- Know What Comes First and What Comes Later
- 1 Sahng-jeh-nim recited the following passages from The Great Learning and said, “They are a guide for human action.”
- 物有本末 事有終始 知所先後 則近道矣
- 2 In all things, there are roots and branches. In all matters, there is an end and a beginning. If you know what should be done first and what should be done later, you are close to dao.
- 其本亂而末治者否矣
- 3 Nothing exists that has order in its branches but disorder in its roots.
- 其所厚者薄 而其所薄者厚 未之有也
- 4 No one would neglect that which is of great importance and yet take good care of that which is of slight importance.
- What Needs to Be Done
- 5 Today, do what needs to be done today.
Tomorrow, do what needs to be done tomorrow.
- (JSD Dojeon 8,12)
