magnanimous(hào rán zhī qì)

magnanimous

Haoranzhiqi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h à or á nzh à Q à, which means the spirit of uprightness. From Mencius Gongsun Chou Shang.

Pinyin

hàoránzhīqì

Citation explanation

In Mencius Gongsun Chou Shang: "I am good at cultivating my noble spirit." Li Xian's annotation of "imperial edict to the gate" in the biography of Jiang humerus in the book of the later Han Dynasty quoted Wu Xiecheng of the Three Kingdoms in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "the ambition of fighting against the clouds of the mausoleum is to cultivate the noble spirit." Chapter 52 of Zhu Zi Yu Lei: "morality lies in human beings. It is necessary to set off the noble spirit, and then morality will naturally stand for itself." Yuan Zhang Kejiu's "parasitic grass - turning back to the song" divertimento: "beautiful ambition, happy countryside, magnificent air to heaven and earth." Yuan · Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion · Yan Huai: the poor and the poor make the people gray, and raise the noble spirit. In Li Yu's "training women in a mirage" of the Qing Dynasty, "although it is also some heroic spirit, it is just too brave and arrogant."

Idiom usage

To be the subject or the object; to correct the spirit of great rigidity.

Idiom story

According to Mencius Gongsun Chou, one of Mencius' disciples Gongsun Chou once asked Mencius, "excuse me, teacher, what are your strengths?" Mencius said, "I am good at cultivating my noble spirit. Gongsun Chou asked again, what is noble spirit? Mencius said, "it's hard to describe clearly. Generally speaking, first of all, it is full of the air between heaven and earth, which is very vast and strong. Secondly, this kind of Qi is formed by the accumulation of justice and morality. On the contrary, if there is no justice and morality stored in it, it will fade away. This kind of Qi, which condenses justice and morality, is produced from human beings. It can not be obtained by hypocrisy or by hanging up the signboard of justice and morality. Gongsun Chou asked: "dare to ask, master, how bad is he?" (Mencius) said, "I know my words, and I am good at cultivating my noble spirit." (Gongsun Chou asked): "dare to ask what is noble spirit?" He said, "it's hard to say. It is also Qi, the most powerful, to directly raise and harmless, then plug in between heaven and earth. It is also Qi, with righteousness and Tao; no is, also discouraged. It is the one who is born of righteousness, not the one who is inherited by righteousness. If you don't do something in your heart, you will be discouraged. Therefore, I said, "Gaozi has no sense of justice, so it's beyond it.". If you have something to do, don't correct it; if you don't forget it, don't encourage it. It's not like the people of the Song Dynasty: the people of the Song Dynasty have people who are short of Minqi and Miao, but who are short of Minqi and Miao! I'll help you grow! " His son tends to look at it, and the Miao is withered. There are few people in the world who can't help the seedlings grow. Those who think that it is not beneficial to give up do not cultivate the seedlings, while those who help the elderly do harm to the seedlings (Mencius Gongsun Chou) Gongsun Chou asked: "what are you good at?" (Mencius) said: "I can understand the emotional tendency expressed in other people's words, and I am good at cultivating the noble spirit I have." (Gongsun Chou said), "what is noble spirit, please?" (Mencius) said: "it's hard to understand. That noble spirit, the most grand and the strongest, can be made to be omnipresent between heaven and earth by cultivating it with justice instead of harming it with evil. If we don't do this, then the noble spirit will be as weak and exhausted as if people can't get food. The noble spirit is formed by the long-term accumulation of justice in the heart, not by accidental acts of justice. If you can't feel at ease with what you have done, your noble spirit will be exhausted. So I say that Gaozi did not know what righteousness is because he regarded righteousness as something outside his heart. We must have this matter in mind and do not stop, do not forget in mind, do not use external forces (against the law) to help it grow. Don't be like the song people. In the state of song, a man who was worried that his seedlings would not grow and pulled them up came home tired. He said to his family, "today I am extremely tired. I helped the seedlings grow up." His son ran to the field to see that the seedlings were dry. Few people in the world do not make such mistakes. It is those who do not weed crops who think it useless to conserve them, and it is those who help them grow. It's not just no good, it's killing the crops. Therefore, it is not difficult for us to understand that the so-called noble spirit is the upright spirit, the upright spirit in the world, and the righteousness and virtue that bring up the upright spirit. Mencius believes that a person with great spiritual strength, in the face of all the great temptations and threats from the outside world, can be calm and calm, and reach the realm of "immobility". That is to say, Mencius once said that the rich and noble can't be lewd, the poor and humble can't be moved, and the mighty can't be subdued. There was a long poem that vividly described Mencius' noble and healthy spirit. This is the song of healthy spirit written by the national hero Wen Tianxiang. The poem reads: "heaven and earth have healthy qi, and they are manifold. Below is the mountain, above is the sun and star. It's said to the people that "Haoran, Peihu, saicangming." That is to say, Haoran Zhengqi lies in all kinds of constantly changing forms in the universe. In nature, it is the vitality of the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains and rivers; in human society, when the world is peaceful and the politics is clear, it is the spirit of peace; when the country and the nation are in crisis, it is the spirit of upright and unyielding people with lofty ideals. Social order is maintained by it, and morality is the root of it. He also listed many lamentable historical figures in Chinese history, such as Dong Hu, a historian of Jin state who was not afraid of beheading, Su Wu, who had been herding sheep for 19 years in Xiongnu, who was unyielding and determined to die, Yan Yan, who drank "there are only decapitated generals in Shu, but no surrendering generals" after being captured, zuti, a famous general of Eastern Jin Dynasty, who led his troops to cross the Yangtze River for Northern Expedition, attacked ships in the middle stream and vowed to recover the Central Plains, and Chong Zhuge Liang's chushibiao full of loyalty and integrity And so on, as an example, shows that the noble spirit always exists between heaven and earth.

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