What is the root of the art of love?(仁民愛物)
There is an important scholar in
Confucianism whose name is (Meng Ke).
There is a story in his book.
Someone asked him.
How do you think a person can learn the art
of love?
He replied.
Before we learn the art of love, we must
first distinguish between different levels of love.
There are two levels of the art of love,
one is to love trees or animals and the other is to love humans.
Although trees and animals can respond to
our love, they cannot help us become a moral person.
Only by interacting with others can we
improve us and make us a moral person.
There are two levels of loving human
beings. One is to love people who are alienated from you and who are strangers.
The other is to love ourselves, love our relatives, and love the people we
often come into contact with every day.
The most important of these levels is also
the foundation of all love, that is, loving ourselves, loving our relatives,
and loving the people we often come into contact with every day.
When we learn the roots of this art of
love, we will naturally have the other two abilities.
Therefore, if one wants to make oneself
morally noble, if one wants to make oneself have the ability of true love.
Then his first priority is to learn to love
himself, his loved ones, and the people he often comes into contact with every
day.
This idiom means that a person can truly
love others and all things in the world.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Do you agree with his views? Have you seen
this type of person, you see him caring about the disadvantaged in society
every day, but he is very violent towards his family members?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
仁民愛物(What is the root of the art of love?)
儒家有一個重要的學者，他的名字叫做（孟軻）。
他的書中有一個故事。
有一個人問他。
你認為一個人要怎樣讓自己學會愛的技藝呢?
他回答。
我們要學會愛的技藝之前，首先我們要分辨各種不同層次的愛。
愛的技藝有兩種層次，一種是愛樹木或是動物另一種是愛人類。
樹木與動物雖然能夠回應我們的愛，但無法幫助我們成為一個道德高尚的人。
我們只有藉由與他人的互動才能改善我們，使我們成為一個道德高尚的人。
愛人類的層次又有兩種，一種是愛那一些跟你關係疏遠甚是陌生的人。另一種是愛我們自己、愛我們的親人、愛我們每天經常接觸的人。
這幾種層次中最重要的也是所有愛的根本的，就是愛我們自己、愛我們的親人與愛我們每天經常接觸的人。
當我們學會這一種愛的藝術的根本之後，我們自然就能擁有其他兩種能力。
因此一個人如果想要讓自已道德高尚、一個人如果想要讓自已擁有真正的愛的能力。
那他的首要之務就是學習愛自己、愛自已的親人、愛自已每天經常接觸的人
這句成語的意思是一個人能夠真正的愛人與愛世界上所有的東西。
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。
你認同他的觀點嗎?你是否見過這類型的人，你看見他每天關懷社會上的弱勢，但是他卻對他的家庭成員很兇暴呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為孟子-盡心上-45條
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親有親愛、親近、見、親人的意思。