Wang Tong: The teachers of Wei Zheng, Li Jing and Fang Xuanling?

One of the books that made Li Ka-shing and Zeng Guo-fan successful is Stop Learning, which was written by Wang Tong at the end of the Sui Dynasty. After reading it carefully, I suddenly remembered that when I read the Biography of Wei Zheng, his teacher seemed to be Wang Tong, too. Amazing! One teacher, three outstanding disciples! Wang Tong, the teacher of the emperor

-------------Zhuge Changqing

Wei Zheng, Li Jing, and Wang Tong, the teacher of Fang Xuanling, wrote "Stop Learning", which is rarely known since ancient times.

Stop learning

Wenzhong Wang Tong

Intelligence Volume I

Extreme wisdom makes a fool. Sages do not suffer from lack of wisdom, but from loss of virtue. Talent is not wisdom. A wise man cannot show himself. The position of respect and reality are at stake. Great wisdom knows no end, but small wisdom is resourceful. Wisdom is poor and the way is endless. Those who seek others become wise and lose their wisdom. Those who plan their lives depend on their wisdom, but also give up their wisdom. If you are lacking in intelligence, you should keep your enemy deep, and be careful to avoid disasters. Those who do not have enough wisdom to seek greatness will be destroyed; those who do not have enough wisdom to seek distance will be rebellious. Wise people speak of wisdom, fools speak of foolishness, use foolishness to decorate wisdom, and use intelligence to control wisdom.

Use potential volume II

The power is impermanent, and the benevolent should not rely on it. The power is subdued, and the benevolent should not be bullied. The power cannot be added to the gentleman, and the virtue should not be combined with the villain. The gentleman's power is not strong enough, and the power will die when the power is exhausted. The villain's power is not beneficial to others, and the trend will be disastrous. When the crowd becomes its power, one person will be destroyed. The strong will be bullied, and the resentment will be abandoned. The power is extremely undisputed, and the respect and respect will not be respected. The power or loss, the name or slander, and the less resentment will never get it again. The power will be destroyed, the person will die, and the person without pride will benefit the inheritance

Lijuan III

Those who confuse others do not exceed the benefits. They do not seek the benefits of others, and they do not accumulate the virtues of others. People pursue the benefits of others and become rich and few, and the merit of others is high. The benefits of others hurt the body, and the benefits of others are small. It is appropriate to be cautious when choosing. The time is precious, and the people are precious, and the actions of others should be disciplined. The people who see the benefits of others are not the benefits. The people who see the harms of others are not the benefits. The gentleman values the righteousness and despises the benefits of others, and the villains love the benefits and far from the trust, and the benefits of the villains are far from the defense of the gentleman. The benefits are endless, and the life of the villains is at its end, and there is no slack. The benefits are not independent, and there is far from the rise

Argument IV

The things are simple, but the weapons and movements are damaged

If you don't know more than others, don't break your words. If you are less powerful than others, don't talk. If you are more powerful than others, don't talk

If the king does not argue, it will be less powerful. If the wise man is slow to speak, it will confuse the enemy. If the brave man has no words, it will be timid to act

If a loyal minister does not show his merit, he who steals merit will be treacherous. A gentleman can hide himself and others are evil, and a slanderer can fix a villain

Praise Volume V

A good reputation is a great disgrace. A good reputation is a great shock

Praise keeps its hypocrisy, and flatterers deceive others with it. Fame does not depend on themselves, and wise people do not praise themselves. God does not bless the work of greed

Don't underestimate your reputation. If you despise it, you will get low reputation. If you despise it, you will get no merit. If you are praised, you will know your words, and if you express your words, you will get clear, and if you express your doubts, you will get rid of them. There is no dispute between the top and the bottom, and the reputation will not be abandoned

No reputation is worth living, but it is not proper to perish

Emotional Volume VI

Feelings are excessive, and desires are irregular. Their color is like one, and they are unpredictable

There is no limit to the loss of power at the top and no tolerance at the bottom. The top and the bottom are aware of the separation, and their positions are secure. The monarchs and ministers are very close, and their ministers are suffering. The honor of the villain is incomparable

Love is sparse, but it is too close. The wise man is not stupid. Love is hard to catch up with, the dead man does not return, and the wise man has no regrets

It is difficult for those who are sentimental, and less difficult for those who are not sentimental

