The Confucian classic Disciple's Rule: Parents should take the lead in learning it

儒家经典《弟子规》：父母应带头学习

The Book of Discipleship is very good and it is recommended that parents should take the lead in learning it themselves for it to be effective.

----- Zhuge Changqing

   The Disciple's Rule, a classic of Confucianism, is now being disseminated throughout the country.

    According to Zhuge Changqing, this is a very good thing. The spreading of the Disciple's Rule can change hearts and minds, correct the hearts of young people and achieve quality improvement.

    The revitalisation of a nation comes from talent; the development of talent comes from cultivation.

   Therefore, the widespread dissemination of the Discipleship Rule today will certainly lay the foundation for the future take-off of the Chinese nation.

   Zhuge Changqing suggests that every parent should personally take the lead in learning the Discipleship Rules. This will not only improve their own quality, but will also serve as a good example to their children by showing them by example.

  The Disciple's Rule was originally called "The Discipline of the Mounties" and was written by Li Yuxiu, a Qing dynasty scholar during the Kangxi period, and later revised by Jia Cunren.

   What is the meaning of "Disciple's Rule"?

  The word "disciple" has many meanings: at home it means a child; at school it means a student; in a company it means an employee; in society at large it means a citizen.

  The word "discipline" means to regulate.

   This classic is based on the sixth article of the Analects of Confucius: "The disciple enters with filial piety, leaves with fraternal respect, is respectful and trustworthy, loves all and is kind. If you have the strength to do so, you should learn to write".

   The sutra is divided into five sections, setting out the rules and regulations that disciples should observe at home, outside the home, in dealing with others, and in learning.

 　The preface to the opening chapter of the Disciples' Rule states.

   Though the ancestors are distant, sacrifices must not be insincere. Though your children are foolish, you must not fail to read the scriptures. Abandonment of the scriptures and of morality is the root of the corruption of law and order. To bring peace to the world, we must start at the root. The only way to save the world from crime is to teach filial piety and morality. The root is mistaken for the branch, and the branch is mistaken for the root. In order to solve problems, we create problems instead. The only thing a gentleman can do is to take care of the root, and the state will be at peace with itself.

　　As the saying goes, "Teach a child to be a child and a woman to be a woman." Before a child's nature is tainted, it is easy for him or her to speak good words. If they are not taught at an early age, when they grow up, their habits will have developed and there is nothing they can do.

   According to the testimony of Mr. Wang Jun-闳, Li Yuxiu (1647-1729), character Zi Qian, number Caisan, was born in Zhouzhuang Village, Longxing Town, Xinjiang County, Shanxi Province, in the seventh year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty and died in the sixth year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty at the age of 83. He was a famous scholar and educator in the early Qing Dynasty. He travelled for nearly twenty years under the tutelage of Dang Bing Gully. He studied the university of Chinese medicine and founded Dunfu Zhai to teach. Many people came to listen to the lectures and the door was full of footprints. Wang Huan, the imperial historian of Taiping County, had asked him for advice many times and admired his talent so much that he was known as Li Fu Zi. During his life, he only won the Xiucai examination and his main activity was teaching.

   In accordance with the traditional requirements for children's education, and also with his own teaching practice, he wrote The Discipleship Text, which was later revised by Jia Cunren and renamed The Discipleship Rules. His other writings, such as The Four Books, are in the Shanxi Provincial Library and the Peking University Library respectively. (References: The Disciple's Rule, Baidu)

   Appendix: The full text of the Disciple's Rule

[General Description 

The Disciple's Rule is a sage's teaching of filial piety and fraternal duty, followed by respect and faith. 

The first is filial piety, the second is respectful faith. 

  [Enter to be filial] 

Do not be slow to respond to your parents' call and do not be lazy in your actions. 

Listen with respect to your parents' teachings and obey them when they tell you to. 

In the winter, you should be warm and in summer, you should be generous. 

Always tell your parents when you're going out, always tell them when you're going back, and never change your ways. 

Don't do anything without permission, even if it's small. If you do, your son will lose his way. 

Don't hide anything small, but if you do, it hurts your family. 

Do what you like, do what you can, and do what you hate. 

If your body is hurt, you will make your relatives sad. If your morals are hurt, you will make them ashamed. 

If you love me, how difficult is it for you to be filial? 

If you have a fault, advise me to change it. 

