The Story of Changing Fate: The God of Zao Guiding Him to Change His Fate

《菜根谭》：嚼得菜根香，百事皆可作

The "Vegetable Root Tant", a marvellous book of life wisdom, a treasure you should read 3 times in your life.

----- Zhuge Changqing

    Chinese culture is vast and profound.

    Throughout the ages, sages have left behind great wisdom that is simple, profound and enlightening to all beings.

    According to Zhuge Changqing, it is worth reading "Cai Gen Tan". Read it at least three times in a lifetime.

    Written by Hong Yingming during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, it is a must-read book for cultivating oneself and has been hailed as a marvellous book encompassing 5,000 years of Chinese wisdom in the world.

   Why is it called "Caigen Tan"?

   The name of the book originates from the saying "If you can chew the roots of vegetables, you can do a hundred things", and as the saying goes, "Warm clothes, fragrant roots, and a long taste of reading".

    Zhuge Changqing: If you can chew the roots of vegetables, you can do all sorts of things. If you can stop evil and do good deeds, honour your parents internally and benefit society externally, endure the trials of loneliness and frustration, you will be able to achieve something.

    "He Yiling, a scholar of Sichuan origin in the Qing Dynasty, was a vegetarian, poor and happy person, so he named the place "Cai Gen Xiang". This was naturally influenced by the saying, "If you can eat vegetable roots, you can do anything. Perhaps this was his motto, or perhaps it was his way of teaching his children and grandchildren to be hardworking and simple, to be patient and to do something.

   The importance of cultivating one's own body and mind is also reflected in the choice of "vegetable roots".

    The book is a collection of aphorisms on cultivating one's moral character, dealing with one's affairs, treating others and accepting things. Each aphorism in the book ranges from a few dozen to nearly a hundred words, making a total of 360. The aphorisms are beautifully written, well-crafted, short and concise, and are awakening, intriguing and profoundly philosophical. In the 400 years since it was first published, it has spread widely among the people and overseas.

    It is the crystallization of traditional Chinese culture, embodying not only the Confucian idea of the middle ground, but also the Taoist idea of inaction, and the Buddhist idea of the world. It has become a system of methods for dealing with the world and for dealing with people. The whole book is aimed at the pursuit of nobility and purity, and the deeper the deeper, the shallower the shallower.

   The original text and translation of this book are available on the internet and in publications for the reader to understand and read.

   Zhuge Changqing recommends that you buy a copy and look at it patiently and carefully, you will gain many insights.

    The following aphorisms and philosophies from the book are to be savoured.

    To take one step forward in the world is high; to take one step back is to take one step forward.

   To treat others with generosity is a blessing; to benefit others is to benefit oneself, the foundation of morality.　

   It is better to be a good man than a good man, it is better to be a good man than a good man.

　　To be clear in heart, to be brilliant, to be a selfrighteous man, to be a man of honour, and to be a man of virtue

　　If you want to be a man of gold and jade, you must come from the fire.

   If you want to be a man of great virtue, you must be a man of fire; if you want to be a man of great virtue, you must be a man of ice.

　　If you want to be a man of gold and jade, you must come from the fire.

　　The spirit of harmony is indispensable. Sincerity and harmony are better than watching the heart.

　　The true taste is light, the most human is constant, and the quiet is appropriate.

　　Don't be too strict in quietness, don't be too high in teaching

　　In quietness, see the true and the false.

　　Turn back with pleasure, don't let go of the heart, subdue the polite, kill the delusion

　　Be calm and clear-minded, but not fat and sweet.

　　Let the fields be wide, the benefits be long, the smells of the mountains, the temples and the scriptures

　　Leave one step in the path, reduce three parts of the taste, no fault is merit, no complaint is virtue

　　To become a saint, not to be overly concerned, and not to be overly anxious

 　When a scholar is involved in the world, he must not be light on his likes and dislikes, but if he is light on his likes and dislikes, his heart, liver and guts will all be pried out by others; if he is heavy on love and hate, his mind and spirit will all be controlled by things.

　　If you rely on your talents to play with the world, you must guard against the insects that shoot at your back.

   If you decorate your appearance to deceive others, you are afraid that you will have a mirror in front of you to look at your guts.

   It is better to make a man have a reputation in front of him than to make him not have a ruin behind him.

   It is better to make a man happy at first than to make him weary of long acquaintance.

　　He who is good at enlightening the mind, let it be gradually opened because it is clear, not forcibly opened.

   Those who are good at moving people's minds, let them be reached gradually because it is easy for them to do so, and do not make it difficult for them to do so.

    References for this article: "Cai Gen Tan", Baidu

Zhuge Changqing wishes all those who honour their parents, do good deeds, give food, and donate scriptures for printing, great fortune and good fortune.

