On reverence

Zi said: "A gentleman has three fears, fear of the mandate of heaven, fear of the adult, fear of the words of the sage, and the villain does not know the mandate of heaven and is not afraid."

Let's start with a story, in the late Ming Dynasty, in a village in the Shanxi generation. There is the Zhao family, the Zhao couple have been married for decades without having an heir, and the family is very worried. When he was fifty years old, he had a son, and the whole family was overjoyed, and the whole family spoiled this hard-won little ancestor. Everything is up to him, used to him, for fear that he will be a little unhappy. At that time, the people were pointing to the crops in the field to gather grain to survive. Therefore, the crop seedlings are also called heavenly seedlings, and they are considered to be food given by God. But this Zhao family has a hobby, which is to trample on the seedlings that have just grown. The affected villagers also approached the Zhao couple several times to seek justice, but the Zhao couple protected their son, saying that the child was small and ignorant, so they couldn't care about him. The villagers also made a mistake, and such a young child may not necessarily teach him a lesson. This Zhao Erlang saw that no one took him, and he had a way, and he intensified it. One year, just in spring, it was a good year, and the seedlings were growing well, but in just a day or two, there was not much left of the Zhao family's children. As a result, the villagers complained. are all saying, God, if you can see what Zhao Erlang has done, help us get rid of this scourge. Or rather, there has been a saying that public anger is difficult to break since ancient times. One day, there was rain in the sky, and this Zhao Erlang ran to the field to trample on the seedlings, only to see that as soon as Zhao Erlang entered the field, a lightning bolt in the sky slashed down, and it hit this Zhao Erlang. The scourge that the villager had hated for a long time was wiped out with that flash of lightning.

In ancient times, people believed that the sky was round and the place was round. (Leave aside the question of whether this is true or not). Later, there was another saying, there are no rules. The ancients compared the rules to heaven and earth, which shows their importance. Then, when we are born in heaven and earth, should we have a sense of awe? What should we revere? How to revere, what is the meaning of the word reverence? Respect, to show respect. Fear, fear is expressed. From small to large, there are family rules in the family, the country has national laws, and there are natural laws of operation. Therefore, people should have a sense of reverence in heaven and earth. Revere the mountains, rivers, birds, beasts, fish and insects in nature, every grass and tree, every flower and leaf. Reverence for the laws and regulations of the country. Respect teachers, parents, everyone, no matter the young, no matter the gender, no matter the Huayi, no matter the foolish. For example, ants exist in the heavens and the earth, and their bodies are weak. People often describe life as cheap as ants. But there is a saying that the embankment of a thousand miles collapses in an anthill. Have you ever heard that the embankment of a thousand miles is destroyed by a single person? Everything in this world exists in heaven and earth, and there must be a reason. Every grass and tree has living beings, so why should people regard themselves as the spirits of all things?

In recent years, the power of science and technology has advanced rapidly, everything can be automated, and everything can be networked. Things that we couldn't think of exist in each of our lives today. So, people began, arrogant, arrogant. I feel that I am smart and can control everything in the universe. Despise the life and laws of this world, and people always live in a world of self-righteousness. But why are there still so many people crying and bleeding when natural disasters come? How many lives are taken away from sudden storms, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and earthquakes? Aren't these enough to wake people up? Or are there not enough bloodshed? Not enough lessons? Yes, I have to admit that technology can bring us great convenience, and I have benefited from it. But that doesn't mean we can act arbitrarily and lawlessly. Ancient emperors used water to carry boats, and they could also overturn boats to encourage themselves. This sentence also applies to today, the universe is so big, how vast it is, and the earth we live on is just a small planet that can no longer be small. What is human beings? Heaven and earth give birth to human life, nurture us, and enable us to eat, wear, live, travel, and use unconditionally. But that doesn't mean we're above nature. There should be a degree of demand, and it should be repaid in a timely manner. The heavens and the earth nurture countless lives, including us, and they can destroy us in the same way. It's ridiculous that people have the shame to transcend nature. It's like a child who has just learned to walk and wants to beat his father, and the result is self-evident. Why did we become the children who didn't know the height of the sky? What did all this come from?

Since ancient times, people in China have been doing it, the sky is watching, and there are gods in the head, this truth. Don't believe me, I'm going to make you swear a poisonous oath for no reason, I guess you can find me to play with your life. Let's go back and see, which of those people who have done all the bad things throughout the ages and who are angry with everyone and God has ended up in the end? To use a very popular phrase now, "God, who will be spared?" Recently, the drama "In the Name of the People" has been very popular, and I have been chasing it. Among them, it can be regarded as a lot of feelings. China's social atmosphere today has a great deal to do with those evil people who serve the people on the surface and behind them are the wicked people who pit the common people to death. You have power and opposition, your family has a lot of money, your wives and concubines are in groups, and there are people above you, these conditions add up to make you forget who your surname is. You think you have the right in your hands, you can control your own fate and the fate of others, you think you can turn your hands into clouds and your hands into rain, but what you think is always just, you think. When you don't know, Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not leaky. Someone will always come to clean you up, you have passed the first day of the new year, can you still hide from the fifteenth? Retribution will always come, it is only a matter of time. Which of those high-ranking officials is not high-spirited and spends money on weekdays, but when it comes time to settle accounts after the autumn, I would like to ask you, have you checked that your three souls and seven spirits are there? What is the source of all this? Do not fear the laws and regulations of this country. You know, someone accepts the cheap, and the person is cheap, and the day will come to collect you. If you don't believe it, try it!

In the final analysis, all of this is a warning to us that we should be in awe. Reverence for all things, for every person, for every life. Sometimes, being timid isn't necessarily a bad thing. Because there are some things that cannot be touched. What is the role of the law? It is not only to punish those who violate it, but more importantly, to deter those who do not violate it or who attempt to violate it. Let you be a clear person and do things in a proper manner. Nothing in this world is superfluous. You look down on a grass, it can lift a thousand pounds of stone, you can't, you can't? You look down on ants, but they can unite for decades. You can't do it, can you? People are so inadequate compared to other living beings. So, be in awe, in awe of those who you know and don't know, of those who are great and small. Because only with reverence and humility can we do more, go farther, and see more beautiful things. Therefore, please look at and face with a heart of awe, all living beings in this world, as well as the unbreakable laws of operation in nature.

But those who are human beings should be in awe!!