Jianjuan VII

It is right to be trapped, and it is strange to be obedient

Don't be wise when things happen, and don't stop when things happen. A natural disaster warns you that you will die if you go against it; The warning of man-made disasters is the solid benefit of saving. Impetuosity leads to a hundred ends, and delusions arise from being trapped. It is not to stop the spread of harm

Don't regard yourself as important, and treat people as light. People should be born with heart, take heart as happiness, and take heart as not heart

Poor people don't talk about wealth, cheap people don't tend to be expensive. Humility is the most important thing, and anger is the most important thing. Jian is not the enemy, but the enemy is chaotic

Release Complaint Volume VIII

The injustice of the world is hard to stop. The rich and the poor are enemies, and your disaster will not disappear

A gentleman does not remember the old and evil, and the old and evil will harm the virtue. A villain who has a gap will repay himself, and he will destroy himself. He who does not fight with others will be the first to plan

If a name is not correct, it will be slandered. If a name is correct, it will be self-defeating. If you are confused, you will hate. If you are confused, you will be guilty. If you are selfish, you will have no hatred

If leniency is not enough to please others, strictness is worth mending

Heart Volume Nine

The desire is endless, and the heart can be controlled. There is no end to confusion. Don't ask for others, but don't hurt them. Without addictive diseases, his body will lose. There is no salvation for those who abandon themselves. Pain and happiness are invisible, and they are formed in the mind. Honors and disgraces are different, and sages are the same. If things are not helped, the ambition is not reached, and the heart is free from resentment, the suffering will not increase. A benevolent person is polite and does not deceive his heart. A wise man shows his foolishness, not his heart.

Self-cultivation volume 10

Those who obey others are also virtuous. If virtue is not cultivated, its talent will be distorted, and its people are not good.

We will never lose our words, and we will never stop dying. A small part can contain defects, but a big one can be destroyed.

Respecting people and their hearts is the thick virtue.

Honesty does not lead to falsehood. A gentleman cannot be deceitful. Misfortune is born by oneself. It is difficult for a villain to overcome himself. No fear of slander and no indulgence of the strong can prove their virtue.

If you don't pay attention to its virtues, you will not know people. It is not a great virtue to know without using.

Introduction to Wang Tong:

Wang Tong, whose name is Zhongyan, was born in the fourth year (584) of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty and died in the 13th year (617) of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. He was born in Tonghua Town, Longmen County, Hedong County, Sui Dynasty (now Tonghua Township, Wanrong County, Shanxi Province). He was a private educator in Shanxi in the Sui Dynasty. After his death, his disciple took the posthumous title of "Wen Zhong".

Wang Tong, "Sui Shu" has no biography. Although Wang Ji, Wang Bo, and Wang Zhi in the new and old "Tang Shu" have all mentioned them, they are all very brief, and they are only called great scholars in the late Sui Dynasty. Referring to other documents, we can roughly know that Wang Tong was born in an official family. His father, Wang Long, once served as a doctor in the early days of the Emperor Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty. He played seven chapters of The Rise and Fall to Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, "talking about the gains and losses of the six generations", which was praised by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. The Wang family has a profound family history, so Wang Tong was influenced by Confucianism since childhood. There is a record of "Master 15 is a teacher" in "Zhongshuo&# 8226; Li Ming Chapter". It can be seen that Wang Tong was proficient in Confucianism when he was young, and his knowledge was excellent.

It is said that in the third year of Renshou of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty (603), Wang Tong once "traveled to Chang'an in the west, met Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, played the twelve strategies of peace, respected the kingly way, pushed the hegemonic strategy, and checked the present and the ancient".

After abandoning his official post and returning to his hometown, Wang Tong devoted himself to studying Confucius's "Six Classics". It is said that he once received books from Li Yu in the East China Sea, learned poems from the Kuaiji Summer Classic, and asked for a salute from Guan Ziming in the east of the river. After some research, he regarded himself as a "sage" and imitated Confucius to write the "Six Classics of Wang Family", or "Six Classics of Continuation". He began to gather and give lectures in his hometown's Bainiu River. "There are often hundreds of disciples, only more than ten of whom are Junying, such as Dong Heng in Henan, Cheng Yuan in Nanyang, Jia Qiong in Zhongshan, Xue Shou in Hedong, Yao Yi in Taishan, Wen Yanbo in Taiyuan, and Du Yan in Jingzhao. The generosity of Yao Yi is the middle cause of the square. Xue Shou is the reason of the square." This record is generally reliable. Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, and other famous ministers of the early Tang Dynasty, who were attached to the later generations, were also Wang Tong's disciples.

