Chapter 18 The first series of my autobiography 18/19/20/21

The first series of my autobiography Chapter 18 My Little History of Self-Study: The Principle of Progress 16. Principles of Progress in Thought Thoughts seem to be possessed by everyone, but those who have it are equal to not have it, which accounts for almost all of them.This is the chaos in his mind, echoing what others say, and he nods in favor of different opinions.A thought or a theory is the answer to a problem.He has no thought precisely because he has no problem.On the contrary, the reason why a person is knowledgeable is that he is good at discovering problems, and he can detect any slightly different opinions and viewpoints, pursue them earnestly, and never ignore the past.Questions are root seedlings, and university studies are like a big tree, growing up from the root seedlings; while environmental knowledge (including reading books) and life practices are its nourishing materials, and it will naturally form a large system over time.The principle of intellectual progress, in a word, is this. In previous years, there was a speech on "How to Become Today's Me" (found in "Shu Ming Thirty Post-Records" published by the Commercial Center), and there was an "Preface" before the old book "The Essentials of Chinese Culture", which can be referred to .

The first series of my autobiography Chapter 19 My Self-taught History: Eastern and Western Cultures 17. Eastern and Western Cultural Issues Since I was young, I have realized that life is only suffering, and I think that the Buddhist school is the most suitable for me. I am a vegetarian and do not marry. I am diligent in seeking Buddhist scriptures and aspiring to learn Buddhism. It attracted the attention of Mr. Cai Yuanpei, and he was employed as the lecturer of Indian Philosophy at Peking University.This coincided with the eve of the launch of the new trend of thought ("May 4th" Movement).The new trend of thought at that time not only advocated the modern trend of thought in Western Europe (Sainz and Democracy), but also introduced various socialist theories at the same time.Although I am obsessed with new trends of thought, the environment and atmosphere put a lot of pressure on my teaching of ancient oriental philosophy.It was under this pressure that my book "Eastern and Eastern Cultures and Their Philosophy" was produced.The content of this book is mainly to give the three different cultural systems of the West, China, and India to their proper positions in the history of human cultural development, and to solve the problem of Eastern and Western cultures.

The first series of my autobiography Chapter 20 My Self-Study History: Back to the World Photos taken when teaching at Peking University around 1920 Eighteen, come back to the world The book "Eastern and Eastern Cultures and Their Philosophy" sums up the thought of life to the life of Chinese Confucianism, and points out that the near future of the world will be the revival of Chinese culture.This is a major change in my thinking since my youth.At the beginning, I returned to Buddhism, because I believed that life is only suffering (Buddha said the four truths: suffering, origin, extinction, and Tao.), once I found that the beginning of Confucianism is "Learning and learning from time to time is a joy", and I kept reading. There is not a word of suffering in the whole book, but there are many, many characters of joy, which cannot but attract my great attention.Opposite to the word happy in the book is the word worry.However, when he said that "the benevolent do not worry", Confucius said to himself that "it is fun to forget worries", which is full of optimism and is very clear; why is it natural?After careful reflection and introspection, I corrected my one-sided views.This is the origin of writing "Eastern and Eastern Cultures and Their Philosophy", and it also suppressed my desire to give up becoming a monk and return to the world.Thoughts come back to the world, although they are triggered for a while, they have been brewing for a long time.This is why being mistakenly drawn into Peking University to teach philosophy and join a group of intellectuals inevitably arouses a desire for fame and competition.The desire to be famous and competitive comes from the body, and the body naturally has the desire of men and women.But since I am determined to become a monk and become a monk, I am not allowed to marry, and I can only restrain my desires.In this way, I am always in conflicts and struggles mentally.Contradictions and struggles will not be stalemate for a long time, and the opportunity finally triggers the determination to give up the monkhood that has always been a monk.The opportunity came in the early spring of 1920, when I was invited by the Young China Society to give a speech on religious issues, and then I supplemented the speech at home.This was originally an easy task, but unexpectedly, the writing was always unsatisfactory. I couldn't write a few lines, and the paper was filled with corrections. I was embarrassed and my mind was confused.After meditating for a while, I took the "Ming Confucianism Case" and read it.Among them, Wang Xinzhai of Taizhou is familiar with the school. At this time, he suddenly saw the eight characters in Dongya's quotations: "Thousands of worries are imprisoned, blood and energy are at peace" and he was startled: Isn't this just talking to me?Isn't this just criticizing me now?Immediately, the scalp was sweating, and he was silent.Therefore, he resolutely gave up the idea of ​​becoming a monk.In the summer vacation of that year, I was invited to give a lecture on "Eastern and Western Cultures and Their Philosophy" in Jinan, and I returned to Beijing to write and publish it for printing. I got married at the end of November in winter.

The first series of my autobiography Section 21 Readme My self-study history reflects the social changes and the problems of the times in the past fifty years.If I use my self-report as the central clue to write about the changes in the country in the past fifty years, it may be a very vivid and good historical material. Just being bored and puzzled by the problems of life led me to philosophy unknowingly, going in and out of hundreds of schools of thought.However, once you understand the principles of life, you will not ask for more.If philosophy is regarded as a bit of knowledge that everyone should know, then I know a little bit just like that.

The reason why a person is knowledgeable is that he is good at discovering problems. He can detect any slightly different opinions and views, pursue them earnestly, and never ignore the past.Questions are root seedlings, and university studies are like a big tree, which develops and grows from the root seedlings; environmental knowledge (including reading books) and life practice are its nourishing materials, and it will naturally form a large system over time. I really don't have anything else, I'm just prone to problems? D? D is especially prone to problems from the actual personnel experience.When you have a problem, you must use your mind; if you use your mind, you will have your own opinions;Outsiders see me as if I'm talking about learning, but in fact I'm just trying to solve my problems with my mind, and I'm not interested in learning.

In 1938 I visited Yan'an. ...had met with Chairman Mao eight times, two of which were late-night talks.Regarding the understanding of China, there are different opinions, and there are many disputes.However, he started with the analysis of the power comparison between the enemy and our friends, the transformation of strength, and the nature of war, etc., and explained that China must win and Japan must lose, which I admire very much. I have never been a man of learning, nor a man of success.I thought for a long time, who am I? I am probably the person in question!