Knowing knowledge from things is an important concept in China's ancient Confucianism. It is a Confucian theory that specializes in studying things. Has been lost, from the Book of Rites? The eight goals of the university-learning things, knowing, being honest, being upright, cultivating oneself, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world-state that "those who want to be honest are prophets; Knowledge exists in things. The content is known, and the knowledge is sincere. " However, this passage is the only passage in Da Xue, but it has not been explained since, and the words "Wu Ge" and "Zhi Zhi" have not been quoted in the ancient books of the pre-Qin period, which makes the true meaning of "Wu Ge Zhi Zhi" a mystery of Confucianism. The sixth edition of Modern Chinese Dictionary published on 20 12 interprets "knowing knowledge by studying things" as "studying the principles of things to acquire knowledge."
1. Case: inference; To: I see. Explore the principles of things to gain wisdom (or gain some experience from them).
2. the ability to know the style of things, and then you can know all kinds of life.
From Book of Rites University: "Know what you know about things, and then know it." "The so-called knowledge is in things, words want to make me know, and I am poor in things."
For example, Gu Bie's western learning started from understanding things, and China was not ignorant. Why is the wisdom of the people more and more like this? Yan Fu's Yuan Qiang
Grammatical connection; As a predicate; Refers to the knowledge gained by studying the principle of things.
Zheng Xuan was the first to annotate "Shi Shi" in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Since Song Confucianism separated "Da Xue" from the Book of Rites and became a part of the four books, the meaning of "Shi Shi" has gradually become a hot topic of debate among later Confucian scholars, even today. The popular explanation of "learning things to know" in society is based on some viewpoints of Zhu's theory in the Southern Song Dynasty, which holds that "learning things to know" means acquiring knowledge and truth.
Understanding knowledge by understanding things: understanding the essence of things and mastering the source of knowledge. (Ling Luoshi)
The 637 volumes of the whole Tang poetry are explained as follows:
Yue: "Dare to ask what is' knowing things in the world'?"
He said, "Everything is everything. Gezhe, come and go. When it comes to things, their hearts are clear. They should not focus on things, but should focus on knowledge and knowledge. Know sincerity, sincerity, integrity, physical cultivation, physical cultivation and family harmony, family harmony and state management, state management and world peace. This is why you can stand tall. " Renaturation book "