In ancient times, if you want to bring enlightenment and virtue to the world, you must first govern your country; if you want to govern your country, you must first regulate your family; if you want to regulate your family, you must first cultivate your body; if you want to cultivate your body, you must first rectify your heart; if you want to rectify your heart, you must first be sincere in your intention; if you want to be sincere in your intention, you must first know how to know; to gain knowledge is to study things. After observing things, one will know, and after knowing one's thoughts, one will be sincere, one's mind will be sincere, then one's heart will be upright, one's heart will be right, then one will cultivate one's body, one will cultivate one's body, and then one's family will be in order, one's family will be in order, and then the country will be in order. From the emperor to the common people. First, they are all based on self-cultivation. This book is a color-illustrated version of the Four Books and Five Classics. The editors carefully selected representative original texts and paired them with contemporary interpretations. In this way, readers can not only understand the history, current situation, and future of the Chinese nation through them, but also read new meanings from ancient Chinese classics. Only by understanding them can we understand Chinese history.
