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What do you mean by "self-improvement, morality and morality"? Where did it come from?

I. Meaning and source

1, these two sentences mean: the exercise in the sky (that is, nature) is strong and healthy. Accordingly, a gentleman should be a man of heaven and strive for self-improvement. Strong and resolute, eager to be strong, never stop; The potential of the earth is thick and slippery, and the gentleman is tolerant.

A more popular explanation: Heaven works well, and a gentleman should follow the example of Heaven and strive for self-improvement; The situation of the land is similar to that of Kun. A gentleman should take the land as an example and put morality first.

I ching thinks:

Dry for the horse, Kun for the cow. Symbolize the sky in Malay.

So it is not difficult to understand that a good horse is constantly striving for self-improvement; Kun is a cow, and cows are used to interpret people's morality.

2. Source: Zhouyi.

"A gentleman strives for self-improvement", and the words in I Ching Gan Gua are like saying: "A gentleman strives for self-improvement." Correspondingly, "Kun Gua" says: "The terrain is Kun, and a gentleman carries things with virtue." These are the two most famous sentences in the Book of Changes.

The last sentence, "Heaven is healthy, and gentlemen are constantly striving for self-improvement", is more widely circulated. But for two thousand years, many people know and few people can understand. However, there are still different explanations in academic circles, and there seems to be no recognized correct explanation.

Second, the introduction of Zhouyi

The Book of Changes is one of the Book of Changes and Three Changes, and it is also one of the traditional classics. It is said that it was written by Zhou Wenwang Ji Chang, including the Book of Changes and biographies. The Book of Changes is the first of Qunjing and a teaching book.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, official schools began to evolve into private schools. There is a gradual development before and after the Yi-ology, and a hundred schools of thought contend, so it is easy to divide. Since Confucius praised the Book of Changes, the Book of Changes has been regarded as a Confucian classic and the first of the Six Classics by Confucianism. In addition to Confucianism, there are two schools of Yi-ology and Confucianism-Yi-Yi, which develop in parallel: one is Yi-ology, which still exists in the old forces; The other is Laozi's Taoist Yi, which began to be divided into three branches.

Zhouyi is the essence of China's primitive traditional culture and the crystallization of Chinese wisdom and culture. Known as the head of Confucian classics, the source of Taoism and the source of Chinese civilization, it is an outstanding philosophical masterpiece of China in ancient times. After more than 7,000 years of history, it has laid an important value orientation of Chinese culture and created the characteristics of oriental culture, which has irreplaceable important value and great influence on Chinese culture.