Wang Tong's thought is still valuable. For example, the Confucian "benevolence" has been developed into a thorough human rights thought: "Do not change the fate of a people in the world" ("Chapter of Heaven and Earth in the Book") is the greatest and most brilliant thought, and its weight has exceeded all Chinese classics since 1400 years after Wang Tong; Oppose the traditional Confucian view that the essence of Tao is to "pass through its changes" ("The Book of Zhou Gong"), rather than adhere to and stick to any classical dogma; In the "Yuan Jing", the Northern Wei Dynasty under the rule of Tuoba, a minority nationality, was regarded as the orthodoxy of China after the Jin and Song Dynasties; Criticize the bigoted national view and decadent cultural view of the southern and northern literati at that time by using the theory of "destiny" ("The History of Narration in the Text"); One of his important thoughts is that "people can preach the truth" ("The Story of Life"), which means that as long as we can change and win people, we can transform society into "simplicity", instead of being helpless and doing nothing in front of the so-called "laws of history".

Be confident and persevere. Come on!

Don't do any evil, and do all good. Persistence and responsiveness.

王通：魏征、李靖、房玄龄的老师？

     成就了李嘉诚和曾国藩的一本书是《止学》，《止学》是隋朝末年王通写的，仔细阅读，忽然想起看《魏征传记》时，他的老师好像也是王通，一查对果然是。神奇哉，一个老师，三位杰出的弟子！王通，帝王之师也........

                                    -------------   诸葛长青      

      魏征,李靖,房玄龄之师王通写的《止学》从古到今少为人知。 

止  学

文中子王通

智卷一

智极则愚。圣人不患智寡，患德之有失。才高非智，智者弗显也。位尊实危，智者不就也。大智知止，小智惟谋，智有穷而道无穷哉。谋人者成于智，亦丧于智也。谋身者恃其智，亦舍其智也。智有所缺，深存其敌，慎之少祸焉。智不及而谋大者毁，智无竭而谋远者逆。智者言智，愚者言愚，以愚饰智，以智力制智，智也。

用势卷二

势无常也,仁者勿恃.势伏凶也,仁者勿衿.势莫加君子,德休与小人.君子势不于力,力尽而势亡焉.小人势不惠人也,趋之必祸也.众成其势,一人堪毁.强者凌弱,人怨乃弃.势极无让者疑,位尊弗恭者忌.势或失之,名或谤之,少怨者再得也.势固灭之,人固死之,无骄者惠嗣焉.

利卷三

惑人者无逾利也.利无求弗获,德无施不积.众逐利而富寡,贤让功而名高.利大伤身,利小惠人,择之宜慎也.天贵于时,人贵于明,动之有戒也.众见其利者,非利也.众见其害者,或利也.君子重义轻利,小人嗜利远信,利御小人而莫御君子矣.利无尽处,命有尽时,不怠可焉.利无独据,远有兴衰,存畏警焉.

辩卷四

物朴乃存,器功招损.言拙意隐,辞尽锋出.

识不逾人者,莫言断也.势不及人者.休言讳也.力不胜人者,勿言强也.

王者不辩,辩则少威焉.智者讷言,讷则惑敌也焉.勇者无语,语则怯行焉.

忠臣不表其功,窃功者必奸也.君子堪隐,人恶,谤贤者固小人也矣.

誉卷五

好誉者多辱也.誉满主惊,名高众之所惧焉.

誉存其伪,谄者以誉欺人.名不由己,明者不自赞.贪巧之功,天不佑也.

赏名勿轻,轻则誉贱,誉贱则无功也.受誉知辞,辞则得显,显则释疑也.上下无争,誉之不废焉.

人无誉堪存,誉非正当灭.求誉不得,或为福也.

情卷六

情滥无行,欲多失矩.其色如一,鬼神莫测.

上无度失威,下无忍莫立.上下知离,其位自安.君臣殊密,其臣自殃.小人之荣,情不可攀也.

情存疏也,近不过已,智者无痴焉.情难追也,逝者不返,明者无悔焉.