If the advice does not go in, you will be pleased to repeat it. 

When a relative is ill, he tries the medicine first, and never leaves his bed day or night. 

Three years in mourning, I often grieve, my home is changed, wine and meat are cut off. 

The mourning ceremony is as sincere as the sacrifice, and the dead are treated as if they were alive. 

"When you go out, do your duty as a brother 

Brotherhood and friendship, brotherhood and respect, brotherhood and filial piety 

If you do not care about your possessions, you will not feel resentment. 

The eldest will come first, the youngest will come second. 

When the eldest calls out to someone, he calls out for them. 

Don't call your elders by their names. 

When you meet an elder, greet him quickly, and when he says nothing, stand back. 

Dismount from the horse and get off the bus. 

Don't sit when the elder is standing, don't sit when the young is sitting, sit when the elder is sitting 

When you are in front of an elder, keep your voice low, you will not hear it, but it is not appropriate 

Do not move in, do not move out, do not look at each other 

Serve your father as you serve your father. Serve your brother as you serve your brother. 

[Be careful 

Rise early in the morning and sleep late at night.

Wash in the morning, rinse your mouth, and wash your hands when you return to the toilet. 

Make sure your crown is straight, your ties are tied, and your socks and shoes are tight. 

Do not mess with your clothes. 

Clothes should be clean, not fancy. 

Do not pick and choose your food, but do not overdo it 

Don't drink wine when you are young. It is ugly when you are drunk. 

Walk calmly, stand upright, bow roundly, worship respectfully 

Don't trample on the threshold, don't limp, don't sit on the floor, don't shake your thighs 

Don't make a sound when you open the curtain slowly, don't make a sound, don't turn too far, don't touch the edges 

Carry a false instrument as if it were a full one Enter a false room as if it were occupied 

Don't be too busy, too busy to make mistakes, don't be afraid, don't skimp 

Don't ask questions about the evil things 

When you are about to enter, ask who is there. When you are about to enter, your voice will be heard. 

Who will be asked? Who will be named? I and I are not known 

If you don't ask, you're stealing 

If you don't ask, you steal.

[Letter] 

What's the point of being deceitful or presumptuous when you speak? 

It is better to say too much than too little. 

Don't be clever, don't be slanderous, don't be a man of the street. 

Don't speak lightly before you see the truth, and don't pass it on lightly before you know it 

Don't make light promises if they are not appropriate 

Don't be quick to speak, don't be vague. 

Don't worry about what they say is long and what they say is short. 

When you see good in others, think of the same, even if you are far away, so that you can be more progressive. 

When you see evil in others, reflect on it. 

If you are not as good as others, sharpen yourself. 

If you are not as good as others, do not be angry. 

If you are angry and happy when you hear a fault, if a friend comes to your detriment, if a friend comes to your benefit 

If you are afraid of a good reputation, if you are glad of a bad one, you will understand and grow close to each other. 

If you do not have a heart, you are wrong. If you have a heart, you are evil. 

If you can change your faults, you will return to nothing. 

[Love for all] 

All men must be loved, and the heavens must cover and the earth must carry them 

He who is high in deed is high in name, not in appearance 

A man of great talent has great hopes, not great words 

Don't be selfish when you are able, don't be contemptuous when others are able 

Don't flatter the rich, don't be proud of the poor, don't hate the old, don't like the new 

Don't be disturbed by what people do not do, don't be disturbed by what people don't do, don't be disturbed by what people say 

Don't reveal what is wrong with a person, don't say what is wrong with a person 

If you tell a man he is good, he is good, and the more he knows, the more he is encouraged. 

If you speak evil of others, you are evil, and if you hate them, you will be in trouble. 

If you are kind, you are virtuous. If you are wrong, you are wrong. 

Whenever you take, you must know how much to give and how little to take 

When you are about to add to others, ask yourself first, if you do not want to, you will be quick to do so. 

If you wish to repay your kindness and forget your grievances, repay your grievances short and repay your kindness long 

Treat your maidservant with dignity and kindness, though dignified 

If you are not convinced by your power, you will not be convinced by your reasoning. 

[Dearness and kindness] 

The same people are not all of the same kind. 

If you are kind, you are feared by all. 

If you are kind, you are good, and your virtue grows with each passing day. 

If you are not kind, you can do no harm. 

