Thousand Characters

Chapter 25

[Original text]

Kindness and sympathy, create times and leave.The righteousness and integrity of the retreat, the Dianpei bandits lose money.

【Note】

Hidden: The finger pain is very deep.Compassion: The finger injury is very deep. "Compassion" means pity, that is, feeling unbearable when seeing people encounter misfortune, which is what we call sympathy and compassion now.Zaocai: Originally referring to haste and haste, it is extended to be sloppy, careless, and abrupt.Festival: Integrity, integrity, that is, "faith".Lian: Refers to a person who is upright and honest.Retreat: retreat, humility.British: embarrassed.Pei: Fall.Bandits: not lost.Here we are talking about the five basic virtues of "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness". Among them, benevolence is the most important and the core of Confucianism.The so-called "benevolence" means to have love, be able to love others, love life, and love the world.These four sentences tell us that a person must be loving, loyal, polite, knowledgeable, and honest and trustworthy. These basic virtues should not be forgotten anywhere or at any time.

【Interpretation】

One should treat others with righteousness, kindness, compassion, and compassion. These cannot be abandoned at any time, any place, and under any circumstances.Integrity, justice, honesty, and modesty are the virtues that cannot be lacked even when a person is in the most destitute and destitute.

(End of this chapter)