You don't need to look at merit to do good, but God knows.

"Although I don't know virtue, God knows goodness" comes from the Taoist classic "Tai Shang Induction".

The original paragraph reads as follows:

Although no one knows virtue, God knows goodness. People are kind, although the blessing has not arrived, the disaster is far away; Man-made disaster, although the disaster has not arrived, the blessing is far away; People who do good deeds are like grass in the spring garden. If they don't see its advantages, they will give something every day. People who do evil are like grindstones. If they can't see the damage, they will lose money every day. There is always a door between happiness and misfortune. The terrible evil lies not in being discovered, but in knowing. Doing good is valuable, not in the praise of others, but in your own peace.

Translation:

Good deeds will be rewarded sooner or later, even if they are not seen by others. People do good deeds, although they don't get good news, but disasters are far away from them. People who do good deeds are like grass born in spring. Although they can't observe its growth, they are nourished by the sun every day. People who do evil are like grindstones. Although they can't observe its wear and tear, parts are missing every day.

Extended data:

Main idea:

"Taishang Inspirational Notes" said: "Taishang Inspirational Note is also called the Supreme Gate, which makes him feel that he should respond to this. Good and evil move heaven and earth, and there will be retribution. " It means the so-called "induction", which means the retribution of good and evil, and the gods of heaven and earth give corresponding rewards and punishments according to the actions of human beings. Therefore, from the beginning, the causal concept of "good is rewarded with good, evil with evil" was promoted with the sixteen words "There is no door to misfortune, only people call it, good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil".

Express ideas:

According to "Tai Shang Induction", "Heaven and earth have always been in charge of the gods, who take people away according to the severity of crimes committed by people", "There are three Beidou gods on people's heads, which record people's crimes and take people away" and "There are three corpse gods who go to Gengshen Day to talk about people's crimes in their life", so people's behavior is judged by the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth. When people act unjustly and violate rationality, they will "grasp discipline when they are big, and grasp calculation when they are small", but if they are reduced, they will be even poorer, and eventually they will "die hard" and people will die; You deserve to die, and it will affect future generations.

Self-cultivation is the philosophy of Taoism, and the existence of secular life forms is fundamental. We should pay more attention to the world and cherish the life that exists in reality. Therefore, "those who want to live forever" must avoid knowledgeable person's mistakes, and the unity with avoiding evil is to become good, and "good" can make people reach a higher realm of life: to become immortal through enlightenment. So Induction talks a lot about the benefits of doing good. Under the ideal of enlightenment and immortality, the highest realm of life advocated by Taoism, a ladder has been erected, that is, the realistic mentality and implementation of doing good.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Taiwanese Business Induction

Ten kinds of good deeds that accumulate the most virtues.

The ancients said, "To do good, you'd better accumulate yin virtue, and yin virtue is best to save your life, and you can't commit adultery."

In this world, doing good deeds and accumulating virtues can not only benefit families, but also benefit future generations. Accumulate virtue, be kind and do more good deeds.

Good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil. It's not like you don't report it. Not yet. Good and evil are all in one thought. A person who does good deeds for a long time, but makes a slight mistake, may be notorious. Therefore, if he wants to accumulate virtue, he must do good and not do evil all his life. At the same time, being virtuous means secretly doing things that are virtuous to others. Don't show off, don't be happy, do more and talk less.

The following things are the most insidious, try to do it.

1. Do more timely things.

It's easier to add icing on the cake than to send charcoal in the snow. These days, the rich, on the contrary, others will curry favor with them and help them, because they want to get benefits from the rich, thinking that the rich are the nobles in life. On the contrary, those poor people are looked down upon in society, and their relatives and friends will gradually alienate. The poor are of no use to themselves.

If you can do something to help those in urgent need, you are accumulating virtue. Perhaps, those poor people can't think of anything to thank you, but in their hearts, they will definitely remember you and thank you. Those rich people, you helped him, in fact, he often doesn't appreciate you, just thinks that your help is too weak, which means nothing to him.