《菜根谭》，一部人生智慧奇书，你一生应当看3遍的宝书。

----- 诸葛长青

    中国文化，博大精深。

    历朝历代，都有圣贤留下简单、深邃、启迪众生的大智慧。

    诸葛长青认为，《菜根谭》值得一看。一生至少读三遍。

    《菜根谭》是明朝万历年间的洪应明编著的，是一本修身必读之书，被誉为囊括了5000年中国处世智慧的奇书。

   为什么叫”菜根谭”？

   此书的名字起源于“咬得菜根，则百事可做”，俗语亦云“布衣暖，菜根香，读书滋味长”。

    诸葛长青：嚼得菜根香，百事皆可作。如果你能够止恶行善，内孝敬父母，外造福社会，能够忍受寂寞考验，忍受挫折磨练，你就会成就一番事业的。

    “菜根香”本是清朝川籍学者贺颐龄的居所，贺颐龄布衣素食，清贫乐道，故取名“菜根香”，自然是受到“食得菜根，百事可作”的影响。也许这是他的座右铭，抑或是以此教育子孙艰苦朴素，隐忍以行，有所作为。

   《菜根谭》选择“菜根”来比喻一个人磨练修身的重要性。

    《菜根谭》，是一部论述修身、处事、待人、接物的格言集。书中的每则格言从数十字到近百字不等，共有360则。这些格言警句文词秀美，对仗工整，短小精粹，促人觉醒，耐人寻味，有着深刻的哲理。问世400多年来，广泛流传于民间并远播海外。
    《菜根谭》融儒、道、佛三家思想为一体，是中华民族传统文化的结晶，既体现了儒家的中庸思想，道家的无为思想，还体现了佛家的出世思想。成为一种涉身处世，待人接物的方法体系。全书以追求高尚纯洁为宗旨，深者见深，浅者见浅。
   网络和出版物都有这本书的原文和译文，方便读者理解和阅读。

   诸葛长青建议大家买一本，耐心仔细看看，会有诸多感悟的。

    以下是《菜根谭》的格言哲语，仔细品味：

    处世让一步为高，退步即进步的张本；

   待人宽一份是福，利人实利己的根基道德万古　

   与其练达　不若朴鲁　退护为高　利人是福

　　心事宜明　才华须韫　让名远害　咎己养德

　　欲做精金美玉的人品，定从烈火中煅来；

   思立掀天揭地的事功，须向薄冰上履过。

　　逆耳拂心　德行砥石　天道忌盈　业满招损

　　和气喜神　不可或缺　诚心和气　胜于观心

　　真味是淡　至人是常　动静合宜　有道心体

　　闲时吃紧　忙处悠闲　静毋太严　教毋过高

　　静中观心　真妄毕见　洁自污出　明从晦生

　　快意回头　拂心莫放　降服客气　消杀妄心

　　澹泊明志　肥甘丧节　事悟痴除　性定动正

　　田地放宽　惠泽要长　山林气味　廊庙经纶

　　路留一步　味减三分　无过是功　无怨是德

　　脱俗成名　减累入圣　忧勤勿过　澹泊勿枯

 　士君子之涉世，於人不可轻为喜怒，喜怒轻，则心腹肝胆皆为人所窥；於物不可重为爱憎，爱憎重，则意气精神悉为物所制。

　　倚高才而玩世，背后须防射影之虫；

   饰厚貌以欺人，面前恐有照胆之镜。

   使人有面前之誉，不若使其无背后之毁；

   使人有乍交之欢，不若使其无久处之厌。

　　善启迪人心者，当因其所明而渐通之，毋强开其所闭；

   善移风化者，当因其所易而渐及之，毋轻矫其所难。

    本文参考资料：《菜根谭》、百度资料

诸葛长青祝福天下孝敬父母、行善积德、放生施食、捐印经书的有缘者富贵吉祥、福报巨大。

What are the acts of abstaining from killing and releasing

 戒杀与放生的行为包括哪些

 1. Do not kill a living being with your own hands.

　　2. Do not abet others to kill.

　　3. Do not help others to kill.

　　4. Abstain from eating meat.

　　5. Do not engage in trades related to killing.

　　6、Whenever there is worship, regardless of what is being worshipped, use vegetarian dishes, flowers and fruit, not animal gifts.

　　7. If you see someone killing a human being, you should discourage them or buy the animal to be slaughtered with money and release it. If this does not work, or if the person does not sell the animal, then you should have compassion for the slaughtered animal, and even better if you can recite the Buddha's name or mantra for it.

　　8. Do not abuse the animal.

　　9、Other actions that are contrary to killing.

　　10. Abstain from killing and releasing animals yourself, and advise others to do the same. 

   1、不亲手杀生。

　　2、不教唆别人杀生。

　　3、不帮助别人杀生。

　　4、戒除肉食。

　　5、不从事与杀生有关的行业。

　　6、凡有祭拜，不管拜的是什么，一律用素菜、鲜花、水果，不用牲礼。

　　7、见人杀生，应加劝阻，或用钱将临宰之动物买而放之。若劝阻无效，或他不卖，则应对被杀之动物起同情心，若能为它念佛号或往生咒更好。

　　8、不虐待动物。

　　9、其他与杀生行为相反之行为。

　　10、自己戒杀放生，也劝别人戒杀放生。 

(This article is an original article by Zhuge Changqing, and the pictures are selected from the Internet. Welcome to forward it, and please indicate the source for forwarding)

Introduction to Zhuge Changqing: Zhuge Changqing, the inheritor and promoter of traditional Chinese culture, is willing to "learn from sages, promote virtue, revitalize China and benefit the world" together with people with the same ideals in the world.

(Zhuge Changqing: zhuge8031@163.com ）

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Zhuge Changqing's Chinese Dream

Learn from sages and carry forward virtue

Revitalizing China for the benefit of the world

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诸葛长青简介：诸葛长青，中国国学传统文化传承弘扬者，愿与天下志同道合者一起“学习圣贤、弘扬善德、振兴中华、造福世界”。

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