Get up early and recite Mencius aloud. Heart and soul. Among them, I am quite touched by the view of "sage practice". In the Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan sent Liu Jiao to Yunnan to reply: "Let the husband get his post, but everything in the world has its place." Educate by position and serve by myself, so-called practitioners are also. "Tang Shu Han Yu's Answer to Hou Sheng's Question": "In his book, Mencius talked about the sage's practice of form in more detail. "Since Confucius and Mencius, the descendants of Confucianism have particularly emphasized the importance of' sage practice'!

? What is saint practice?

? How to keep fit?

The original text is as follows:

Mencius said: "All forms are natural; Only saints can practice shape. "

The general idea is:

Mencius said: "Appearance is innate. Only by becoming a saint can we enrich appearance with inner beauty."

Personal opinion:

Mencius particularly emphasized the cultivation of mind and nature. It is better to seek from the outside than from the inside. The dominant power of seeking outside is not in your own hands, but seeking inside is something you can change and control. As Mencius said: "Seek the right path and you will get a life. It is not good for you to seek, and it is not good for those who seek outside. "

? Our physical appearance is just an external vessel, and the real strength comes from inner cultivation. The biggest reason why saints are holy is that their moral cultivation is perfect, and the inner beauty enriches the outside, such as Laozi, Confucius, Mencius and Wang Yangming! This kind of master not only gives people an extraordinary feeling in form, but also exudes a feeling of wisdom and elegance.

? Modern people pay more attention to the physical external cultivation of the body. For example, in order to be more beautiful, they do not hesitate to have plastic surgery, transforming their ordinary looks into bitter rivals, in order to gain attention and turn around! Because modern people are too obsessed with their own body utensils, they have spawned huge industries such as beauty and skin care and personal image design. These industries exist only to satisfy people's pursuit of "all kinds are natural". Of course, there is a limit to everything. If you crack the natural appearance through excessive plastic surgery, it will be fragile and not worth the loss. For this, Ceng Zi's "Xiao Jing" clearly put forward "body fat"

? However, no matter how it is maintained, it can't resist the ravages of natural laws. How to stay young forever? Only by learning "sage practice" can the light of life last for a long time, such as Confucianism practiced by Confucius and Mencius and Taoism practiced by Laozi.

Reading Mencius (205) in the early days: a trip to a saint.

Shanghai 2018-12-19