2. Do more filial piety.

Zhu Dexiao comes first. Kind people will never treat their parents badly. There is a man in our village in his forties, named Zhao Zhao, who has never been married. My mother died many years ago, and my father was ill in bed all the year round. The family was poor and had no money to ask a nanny to take care of him. So Zhao Zhao became a nanny. Zhaozhao also has a younger brother and a younger sister. Zhaozhao told them to work hard outside and not to worry about home. His kindness has been recognized by many people, and some older people have introduced him to others. Last year, Zhao Zhao married a divorced woman. The woman said, "Zhao Zhao is filial to his parents. He must be a good man. Although he is a little poor, his life is practical. "

A filial person may have wronged himself, but his kindness is to accumulate virtue and benefit future generations. Filial piety can give children a demonstration, so that children can feel the harmony and warmth of the family, so that children will become filial piety. Good family style is passed down from generation to generation, and filial piety warms people's hearts.

3. Care for the elderly, the weak, women and children.

If you give a rich man a hundred dollars, others will certainly disdain it. If you give the old, weak, women and children 100 yuan, others will remember you for life. One hundred dollars, if used to refuel the car, will be spent in a few days, which may not be enough to buy cigarettes and alcohol; But for those who are too poor to open the pot, 100 yuan may be his living expenses for one month.

"Good steel flowers are on the blade", you should not give money to others casually, otherwise, although you have done good things, you will not get good results, or you will get less good results. If you save your money well, then spend it where it should be spent and give it to those in urgent need, then you are truly charitable. You can also buy things with money and give them to the elderly, women and children. When shopping, try to buy necessities instead of flashy things, which is also a good behavior.

4. Do more fair and just things.

The afternoon before yesterday, I bought a handful of garlic sprouts in the vegetable market, weighing two and a half pounds. After I paid the money, I always felt something was wrong. After returning home, I weighed it and found that it was only one catty. I cursed in my heart: "evil people will not be rewarded." Although the vegetable seller didn't hear my scolding, he was sure to feel guilty. If many people call him "immoral" and never go to his stall to buy food again, it is estimated that his business will fail, and it will really be rewarded with evil deeds and damage his virtue.

"Wen Chang Di Yin Jun Wen" wrote: "The bucket scale must be fair and it is not easy to re-enter." A person, business should be fair, don't be short of two jins. Fair and just, not greedy for petty advantages, not calculating others. Such a good deed is also a good deed.

5. Do more things to guide people.

In ancient times, there was a story of "digging a wall to borrow light". You can read your own books by candlelight in other people's homes. Although such a good thing is minimal, it is a great help to the poor who are good at reading. If you are concerned, you will often share your books with those in need and write some articles you have learned for those in need to read.

If you meet someone who is confused in life, you can give him some advice or give him a hand, and others will certainly appreciate it. Some people, when cornered, you give him a bowl of rice and a bottle of water, and he will succeed in the future. He will never forget such kindness and will help you in turn.

6. Do more things to save lives.

Life is precious, even an ant has the value of existence. If you always kill things, you will ruin your wealth. We often see such a warm reminder in the park that "grass also has life, please don't trample it at will". That is to tell you to cherish life.

Kind people know how to save lives. For example, in the Woods, give birds a nest. When you meet beautiful flowers, don't pick them, to prevent others from climbing small trees casually, to be civilized citizens, and never cross the road.

7. Do more things that treat people with courtesy.

Goose feathers are sent from afar, a trivial gift, but there is a heavy yearning behind it; What matters is not the gift, but the mind behind it. Being polite to others is not exchanging gifts on the basis of reciprocity, but treating others with heart and cherishing their gifts. For example, if someone gives you a rose and you throw it into the trash can, then you are a villain; It is a good thing for you to keep roses in a vase and take care of them.

Be a polite person, smile at others, communicate sincerely with others, don't take advantage of others, and give some gifts to others as much as possible. Learn to be grateful to others and never forget their kindness. This is the accumulation of virtue.

8. Do more things attached to people.

On the road of life, who you meet is fate. Those who cherish fate will get true love; People who follow fate will live in harmony with others. You usually don't pay attention to getting along with others, so when you need others, others won't help you.

As the saying goes: "Don't burn incense at ordinary times, cram for Buddha's feet temporarily." Being kind to others is something you have to do all your life, not something you have to do one day. No one owes you, everyone is good for your feelings.

The ancients said, "It is better to establish a glorious name than to plant a hidden virtue." It is better to accumulate virtue than to create honor and status. Take the accumulation of virtue and happiness as a lifelong matter, and your life, family and career will surely become more and more prosperous.

Seven-character couplets for doing good and accumulating virtue

1, life is alive, it is impossible to predict your future, and blindly pursuing material wealth will only increase the mental burden. In a short life, only by abstinence, good deeds and pleasure in suffering can we move towards a chic and open-minded life.

