All the emotions and desires common to human beings(七情六慾)
In Chinese idioms, some idioms contain two
sentences at the same time.
It is usually because the meanings of the
two sentences are similar, or the two sentences can complement each other.
This idiom is one of them.
There is a classic book titled in
Confucianism called the Book of Rites.
There is a passage in this book.
There are a total of seven common and
innate emotions among human beings.
Happiness, anger, sadness, fear, love,
hatred, desire.
We should face up to these emotions, and
use education and etiquette to guide everyone to get along with their own
emotions correctly.
During the Warring States Period in China,
the prime minister of the Qin Kingdom (Lu Buwei) edited a book.
There is a passage in this book.
We humans have six main desires,
Live longer, avoid death, hear with ears,
see with eyes, eat with mouth, and smell with nose.
Humans have desires because of greed.
Desire generates emotion, and emotion requires temperance.
A person of high morals should restrain his
desires and emotions by learning etiquette.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Do you think a person should restrain
desire or indulge desire? Do you think that when a person's desire is
satisfied, the person can really be happy?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
七情六慾(All the emotions and desires common
to human beings)
中國的成語中，有一些的成語同時包含兩個句子。
通常是因為這兩個句子的意思相近，或者是這兩個句子可以相互補充。
這個成語，就是其中之一。
儒家有一本經典的書名書名叫做禮記。
這本書裡面有一段話。
人類共通而且天生的情感總共有七種。
高興、生氣、悲哀、恐懼、愛、恨惡、欲望。
我們應該正視的這些情感，並且用教育與禮節去引導每個人正確地與自已的這些情感相處。
中國的戰國時代，秦王國的宰相(呂不韋)主編了一本書。
這本書裡有一段話。
我們人類主要的慾望有六種，
活久一點，避免死亡，耳朵聽，眼睛看，嘴巴吃，鼻子聞。
人類因為貪心有欲望。欲望產生情感，感情需要節制。
一個道德高尚的人應該藉由學習禮節來克制自己的欲望與情感。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你認為一個人應該節制慾望還是放縱慾望呢?你認為當一個人的慾望滿足後，這個人就真的能得到快樂嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為禮記-禮運
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