Guard the heart of a little child.

 Guard the heart of a little child.


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"A great person is a person who has not lost the heart of a child." - Mencius


A great person is a person who has well-protected his good nature from worldly greed, and a person who has protected the pure heart of a child.


A person who has lived after profit and greed is a person who has not been able to keep his good nature and the good heart he had when he was young.


Mencius says that the reason he did not keep his good heart was that he gave up on himself. That's exactly what it was about giving up. In today's interpretation, desperation means falling into despair and not looking back. However, Mencius says that the failure to keep his humanity is 'injuring himself and giving up on himself'.


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"You cannot speak with someone who harms yourself, and you cannot work with someone who has given up on yourself. Anyone who opens their mouth and speaks only exceptions and non-righteousness is self-harm. Anyone who says that he cannot remain in self-righteousness and cannot walk the path of righteousness is self-defeating. Forsaken sleep."


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In the end, those who give up are those who give up on themselves and abandon themselves, not because of someone else or some circumstance. He can't make excuses and he can't blame anything else.


As people grow up, they learn a lot and gain experience. As knowledge accumulates and wisdom gradually increases, it becomes an adult. It is the responsibility of adults to raise and nurture that way.


Children become adults through the protection and nurture of adults and become members of society who can do their part. But if you want to become a real adult, you have a heart that you must protect. It is the pure heart of a child.


The heart of a child is in the state of keeping the good nature it has received from heaven. It is a pure heart that is not stained by greed or profit and has its good nature preserved. Also, the child's heart is humble. He doesn't boast of knowledge or status, and he doesn't look down on others with it. I do not criticize others recklessly, nor do I use others for my own gain. It is the heart of a child that can treat people as genuine people like this. If you exalt yourself because you are old, have a lot of status or wealth, or have worldly honour, and treat people badly, you cannot be called a true adult.


A true adult is a person who is not swayed by life experiences and years.

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