Zhou Yi—book of change explanations (96)
子曰:君子安其身而後動，易其心而後語，定其交而後求，君子脩此三者，故全也
Here is the story, if the three-person line, if you are weak, then you can be a light bulb, this is fine.
危以動，則民不與也，懼以語，則民不應也
No one dares to speak, and people ignore you.
無交而求，則民不與也。莫之與，則傷之者至矣
This is probably a political language, including a human nature.
易曰:莫益之，或擊之，立心勿恆，凶
莫益之, this is a conceptual problem, it is the meaning of greed. Who used this thing? It was taken home by Buddha. Therefore, Han Buddhism has always advised people not to be greedy, because the whole Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Yi’s thoughts have recorded the entire dynasty. The recorded dynasties were far away. Everyone thought that starting from Fuxi, we did not know, maybe in Fuxi. Before, it means that after you are greedy, what will happen to you, if you do this, you will be very bad, in fact, the greed of Han Buddhism, in fact is from the Yijing. If you are determined, if you don't have perseverance, you are crazy, then you are not good. These three were used by Han Buddhism and used in greed. Our Confucius is a great character. He looks at a lot of things. He puts very simple things into a very complicated way. Everyone thinks that it is very reasonable but can't do it. What he said is very simple. In fact, it makes sense, but no one can do it.
