Chapter 13 The unity of knowledge and action
The unity of knowledge and action was proposed at a very early age, and I call it the 'holy realm' and 'holy body' into one, and the 'real person' is the 'saint'!
In the books I have seen, this sentence should come from the Buddhist 'solution and action', but it should be Wang Yangming during the Ming Dynasty who really said it and listed it, and it should be Wang Yangming during the Ming Dynasty, and the way of perseverance to derive the study of conscience, the law of the unity of knowledge and action!
The so-called unity of knowledge and action is easy to understand, and the emphasis is on knowing and doing, so that we can be one! Otherwise, it would be incomplete.
Many people have heard this saying, but few people have studied why. Is the truth wrong? Or does it not work?
Many people call the beautiful language mixed with a little truth 'chicken soup for the soul' This sentence seems to be a rhetorical question of the so-called 'chicken soup for the soul', in fact, it is very simple to say, because whether it is the truth, or the chicken soup for the soul, it only stops in your mind, you understand, you understand, but you don't do it, you still do your own way to indulge according to your own desires, so even if there is more truth and chicken soup and go down, read it, it is just stopping at the soul, not reaching the body! It didn't work out, and that's the problem.
A person is a person, but in the actual actions of a person can be divided into two, on the other side is the body and the soul!
The 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' or many of the great truths that we hear are actually very simple truths, but many times they will stop in the soul, stop in the mind, and if they stop like this, then they can only exist in the mind, not in the body, and cannot be manifested in reality!
A lot of truths, just in the heart, in the mind, it's not that it's gone, it's actually always there, it's just that we haven't abided by, haven't used, haven't practiced, so we feel that we understand a lot of big truths, but it's still as if we have gained nothing!
Everyone wants to have a healthy body, and when there is no financial support, they can only think about it, and when they have financial support, they start all kinds of supplements and various health regimens, in fact, these are all manifestations of insufficiency and redundancy.
According to the laws of heaven and earth, go to bed early and get up early, exercise regularly, and restore the balance of body functions is the best state, and having a good body is a simple thing that everyone can do.
Many people know, but many people can't do it, they still stay up late, stay up all night, go to bed late, get up late, can't put down their mobile phones, can't put down their computers, know that they don't know what they do, even if they know more, it's no different from not knowing!
If you understand the truth, you don't obey it, but you do it in the opposite direction, you walk, you go the other way, and the result you get must be the opposite.
That's why Mencius said that the Great Dao is very simple, it's there, but people don't want to obey it!
This is also the method of action that Wang Yangming said about the unity of knowledge, action, and unity! And many people only do what they know, stop at doing!
What we gain is an increase in the soul, but there is another half of the body, which is the body, and if we don't do it physically, it's like we've only done half of it, like giving up halfway, and it won't end well.
As Mencius said, a well ten feet deep and nine feet to stop, is still equivalent to not digging!
When the knowledge reaches the mind, and the truth reaches the soul power, it is just there, and if you don't use it, if you don't abide by it, how can you expect to get a return?
If you have a good car at home and are reluctant to drive, but you choose to walk, how can you complain that you can't travel far? Yes and no!
It's hard to achieve something if you don't know it.
Of course, it's in vain to just don't know! It's like a man who wants to go to the country of the East, but he goes west, and although he runs with all his might, he goes farther and farther.
As the saying goes, just talk and don't practice fake tricks, just practice don't say, stupid tricks, talk and practice real tricks! A small saying, but the deepest wisdom!
I only know how to do it, but I don't know how to think and think, so no matter how good I do, I am in a secondary position, and I can only listen to the thoughts of others forever, without my own direction and goal, I don't understand the truth, I only know how to do it, and it is in vain to be old in the wilderness.
If knowledge and action are not one, and even a complete person has not been done well, how can he make a career?
If you don't know it, and just do it, it's like a machine, and when the main control system is shut down, it will become a waste.
Therefore, if you want to cultivate yourself, you must unite knowledge and action, the soul is the main, the body is the secondary, and the main and secondary are one, so that you can make a career.
Just like in today's era, the scientific and technological advancement of the West comes from the thinking of their sages, and then authenticates in reality, constantly explores, thinks, and integrates the two, so it is always at the forefront of the world's technology.
And our shortcomings are that we don't think about it, and the practitioners don't think about it, and we completely separate the things that should be one, so we can only follow in the footsteps of others, and we can't lead ourselves to break through. Instead, it has invisibly become a subordinate. No throne!
Therefore, later generations of scholars must know how to think, be able to act, and integrate knowledge and action to do things, so as to continue to forge ahead!