sense of right and wrong

sense of right and wrong

Heart of right and wrong, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ì f ē izh ī x ī n, which means the ability to distinguish right from wrong. It's from Mencius, gaozishang.

The origin of Idioms

According to Mencius gaozishang, "everyone has compassion; everyone has shame; everyone has respect; everyone has right and wrong. Compassion, benevolence; shame, righteousness; respect, courtesy; right and wrong, wisdom. Benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom are not from the outside, but from the inside. "

Idiom usage

Used as a subject or object; used in writing

Examples

Mencius Gongsun Chou: compassion is the end of benevolence; shame is the end of righteousness; resignation is the end of propriety; right and wrong is the end of wisdom. There are four ends of human beings, just as there are four bodies.

Wang Yangming of Ming Dynasty's Da Xue Wen: a man of conscience is also a man of Mencius' so-called "everyone has his own heart of right and wrong.". Right and wrong, not to worry about and know, not to learn and can, is so called conscience.

Zhu YIZUN in the Qing Dynasty wrote in his postscript to Wang Shi Yi: "the Confucianists in the world are from Zhu Zi because of their origin. If they dare not discuss it, they have no right or wrong."