提高个人修养(ShapingtheMorality)
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Accordingtoasurvey,morethantwothirdsofpeopleinChinaagreethat,thepublicmorallevelislowerthanbefore.Thisfigure,
althoughhardtoaccept,hasindicatedthefactthatthenation’soverallmoralityisdeclining.Ifyoupaysomeattention,youcouldeasilypointoutsomeimproperbehaviorshappeningaround:
youngmenrefusingtogiveseatstotheoldonbuses;shoppersjammingintoqueueinsteadofwaitinginline;cruderiders
neglectingredlights,etc.Sowhatthehellisgoingon?
Asanalystshavefiguredout,thistrendofdegradationmainlyoriginatedfromfaultyeducation.Fordecades,Chineseschools
simplyinfusebookishknowledgetotheirstudents,whilstmoralcultivationbecomesakindofformalism;ontheotherhand,
childrenarenaturallyinfluencedbytheirfamilyandotheradultsinthesociety,mostofwhomaretoosophisticatedtobe
consideredaseligiblemoralmodels.
Facingsuchdisappointingcondition,youmayask:howcanthingsbecomebetter?AsfarasIamconcerned,wemustfollowing
thesethreesteps.Firstofall:self-shaping.Weshouldmanageourselveswell,andtrytoshapeourownmoralityasperfectaspossible.Thesecondstep:family-shaping,whichistobehaveasthemodelforyourchildrenandimprovetheirmoralstatusthroughstrictdiscipline.Thethird:
organization-shaping.Ifyouareleadingpeople,suchasbeingamanagerornationalpresident,youcouldreinforceyourwholeorganization’smoralsituationwithpolicyandyourownaction.Evenifyou’renoleader,you’llhaveapositiveimpactonthesocietyifonlyyoumanageyourselfwellandtrytoinfluenceothersasmuchaspossible.