"The Night Talk of the Hearth": Be careful in words and deeds, and his words are also praised

The 48th is enough to summon great calamities, so the ancients kept their mouths shut like bottles, lest they fall, and one line was enough to defile for life, so the ancients stooped down, but they were afraid of flaws.

Blasts, spots on white jade.

Bai Gui's defilement can still be polished; Si Yan's defilement, can not be done! (The Book of Poetry, Daya, ora)

The words spoken are difficult to harvest from the water, and I have to be cautious.

Many things are either not said well or said the wrong thing. Many gender relationships, parent-child relationships, and co-workers are broken down in this way.

Humiliating, self-cultivation.

Regarding cautious speech, comparing freedom of speech, it is not to say what you want to say, to do what you want to do, and to speak without any scruples, this is not speech yourself, it can be said that you indulge your own speech.

And the real freedom of speech, its root is in the cautious speech, only cautious speech, can really get this "freedom", speech, when it comes to ideas, the timing is right, can achieve things, this is freedom of speech.

In our tradition, it has always been said that "people are fearful of words", which is also the power of public opinion. "Guarding people's mouths is better than preventing sichuan", it is useless to silence words. This is not the way to solve the problem.

It's about people, people, me, and institutions.

The system, to be tolerant, to give people room for speech, of course, this must have a red line of the system, and there is no unlimited freedom.

And if a system cannot accommodate criticism, it may be that the system has become rigid, showing that it is not confident and weak.

Between people and me, everyone is responsible for what they say, keeps the bottom line and principles of their own life, has the heart to perceive others, and understands the meaning of the system as a whole. Therefore, there are righteous and outspoken, some cautious and less, and even silent.

Therefore, when it is time to speak, do not say anything, be a shrunken-headed turtle, this is "one line is enough to destabilize life", this is the stain on virtue.

The subtlety of this is the wisdom of our culture. Zhi Ren Yong is together, not separate.

The benevolent one, his words are also praised. (Analects of Yan Yuan)

Words are like a blade, and it is easy to hurt people and hurt themselves. His words are also praised, that is, cautious words. When we speak, we have to maintain a sense of awareness, to take into account the whole. With warmth and goodwill in heart, we grasp the whole in insight and act with sensitivity and decisiveness.

Afterword: This year's winter camp a week down, all kinds of things, really overdrawn, now only slowed down, you can write a reading note. This year's New Year is not going back, on the spot New Year, I wish you all a happy new year!