Confucius said: "I am determined to learn from five out of ten, stand at thirty, be puzzled at forty, know my destiny at fifty, be obedient at sixty, and be obedient at seventy." (The Analects of Confucius? For the second political article ")

Comment and analysis

In this chapter, Confucius tells the story of his learning and cultivation. This process is the gradual improvement of ideological realm with the growth of age.

Cheng. As far as the ideological realm is concerned, the whole process is divided into three stages: the age of fifteen to forty is the stage of learning and understanding; Fifty or sixty years old is the stage of peace of mind and stability, that is, the stage of being unaffected by the environment; Seventy years old is the stage of integration of subjective consciousness and life rules. At this stage, moral cultivation has reached the highest level. There are reasonable factors in Confucius' moral cultivation. First, he saw that people's moral cultivation can not be completed overnight, nor can it be completed overnight. It takes a long time to study and exercise, and there should be a gradual process. Second, the highest state of morality is the unity of thought, words and deeds, and consciously abide by moral norms, not reluctantly. These two points for anyone,

Both apply. .