[Yuji is a man of letters] 

If you don't do your best, but learn to write, what will you become? 

But to act, not to learn, to think for oneself is to ignore the truth. 

There are three ways to read books. 

Don't admire the other before the other is finished 

If you have doubts, write them down. 

If you have doubts, write them down, ask someone for the right meaning 

Clean room, clean walls, clean desk, clean pen and ink 

The ink is not sharpened properly, the heart is not respected, the heart is sick first 

The list of books has a definite place to be read and returned to its original place 

If there's a problem, fix it. 

Don't look away from books that are not holy. 

Don't give up on yourself, don't give up on the holy and the virtuous

《弟子规》非常好，建议做父母的要亲自带头学习，这样效果才好。

----- 诸葛长青

   作为儒家思想的修身经典《弟子规》，现在全国各地都在进行传播。

    诸葛长青认为，这是非常好的事情。《弟子规》的传播，可以改变人心，修正青少年的内心，实现素质提升。

    国家的振兴，来自人才；人才的发展，来自修为。

   所以，即日弟子规的广泛传播，必将奠定中华民族未来腾飞的基础。

   诸葛长青建议，每一位父母都要亲自带头学习《弟子规》。这样不仅可以提升自身素质，而且可以现身说法，以身示范，成为孩子的榜样，起到很好的带动作用。

  《弟子规》原名《训蒙文》，由清朝康熙年间的秀才李毓秀写成，后经贾存仁修订改成了《弟子规》。

   “弟子规”是什么意思？

  “弟子”的意思比较多：在家指孩子；在学校指学生；在公司指员工；在社会大众中指公民。

  “规”就是规范。

   该经典以《论语》“学而篇”第六条：“弟子入则孝，出则悌，谨而信，泛爱众而亲仁。行有余力，则以学文”的文义以“三字一句、两句一韵”编纂而成。

   经书分为五个部分，具体列述弟子在家、出外、待人、接物与学习上应该恪守的守则规范。

 　《弟子规》开篇序言指出：

   祖宗虽远，祭祀不可不诚。子孙虽愚，经书不可不读。废经废伦，治安败坏根由。贪瞋痴慢，人心堕落原因，欲致天下太平，须从根本着手。图挽犯罪狂澜，唯有明伦教孝。误根本为枝末，认枝末为根本。为求解决问题，反倒制造问题。君子唯有务本，本务邦国自宁。

　　俗云：「教儿初孩，教妇初来」，儿童天性未染污前，善言易入；先入为主，及其长而不易变；故人之善心、信心，须在幼小时培养；凡为人父母者，在其子女幼小时，即当教以读诵经典，以培养其根本智慧及定力；更晓以因果报应之理，敦伦尽分之道；若幼小时不教，待其长大，则习性已成，无能为力矣！

   据王俊闳先生考证：李毓秀(1647-1729)，字子潜，号采三，山西省新绛县龙兴镇周庄村人，生于清代顺治七年，卒于清雍正六年，享年83岁。清初著名学者、教育家。从师党冰壑游历近二十年。精研大学中庸，创办敦复斋讲学。来听课的人很多，门外满是脚印。太平县御史王奂曾多次向他请教，十分佩服他的才学，被人尊称为李夫子。平生只考中秀才，主要活动是教书。

   根据传统对童蒙的要求，也结合他自己的教书实践，写成了《训蒙文》，后来经过贾存仁修订，改名《弟子规》。他的著作还有《四书正伪》等，分别藏于山西省图书馆和北京大学图书馆。（资料参考：弟子规、百度资料）

