University The Doctrine of the Mean (Double Color Illustration and Text Classic) (Collection of Classics of Chinese Traditional Culture) (Double Color Illustration and Text Classic)

Author: Zeng Can
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: The Great Learning takes the cultivation of personal virtue as its core, proposing: "From the Son of Heaven down to the common people, all must take the cultivation of personal virtue as the foundation." The methods for cultivating personal virtue include investigating things, achieving harmony, sincerity, and rectifying the mind. It emphasizes that cultivating personal virtue and nurturing character is not merely an introspective process, but also a process of engaging with external things, exploring the principles of nature to gain knowledge, and cultivating moral character to perfect one's personality. The purpose of cultivating personal virtue is to regulate the family, govern the state, and bring peace to the world. The Great Learning holds that governing the state and bringing peace to the world should be based on virtue. The Doctrine of the Mean emphasizes 'sincerity,' believing that 'sincerity' is the key to achieving the 'way of the mean.'