溫故知新 Old wisdom, today’s insight — ONGO
If, Examining Myself, I Am Upright, I Go Forward Though Thousands Oppose
When the world calls it "such a small thing," do I fold away even what my own conscience found right?
If, on self-examination, I find myself upright, then though thousands oppose me, I will go forward.
Mencius grounded the strength to go forward not in numbers but in an uprightness confirmed by self-examination: if, looking within, I am upright, then though thousands bar the way, I go forward.
📝The Classic Answers
Mencius grounded the strength to go forward not in numbers but in an uprightness confirmed by self-examination: if, looking within, I am upright, then though thousands bar the way, I go forward. Even one small-looking point of justice becomes ground to push to the end, if on self-examination it is right. The world dissuades — 'over such a small thing' — but the size of a justice is not measured by the fortune at stake. Before folding at others' dissuasion, I choose first to look within and ask whether it is upright.
🌱Apply It Today
If others dissuaded you today as 'a small thing,' judge it by examining yourself on whether it is right.
The film is honored as an equal questioner; its plot is rendered only as a universal dilemma. The classic source is an ancient text (Public Domain), and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
