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Yan jiaxun-eighth.

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Therefore, my husband wants to be happy and discerning, which is good for listening. Unknown parents, who want to see the ancient beginning of life, are modest, not afraid of hard work, and make them wish, fear and act; Those who are at a loss want to see the ancients guard their posts and not invade, forget their lives and their advice, so as to benefit the country, grieve for themselves and think about practical results; Those who are arrogant and extravagant want to see the courtesy and frugality of the ancients, humility and self-grazing, courtesy as the foundation of teaching, self-respect and self-loss, convergence and restraint; People who are plain and stingy want to see the ancients' noble righteousness more important than wealth, less selfish desires, avoiding surplus and evil, poverty and regret, and accumulating and dispersing; Violent people, who want to see the precepts of the ancients, are self-defeating, with rotten teeth and rotten tongues, guilty of hiding diseases, respecting sages and accommodating the public, and unhappy, if they are too clothed; Those timid people, those who want to see the life of the ancients, are strong and upright, stand by and watch their words, pursue happiness and never return, and are furious and energetic. Don't be afraid of being feared. Every line used to be the same. If you can't be spring, you can't go to Thailand. As you know, there is nothing you can do. The world is a scholar, who can speak but can't do it. He doesn't know loyalty and filial piety, and he lacks benevolence and righteousness. Litigation, no need to be reasonable; Slaughter thousands of families, no matter who they are; Tell him to build a house, you don't need to know whether the lintel is horizontal or vertical; As a field to ask, you don't have to know that Xiaomi is early and Xiaomi is late; Chanting banter, satirizing ci fu, things are excellent and idle, materials are increased and pedantic, and military economy is slightly useless: therefore, it is despised by martial people and vulgar officials, and good reason is good!

In Yan Zhitui's view, learning must be combined with reality: or to strengthen the cultivation of one's own moral quality.

Improve, or improve, the ability to handle practical things, such as solving crimes, governing the people well, and understanding.

Building houses, farming and so on. If learning is just to be able to speak and write poems, then

It has no practical significance. Based on this pragmatic view, he was spoiled by the gentry at that time.

The disadvantages of being excellent, divorced from reality and doing nothing are mercilessly criticized. because of him

As a member of the cremation camp, I have a clear understanding of the emptiness and uselessness of this class.

Therefore, its attack is also particularly fierce. For example, the article "Involved" pointed out that the officials of the cremation "tasted algae from ancient times to the present,

If you try pointing at the palm of your hand, there is nothing to miss. Living in a peaceful world, I don't know that there are chaotic disasters;

Your highness, I don't know if I have something urgent to call Chen; I didn't know I had the pain of plowing crops. spend freely

Above the government and the people, I don't know that there is hard work, so it is difficult to cope with world events. "These people at ordinary times

They are all "praise the belt, crown height, car out, help in, and no suburbs."

Some riders have never even ridden a horse, and they will feel "shocked" when they see the horse neighing and jumping.

"He said in awe," this is a tiger. Why is it called a horse? "All these comments can hit the nail on the head.

And let future generations feel the value of world affairs.

The above analysis shows some excellent ideas of Yan Zhitui in Family Instructions. usually

Enclosed, because he was born in an aristocratic family, he was also a scholar.

Born as an official, he was influenced by Confucian culture since childhood and obeyed Confucianism all his life. He is a class.

Conflicts in troubled times and ethnic conflicts are extremely acute, hard-working and clear about reality.

The awakening of knowledge made him take Confucianism as his religion, but he avoided politics and was content to retire.

Let the whole body avoid disasters and attach importance to learning and practical ideology and morality. This is us.

Reading Yan Jiaxun should adopt the attitude of "knowing people and discussing the world".