多情者多艰,寡情者少艰.情之不敛,运无幸耳.

蹇卷七

人困乃正,命顺乃奇.以正化奇,止为枢也.

事变非智勿晓,事本非止勿存.天灾示警,逆之必亡;人祸告诫,省之固益.躁生百端,困出妄念,非止阻害之蔓焉.

视己勿重者重,视人为轻者轻.患以心生,以蹇为乐,蹇不为蹇矣.

穷不言富,贱不趋贵.忍辱为重,不怒为尊.蹇非敌也,敌乃乱焉.

释怨卷八

世之不公,人怨难止.穷富为仇,祢祸不消.

君子不念旧恶,旧恶害德也.小人存隙必报,必报自毁也.和而弗争,谋之首也.

名不正而谤兴,正名者必自屈也焉.惑不解而恨重,释惑者固自罪焉.私念不生,仇怨不结焉.

宽不足以悦人,严堪补也.敬无助于劝善,诤堪教矣.

心卷九

欲无止也，其心堪制。惑无尽也，其行乃解。不求于人，其尊弗伤。无嗜之病，其身靡失。自弃者人莫救也。苦乐无形，成于心焉。荣辱存异，贤者同焉。事之未济，志之非达，心无怨而忧患弗加矣。仁者好礼，不欺其心也。智者示愚，不显其心哉。

修身卷十

服人者德也。德之不修，其才必曲，其人非善矣。

纳言无失，不辍亡废。小处容疵，大节堪毁。

敬人敬心，德之厚也。

诚非致虚，君子不行诡道。祸由己生，小人难于胜己。谤言无惧，强者不纵，堪验其德焉。

不察其德，非识人也。识而勿用，非大德也。

王通简介 ：

      王通，字仲淹，生干隋文帝开皇四年（ 584年），卒于隋炀帝大业十三年（ 617年）。隋河东郡龙门县通化镇（今山西省万荣县通化乡）人。是隋代山西的一位私人教育家，死后，门弟子私谥为“文中子”。
　　
　　　　王通，《隋书》无传，新、旧《唐书》王绩、王勃、王质传中虽均曾提及，然皆极简略，称其为隋末大儒而已。参考其它文献，我们大致可以知道：王通出生在官宦世家，其父王隆，曾于隋开皇初，以国子博士待诏云龙门，向隋文帝奏《兴衰要论》七篇，“言六代之得失”，颇为隋文帝所称道。王氏家学渊源深厚，所以王通从小就受到儒学的熏染。《中说•立命篇》有“夫子十五为人师”的记载，可见王通少年时即精通儒学，学问极好。
　　
　　据说在隋文帝仁寿三年（ 603），王通曾经“西游长安，见隋文帝，奏太平十二策，尊王道，推霸略、稽今验古”。　　
　　王通弃官归乡后，便潜心钻研孔子的“六经”，据说曾经受书于东海李育、学诗于会稽夏典，问礼于河东关子明，正乐于北平霍汲，考易于族父仲华。经过一番研究，以“圣人”自居，模仿孔子，作《王氏六经》，或称《续六经》。并开始在家乡的白牛溪聚徒讲学，“门人常以百数，唯河南董恒、南阳程元、中山贾琼、河东薛收、太山姚义、太原温彦博、京兆杜淹等十余人为俊颖，而以姚义慷慨，方之仲由；薛收理识，方之庄周。”这个记载大体是可信的。后世附会唐初名臣房玄龄、魏征等也是王通弟子。
　　
　　　　王通思想，还是有许多可贵之处的。如把儒家的“仁”发展为彻底的人权思想：“不以天下易一民之命”（《文中子中说*天地篇》）这句话是最伟大最光辉的思想，其分量超过了王通之后1400年以来中国所有的典籍；反对传统儒学认为道的本质是“通其变”（《文中子中说*周公篇》），而不是坚持和固守任何经典教条；在《元经》中把少数民族拓拔氏统治下的北魏作为继晋宋之后中国的正统；用“天命”（《文中子中说*述史篇》）的理论批判当时南北文人偏执的民族观和腐朽的文化观；他的一个重要思想是“人能弘道”（《文中子中说*立命篇》）即认为只要通变和得人，就可以改造社会使之归于“淳朴”，而不是在所谓的“历史规律”面前束手无策，无所作为。
　　

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