After Liu Xiubin finished speaking, he picked up the "Book of Rites" on the stage and read it.
He had just finished reading, but unexpectedly, Zhang Shaofei said with great interest: "Brother Xiubin, the article "University" you just read, I think..."
"What does it look like? Did you not understand?" Liu Xiubin paused for a moment, and then said, "It's no wonder. When I first listened to Mr., I couldn't understand it at all." When he said this, he looked forward to Asking Zhang Shaofei, "How about Brother Yu interpreting it for you?"
Zhang Shaofei smiled faintly and said "oh" noncommittally.
Liu Xiubin picked up the cup of fragrant hot tea on the coffee table, took a sip, moistened his throat, and said seriously like a teacher teaching a student: "In the sentence 'Ming Ming De' at the beginning, the first sentence One 'ming' is a verb, showing the meaning of carrying forward; the second 'ming' is an adjective, which means noble and glorious."
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Zhang Shaofei was listening attentively. In fact, as early as his childhood, he taught his husband "verbs, adjectives, function words, prepositions, part-of-speech identification, sentence components, structure, subject, predicate, object, adverbial complement, clear separation of stems, branches, and other grammatical features" in Lu Xueru's school. , he has long been familiar with it. Out of politeness, Zhang Shaofei listened attentively.
Finally, Liu Xiubin said like a comment: "The first sentence, in turn, is the purpose of "The University", which is to promote noble virtues, to care for the people, and to achieve the highest state of kindness."
When Zhang Shaofei heard this, he couldn't help but clap his hands and said excitedly: "Brother Xiubin, you explained it so well!"
Liu Xiubin looked at Zhang Shaofei's expression and thought: This is a great article about governing the country and bringing peace to the world! He didn't quite believe that Zhang Shaofei could listen and understand "The University".
Liu Xiubin looked at Zhang Shaofei and said, "Really? Wait until Brother Yu reads a few more sentences and you can listen to what they mean."
"Yeah." Zhang Shaofei nodded.
"Knowing to stop can lead to concentration. After being calm, one can be still. After being quiet, one can be at peace. After being at peace, one can think about it. After thinking about it, one can gain." Liu Xiubin recited a sentence casually, put down the book, and asked: "Brother, do you understand?"
Zhang Shaofei could not help but applaud: "The writing in the book is so good! From another perspective, it is about Buddhism and practice!"
Liu Xiubin was dumbfounded when Zhang Shaofei said this! He asked helplessly: "My dear brother, did you hear correctly? What I read to you was the Great Learning in the Confucian classic "Book of Rites", not the Buddhist scriptures narrated by Sakyamuni Buddha."
Zhang Shaofei said: "Both Buddhism and Confucianism educate people. Take the passage you just read. The so-called way of a university lies in Ming Ming De. Ming Ming De means knowing one's mind, seeing one's nature, and being enlightened. How to understand Ming De? ? The method mentioned in the book is very correct. You must first achieve "stop", know the stop and then have concentration. Only after you have mastered the art of stopping can you have concentration. Only after you have settled down can you truly be still. After being quiet, you can be calm, think, and think. Only by being able to think can the door of wisdom be opened through thinking, and only then can one be able to understand virtue, that is, to understand one's mind and see one's nature. These principles are exactly the same as the process of practicing precepts, concentration, and wisdom in Buddhism."
Liu Xiubin looked at Zhang Shaofei in surprise, as if she didn't recognize him.
Therefore, Zhang Shaofei explained in a more popular way: "The precepts mentioned in Buddhism are like dense woods. With its barrier, the wind from outside cannot blow in. With this protective layer, our hearts are just like the quiet forest in the forest." A deep pool is always in a quiet state with no waves on the surface and no sediment on the bottom. This is concentration. In this state of concentration, not only is the water clear and transparent, everything in the water can be seen at a glance, but the water surface is as calm as a mirror. It shines on the sky and on the earth; the changing winds and clouds in the sky, the low-flying birds in the sky, and the movement of wind and grass on the ground cannot hide from its discerning eyes. At the same time, it is clearly aware of itself but remains calm and undisturbed, and will not be disturbed by the complicated external waves. This is The wisdom that arises from concentration. This kind of wisdom is not intelligence or knowledge, but the most fundamental great wisdom of human beings!"
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