On the Necessity of Cultivating Morality from the Perspective of Classical Literature从经典论修德的必要性

Zhouyi Kun Chu Liu: Step on frost, and ice will come. A family that accumulates good will surely have more blessings. A family that accumulates evil will surely have more disasters. It means that the development of things comes gradually. When I see the bleak autumn frost, I know that the cold winter is coming soon. Lao Tzu said that the highest good is like water, which has two meanings. First, water is willing to be low, benefiting all things without competing. Second, water follows the trend. Is water always weak? That's not the case. Autumn frost kills, and ice hides. Being always weak will lead to the opposite extreme. Later, there was a saying that the good are lenient and the evil are strict. If you are an evil person, congratulations on winning the prize. Think carefully about it and it is in line with the way of heaven. For the evil, it is just a ban or snow.
Sometimes, the evil people seem to be alive and well, and everyone thinks that the cause and effect relationship does not exist. In fact, this is caused by the mixture of good and evil. Karma is like fruits that mature at different times, some are sweet and some are bitter, some are tasteless, and some are poisonous. So don't lose faith in cultivating virtue, this is a way to save yourself. In addition, there is a process from quantitative change to qualitative change. I mentioned that offering food and releasing animals both require a process to see the effect. I released five fish, and then I came back and lay on the bed thinking: Why haven't I become rich yet? This will make the wise laugh.
What is virtue? An action and thought that conforms to the laws of nature. There are many types, and it should be a comprehensive quality. Summarizing from the laws of nature and society is a kind of knowledge learning. Seeing that the heaven has the virtue of loving life, we release animals, and seeing that the earth has the virtue of tolerance, we are tolerant. Of course, like many religions, kindness is the basic element. This question involves a wide range of aspects, and I can't explain it. The ancient Chinese also had many explanations, and there were also explanations of morality and ethics. There are also explanations from the five elements, such as the saying that chickens have five virtues.
Why should we cultivate virtue? The most basic reason is that respecting the laws will make you live better.
周易之坤初六:履霜，坚冰至。积善之家，必有余庆。积不善之家，必有余殃。意思是事物的发展是逐步而来的。我看见萧杀的秋霜，就知道寒冷的冬季马上就要到来了。老子说上善若水，有两种意思，第一，水甘于低位，利万物而不争。第二，水是顺势的。水一味柔弱？倒也不是这样的，秋霜杀，寒冰藏。一味的柔弱会物极必反，走向另外一个极端的。后来有一种说法，叫做善者宽，恶者严。如果你是恶者，恭喜你中奖了。仔细想想是符合天道的。对于恶者，封杀或雪藏而已。
有些时候，恶人似乎也还活的很好，大家就认为因果关系是不存在的，实际上这是善恶相杂造成的。业力如同不同时期成熟的果子，有甜有苦，有的无味，有的有毒。所以不要对修德失去信心，这是自救的一种方式。另外由量变到质变是有一个过程的。我说过的施食和放生，都是需要一个过程才能见到效果。我放生了五条鱼，我就回来躺在床上想：为什么我还没发财？这是会让智者发笑的。
何为德？一种符合自然规律的行动和思想，有很多种类，应该是一个综合的素质。从自然和社会规律中总结，是一种知识类学习。看见上天有好生之德而去放生，看见大地有包容之德而去宽容。当然和很多宗教一样，善是基本要素。这个问题牵涉面很广，我解释不了。中国古人也有很多解释，也有品德和道德的说法。也有从五行解释的，比如说鸡有五德的这种说法。
为何要修德？最基本的原因，尊重规律会使你自己过得更好。