2. Successful people are not necessarily happy, and happy people are not necessarily successful, but every happy person can live a happy life, cultivate kindness, spread good words, cultivate good deeds, form good interpersonal relationships, accumulate virtues, do good deeds and be happy forever.

Not every good thing will be rewarded, but if you don't do good things, there will be no reward. Therefore, as long as we persist in doing good deeds, there will be rewards one day, not to mention that the motivation for doing good deeds should not be to get rewards, but to accumulate virtue and do good deeds!

I passed another level today. I will do more good deeds in the future, accumulate virtue and do good deeds, and make my luck better.

5. There are too many sins in this life and too many blessings in the past. Turn over a new leaf, self-discipline and introspection again, look back every day and feel at ease, accumulate virtue and do good. Conscience, the most beautiful scenery and people!

6, accumulate virtue and do good, no matter what the situation, don't annihilate your inner goodness.

Kind-hearted couplets

Good-hearted, do good deeds and accumulate virtue;

Benevolent people are kind and kind.

Please refer to.

Have a good idea

Having good thoughts means having good thoughts when dealing with people. When communicating with others, one should have a kind and compassionate heart in thought and behavior, and always think of others.

Original: If there is good thought, there must be good deeds. God will bless good thoughts and actions.

Vernacular translation: There must be Qing Yu in the house of good deeds. People who are kind-hearted and often do good deeds will be blessed by the Dragon God.

Teach people to always keep the idea of doing good, and what they do naturally is good. If they often do good deeds, they will be blessed by God and have a good result.

This article is from the Ming Dynasty's anonymous "Augmented Sage"

Writing background:

A bibliography of children's enlightenment compiled by China in Ming Dynasty. The title of the book was first seen in the drama Peony Pavilion in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, so it can be inferred that this book was written in the Wanli period at the latest.

"Glory and Contribution" is a collection of proverbs and aphorisms of China from ancient times to the present. Later, it was changed to this appearance after the continuous supplement of literati in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was called "adding glory to the text" in history, commonly known as "adding glory to the text".

Although the blessing has not yet arrived.

It means: if people are willing to do good, the good news will not come, but they will stay away from disaster.

Source: Ceng Zi's Spring and Autumn Annals.

Original text:

People are kind, although the blessing has not arrived, it is far away; To err is human, to err is human. Although the disaster has not arrived, it is far away.

Translation:

If people are willing to do good, although the good news has not arrived, it is far from the disaster; If people are unwilling to do good deeds, disaster has not yet come, but it is far from happiness.

Extended data:

The essence of this sentence is to advocate doing good and not doing evil. A kind heart contains all the virtues of human beings. Nothing is more conducive to social progress and the happiness of others than having a kind heart.

Only with a kind heart can a person's life be brilliant, full, masturbating and happy. A person can do good and be safe all his life, but he can avoid disaster instead of happiness. On the contrary, people who do evil instead of doing good will not only harm society and others, but also bring disaster to themselves sooner or later.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Ceng Zi

Disaster is far away from us.

The original text is: people are good, although the blessing has not arrived, the disaster is far away; Man-made disaster, although the disaster has not arrived, the blessing is far away; People who do good, like the grass in the spring garden, grow longer without seeing its length. People who do evil are like grindstones. If they can't see the damage, they will lose money every day.

It means: kindness, although there is no blessing, will keep yourself away from disaster; Being vicious, even if there is no disaster from heaven, it will be farther and farther away from good luck. People who are kind to others are like grass in the spring park. It doesn't seem to be very high every day, but it grows every day. Evil people, like stones used to sharpen knives, seem to be intact, but they are actually consumed every day.

From Ceng Zi in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Extended data

Academic circles have doubts about the historical value of Chunqiu. Hu Shi believes: "The book Spring and Autumn Annals can only be read as a reference book of orthodoxy, but not as a model history book. Later historians regarded Chunqiu as a model of history, which was a big mistake. Why? Because the purpose of history is to' tell the truth and remember the facts'.

The purpose of Chunqiu is not to record facts, but to write a personal judgment on facts. Mr. Xu also said: "It can be concluded that the motivation and purpose of Confucius' compilation of Chunqiu is not the so-called' historiography' today, but the solemn mission of giving full play to the good history of ancient times and replacing the judgment of God with the judgment of history. It can be said that this is a mission above historiography, so it is a classic rather than history. "

But there is no doubt about the record of Chunqiu in Historical Records.