Chapter 18 Chapter 2 The Orphan's Saint's Dream

The Hai family in Qiongshan is a prominent family in Hainan, and they have always passed on poems and rites to the family.According to historical records, Hai Rui's father was "uninhibited in the police and did not care about his family's business".When Hai Rui was four years old, his father passed away, and all the family responsibilities fell to Hai Rui's mother, Xie Shi, who was only 28 years old. The characters of orphans are often similar, especially those who lost their fathers at an early age, and their mothers will pin all their hopes on them and discipline them severely.Because of their mother's indoctrination day and night, their sense of morality is stronger than ordinary people, and they are extremely filial.Wang Mang, Wang Anshi, Chiang Kai-shek, Hu Shi, the list goes on and on.

Take Hu Shi as an example. He lost his father when he was four years old. He said that his mother "although she didn't know how to read and write, she put all her hopes on my education" and "every day before dawn, my mother would wake me up and call I sat up on the bed, and then told me everything I knew about my father... She said that only if I behaved well and succeeded in my studies and examinations, could I honor them both; I study diligently to pay for it.”Once he was a little bit playful, he was beaten up immediately, and after the beating, he cried bitterly again, crying about his miserable fate and the difficulty of being a widow, which made Hu Shi's face burn with pain in his buttocks.Under the guidance and expectation of his mother, Hu Shi became an old master at a young age, studying hard all day long.After growing up, he was self-denying and extremely filial all his life, even sacrificing his own love for his mother's love.

Hai Rui's experience was exactly the same.It's just that his character is more stubborn and stubborn than ordinary orphans, and he is even stubborn. This needs to be further found in his mother.The wives of prodigal sons are often chaste women.Mrs. Haitai is very famous for her strict adherence to women's morality and hard work.She "worked hard one after another, worked hard on clothing and food, saved money, and supervised Rui to learn." Until Hai Rui entered the officialdom for many years, she was still busy from morning to night every day without a little rest.She was originally a strict and lifeless person, and since she was a widow at a young age, her mentality was unavoidably abnormal, she regarded her son as her life, Hai Rui was already in her 30s and 40s, and she still lived in the same room with her mother.Hai Rui said in "Begging for the Final Care": "The mother's servants, although they are young and strong, depend on each other day and night, and they are not different from infants."

It can be imagined that Mrs. Xie has strict requirements on Hai Rui.When Hai Rui was just sensible, his mother, who had a rough knowledge of characters, taught him to read "Book of Filial Piety", "Shang Shu", and "The Doctrine of the Mean". Under his mother's strict discipline, Hai Rui's childhood was cancelled.Mrs. Xie did not allow him to play games with other children, "If there is banter, he must be strict and correct."Mrs. Xie took her dead husband as a negative example and repeatedly educated Hai Rui that when she grows up, she should not be rebellious like his father, but should study hard and be a gentleman.

Hai Rui's honesty, tenacity, and even paranoia have already been deeply implanted in his blood.The Confucianism education he received from childhood strengthened these tendencies. In school, Hai Rui is a model student who obeys the rules.In "Guishi Wen", he recalled his time as a student: "When I was a young scholar, I saw that my older classmates were very respectful, and I didn't dare to speak loudly beside me, and I didn't dare to lead the class out of order. If you meet an elderly person on the road, step aside; if you are at the same table, you are old, and you will accompany the last seat. There is never a time when you are more polite."

Being so courteous and courteous is not just because of his good family education, but more importantly, it is a kind of moral self-awareness. The young Hai Rui sincerely admires the glorious and beautiful principles of nature and humanity revealed by Confucianism, and tries his best to follow them in every action. Confucianism provided the people of that era with a very attractive vision and ideal.As far as the society is concerned, as long as everyone abides by the teachings of the saints, the society will be in order and achieve great harmony.Personally, if you work hard on yourself, you will reach the realm of a "sage".

Of course, on the road of self-improvement, you will encounter many temptations and challenges, however, you only need one quality to deal with them: perseverance.Therefore, the most critical issue is to hone your perseverance.In the composition "Strict Teacher's Precepts", he tortured himself like this: After becoming an official in the future, do he have the confidence to resist the temptation of money?Can you stick to your integrity?Will there be discrepancies between words and deeds?Will you do something you are ashamed of?Can you maintain your self-esteem when you meet high-ranking officials?Seeing other people's horses in fresh clothes, can you not feel envious? "If you have a little gain, you can be reserved, and you can be jealous of others, and you can achieve success before you, so you can't be uncompetitive?" When you are born, you are innocent. On the day of death, can you guarantee that you are spotless?If you can't maintain your innocence, how can you be worthy of your ancestors?

He started from his every move, every thought, and asked himself not to deviate from the teachings of the saints at all times.He kept his word and acted resolutely, and he won the title of "Saint" in school. He gave himself a nickname: "Gangfeng".He hopes that he can be like the rocks on the seashore, standing firm in front of the endless tide of the world day and night. Scholars all over the world read the books of sages and sages, why do they read so many villains?Every emperor respects the way of a sage, but why are there few politically clear times?Hai Rui is really strange. People all over the world don't understand a simple truth: as long as you practice the way of a sage to the letter, all the problems in the world will be solved.The sage has handed over the key to solve all problems to the scholars, but people abandon it like trash!The world is full of hapless fools who are blinded all day long!Thinking of this, Hai Rui felt uneasy.Student Hai Rui made a great vow: use his own life to continue the saint's torch and illuminate the world again!

In fact, this vow should be easy to achieve, the secret lies in persistence.However, why is only he, Hai Rui, aware of this?