy, body, evidence, personnel instrument. This is the right way to advance and retreat.

4. Wisdom: Smart people know everything. Distinguishing right from wrong, right from wrong, evil from right, true and false means that people are motivated by right and wrong, and arts and sciences are examined by wisdom.

5. Faith: Believers, the word faith is based on people's words, not words, and there are fixed words. Today's concepts can be defined as "theory" and "thought". Faith is the antithesis of knowledge. Those who know what is appropriate, only do what is appropriate, those who don't know what is appropriate, believe from what others say, and then keep the ceremony close to benevolence.

Extended data:

Composition and development of benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom.

Confucius once called "wisdom, benevolence and courage" "three virtues" and formed a system of "benevolence and courtesy", saying: "A benevolent person (lover) is also a big relative; Righteousness is appropriate, and respecting the virtuous is great; The killing of kisses, the respect of sages and so on. , Li Sheng. " Benevolence takes love as the core, righteousness takes respecting the virtuous as the core, and courtesy is the specific provision of benevolence and righteousness.

Mencius added "wisdom" to benevolence and courtesy, forming four virtues or four ends, saying: "Benevolence's pragmatic kiss (kiss) is also; The truth of righteousness is that it is also subordinate to the elders; The real part of the ceremony, Vince, is both; The truth of wisdom is that it is also true to know that both will go (deviate). " "Good Nature" says: "Everyone has compassion; Everyone has a heart of shame and evil; Everyone has a respectful heart; Everyone has a right and wrong heart. Compassion, benevolence; Shame and nausea, righteousness also; Respect and courtesy; The heart of right and wrong is also wise. Benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and wisdom are not foreign, and I am also inherent. " ("Mencius Gaozi Shang")

Dong Zhongshu added the word "faithfulness", describing benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faithfulness as a long-standing and unchanging law ("the constant way") that coexists with heaven and earth, while posthumous title was "the constant way". Yue: "Benevolence, courtesy, wisdom and faith" ("Good Policy").

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