   附录：《弟子规》全文

【总 叙】
弟子规　圣人训　首孝悌　次谨信
泛爱众　而亲仁　有余力　则学文
  【入则孝】
父母呼　应勿缓　父母命　行勿懒
父母教　须敬听　父母责　须顺承
冬则温　夏则凊　晨则省　昏则定
出必告　反必面　居有常　业无变
事虽小　勿擅为　苟擅为　子道亏
物虽小　勿私藏　苟私藏　亲心伤
亲所好　力为具　亲所恶　谨为去
身有伤　贻亲忧　德有伤　贻亲羞
亲爱我　孝何难　亲憎我　孝方贤
亲有过　谏使更　怡吾色　柔吾声
谏不入　悦复谏　号泣随　挞无怨
亲有疾　药先尝　昼夜侍　不离床
丧三年　常悲咽　居处变　酒肉绝
丧尽礼　祭尽诚　事死者　如事生
【出则悌】
兄道友　弟道恭　兄弟睦　孝在中
财物轻　怨何生　言语忍　忿自泯
或饮食　或坐走　长者先　幼者后
长呼人　即代叫　人不在　己即到
称尊长　勿呼名　对尊长　勿见能
路遇长　疾趋揖　长无言　退恭立
骑下马　乘下车　过犹待　百步余
长者立　幼勿坐　长者坐　命乃坐
尊长前　声要低　低不闻　却非宜
进必趋　退必迟　问起对　视勿移
事诸父　如事父　事诸兄　如事兄
【谨】
朝起早　夜眠迟　老易至　惜此时
晨必盥　兼漱口　便溺回　辄净手
冠必正　纽必结　袜与履　俱紧切
置冠服　有定位　勿乱顿　致污秽
衣贵洁　不贵华　上循分　下称家
对饮食　勿拣择　食适可　勿过则
年方少　勿饮酒　饮酒醉　最为丑
步从容　立端正　揖深圆　拜恭敬
勿践阈　勿跛倚　勿箕踞　勿摇髀
缓揭帘　勿有声　宽转弯　勿触棱
执虚器　如执盈　入虚室　如有人
事勿忙　忙多错　勿畏难　勿轻略
斗闹场　绝勿近　邪僻事　绝勿问
将入门　问孰存　将上堂　声必扬
人问谁　对以名　吾与我　不分明
用人物　须明求　倘不问　即为偷
借人物　及时还　后有急　借不难

【信】
凡出言　信为先　诈与妄　奚可焉
话说多　不如少　惟其是　勿佞巧
奸巧语　秽污词　市井气　切戒之
见未真　勿轻言　知未的　勿轻传
事非宜　勿轻诺　苟轻诺　进退错
凡道字　重且舒　勿急疾　勿模糊
彼说长　此说短　不关己　莫闲管
见人善　即思齐　纵去远　以渐跻
见人恶　即内省　有则改　无加警
唯德学　唯才艺　不如人　当自砺
若衣服　若饮食　不如人　勿生戚
闻过怒　闻誉乐　损友来　益友却
闻誉恐　闻过欣　直谅士　渐相亲
无心非　名为错　有心非　名为恶
过能改　归于无　倘掩饰　增一辜
【泛爱众】
凡是人　皆须爱　天同覆　地同载
行高者　名自高　人所重　非貌高
才大者　望自大　人所服　非言大
己有能　勿自私　人所能　勿轻訾
勿谄富　勿骄贫　勿厌故　勿喜新
人不闲　勿事搅　人不安　勿话扰
人有短　切莫揭　人有私　切莫说
道人善　即是善　人知之　愈思勉
扬人恶　即是恶　疾之甚　祸且作
善相劝　德皆建　过不规　道两亏
凡取与　贵分晓　与宜多　取宜少
将加人　先问己　己不欲　即速已
恩欲报　怨欲忘　报怨短　报恩长
待婢仆　身贵端　虽贵端　慈而宽
势服人　心不然　理服人　方无言
【亲爱仁】
同是人　类不齐　流俗众　仁者希
果仁者　人多畏　言不讳　色不媚
能亲仁　无限好　德日进　过日少
不亲仁　无限害　小人进 百事坏
【余力学文】
不力行　但学文　长浮华　成何人
但力行　不学文　任己见　昧理真
读书法　有三到　心眼口　信皆要
方读此　勿慕彼　此未终　彼勿起
宽为限　紧用功　工夫到　滞塞通
心有疑　随札记　就人问　求确义
房室清　墙壁净　几案洁　笔砚正
墨磨偏　心不端　字不敬　心先病
列典籍　有定处　读看毕　还原处
虽有急　卷束齐　有缺坏　就补之
非圣书　屏勿视　蔽聪明　坏心志
勿自暴　勿自弃　圣与贤　可驯致

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。 

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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.

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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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8放生文化：中国古代的放生文化

9Shocking photo of feeding: Buddha, Bodhisattva and Dharma Protector come to the scene

9施食震撼照片：佛菩萨护法神亲临现场

10Feeding Rite Return: the return is changed to simple return

10施食仪轨回向：回向修改为简洁回向