我从十五岁开始致力于学习,三十岁便能自立于社会了,四十岁对各种事理不再迷惑不解,五十岁懂得了自然界的规律,六十岁对听到的事情能领会贯通,并能辨别是非真伪,七十岁时做事能随心所欲,但又不会超出礼法的规范。
荀子所说的“伪”,是“人为”的意思。天生就有的是“性”,是人力无法改变的;通过后天的学习、努力可以改变的,就是“伪”。所以荀子主张“化性起伪”,通过自己能掌控的力量来改变已成定数的东西。
A good book should make you laugh, cry, and think.
To understand the meaning of a sentence, we must consider the speaker's intention and the context of the utterance.
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.