Gan Family Instructions

Chapter 12
Mingjin people said: "If you don't talk too much, you will lose too much; if you don't have too many things, you will suffer too much."Those who can walk take away their wings, those who are good at flying lose their fingers, those with horns have no upper teeth, and those who are full have no front feet.The ancients said: "It is better to stick to one thing than to do more than to be good; a marmot mouse has five abilities, but it cannot be a trick." Discussions, articles cannot be passed down in collections, handwriting is not enough to stay, love to play, divination and shooting are six to three, medicine is ten to five, music is played by dozens of people, bows and arrows are among thousands of people, astronomy, painting, Chess and chess, Xianbei language, Hu Shu, frying walnut oil, refining tin into silver, etc., have a rough outline, and they are not familiar with them.Unfortunately, with that god, if you save its heresy, it should be subtle.

The letter to Chen Shi began in the Warring States Period and was captured in the Han Dynasty, and became more and more popular.Its original style is: attacking the right and wrong of the leader, and admonishing the people; criticizing the gains and losses of the group of officials, litigation and the like; discussing the interests of the country, and the countermeasures;All in all, Jia Cheng seeks a position in these four paints, and pays for his salary by making words.Or there is no benefit at all, but there is trouble without knowing it. Fortunately, I feel the owner, and I am accepted by the time. There are many such.The books written by the good historians are based on the madness, and the political gains and losses are deaf, which is not what the gentlemen and law-abiding people did.As seen in this life, those who hold orchid osmanthus in Huai Jinyu are ashamed of it.Guarding the gate, presenting books and sayings, the rate is more than empty, high self-proclaimed, without a general idea, the trivial matters of salty chaff, out of ten, one is not good, and it is in line with current affairs. , but suffer from knowledge but not ears.Or being accused of adultery, face-to-face remuneration for evidence, things go back to the acupoints, and fear of wrongdoing;

Admonishers, if a righteous man fails, he must be in the place where he can speak, and he should do his best to praise him, and he will not be able to avoid stealing peace, and hang his head and ears; , Sri Lanka is a sinner.Therefore, "Biaoji" says: "When serving the emperor, if you are far away and admonish, you will be flattering; if you are close but not admonishing, you will benefit yourself."

A gentleman should abide by the Tao and respect morality, save prices and wait for the time.Seek to compete, disregard shame, compare talent and ability, weigh merits, sternly raise voice, complain from east to west; or hijack the prime minister's flaws, and get rewarded, or when there is noise, people will watch and listen, and ask to see and dispatch; in this way Getting an official is called talent, how is it different from stealing food to get full, stealing clothes to get warmth!
When the world sees those who win the official position in a hurry, they say, "How can Fu Suo get it?";Seeing those who have retreated quietly and haven't met, they say, "Don't be foolish";Those who get content without asking, and those who don't get what they ask for, how can they win!
In the Ji Dynasty of Qi, most of them entrusted their wealth and goods to their wives, making a lot of noise for women.Worshiping the slaughterer, the Indian group is brilliant, the chariots are brilliant, and the nine clans are honored, and they are expensive for a while.But if you are in trouble for the ruling, you will be on the lookout for it, and if you gain it, you will lose it. The umbilical cord is also the same.From the south to the north, I have never discussed my status with the people of the time in a word, and I cannot understand it, and there is nothing special about it.

Wang Zijinyun: "Zuo Fu has to taste, Zuo Dou has to hurt." "If this statement is good, it will be predicted, and if it is evil, it will go away. I don't want the injustice of the party members. Anything that is damaged or damaged will have nothing to do. Should it be discarded? Wu Yuan entrusted a fishing boat, Ji Bu entered Guangliu, Kong Rong hid Zhang Jian, Sun Song hid Zhao Qi, the previous generations were precious, but what I did is also offended by this, and I am willing to rest in peace. For example, Guo Xie’s retribution for others, Guan Fu’s furious begging for land, and knight-errant’s behavior are not the actions of a gentleman. If there is rebellion and offends the ruler’s relatives, it is not enough to be sympathetic to.

When relatives and friends are in distress, you should not be stingy with your family's wealth and your own strength; if you want to make plans, it is unreasonable to ask for help, which is not my teaching.The disciples of Mo Di are called hot belly in the world, and the lovers of Yang Zhu are called cold intestines in the world; the intestines should not be cold, and the abdomen should not be hot, and benevolence and righteousness should be used as the festival.

In the past, when I was revising Wenling Cao, there were scholars from Shandong who competed with Guanzhong Taishi for history.I insisted on saying: "Mostly the Confucianism is contending, four points and two points are reduced. The essentials of the calendar can be measured by the sundial and the landscape; if the points are thinly eroded today, the four points will be sparse and the points will be reduced. Sparse. Those who say that government orders are lenient and fierce, and that they are operated to cause profit and contraction, are not calculated losses; those who are secret say that the sun and the moon have slow speeds, and they use techniques to seek them, predict their degrees, and avoid disasters. Using secrets is arbitrary and violates the scriptures. And the judges know that those who are not good at litigating, who are shallow and deep, are safe and willing to obey? It is not under the order of the order, but luckily it should not be done." It is salty to think that Cao is noble and humble.There is a courtesy official, who is ashamed for this, lingers in bitter desire, and imposes an assessment.The loom is so thin that it is impossible to measure, but I also interviewed the litigants, peeked at the right and wrong, gathered day and night, toiled in the cold and heat, and went through the spring and winter, but there was nothing to seize. It is also a disgrace to this good name.

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