Di Zi Gui ("Students' Rules")        Di Zi Gui Complicated Script
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    (English Translation, Pinyin & Cantonese Pronunciation) Chinese parents often ask, "How do we ensure our offspring are both good and smart?" Our answer is, learn Di Zi Gui yourselves and have your children learn it! Why? Well, not only because Di Zi Gui teaches how to be a good person, but aslo because in today's pervasive Westernized culture, Chinese in general and Chinese children in particular are driven daily to be ashamed of their heritage, especially since what is available to most people these days is only a distorted version. If left unarmed with some accurate knowledge of Chinese culture, Chinese kids will grow up to be ashamed of their heritage, their parents and, eventually, themselves, and thus won't have the self esteem or inner strength necessary to become a good and smart person. Now the Chinese cultural heritage is more than just kungfu, Chinese food, Chinese dress, or Chinese paintings. Even more important, Chinese culture also includes an intellectual heritage thousands of years old, an intellectual heritage of thought, philosophy, norms and mores, some important aspects of which are unique. It is exactly this intellectual part of Chinese culture that is most important to Chinese identity, pride and self-confidence.
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弟子规
    华人父母常常问:怎样才能让孩子又好又聪明呢?我们的回答是:你们要学习《弟子规》,也要使孩子学习《弟子规》! 为什么呢?不但因为弟子规教怎样做好人,而且因为今天普遍西化的社会,每天都令华人,特别是华人孩子,倾向对自己的传统文化感觉羞耻。尤其是因为现在,多数人只看到被歪曲的中华传统。如果不用一些关于中华文化的正确知识武装起来,华人孩子长大就会变成对自己的传统文化、对自己的父母、乃至对自己,感觉羞耻,便没有自尊心和内在力量来做个好的和聪明的人。 中华文化传统并不限于功夫、中国菜、中国服饰、或国画。更为重要地,中华文化包含一个几千年长久的思维传统,包罗了思想、哲学、规范、道德等,在很多重要方面都是独特的。正是这中华传统的思维部分,对华人的认同、自豪和自信最为重要。
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Di Zi Gui Study Materials 《弟子规》学习材料:
Di Zi Gui Explanatory Comments 1: "Verses 1 - 5: The Main Summary"
Di Zi Gui Explanatory Comments 2: "Verses 6 - 9: XIAO (Being Good to Parents) - 1"
Di Zi Gui Explanatory Comments 3: "Verses 10 - 13: XIAO (Being Good to Parents) - 2"
Di Zi Gui Explanatory Comments 4: "Verses 14 - 21: XIAO (Being Good to Parents) - 3"
Di Zi Gui Explanatory Comments 5: "Verses 22 - 27: XIAO (Being Good to Parents) - 4"
Di Zi Gui Commentary 1: "Why Study Di Zi Gui?"
Di Zi Gui Commentary 2: "Confucius' Teachings are Right for a Modern Society Based on Freedom and Volition"
Di Zi Gui Note: "Interpreting 'warm in winter, cool in summer; sheng in the morning, settled in the evening'" (bilingual Chinese & English)   《弟子規》注解: 「冬溫夏清、晨省昏定」應怎樣解釋? (中英雙語)
Related Materials 相关材料:
Xiao Jing, With Commentary, the Classic of Xiao (Being Good to Parents) - a must-read to understand the traditional Chinese mind and worldview!
Xiao Jing, Without Commentary, the Classic of Xiao (Being Good to Parents)
24 Ways to Carry Out Xiao (24 Ways to Be Good To Parents)
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