Make friends with a little loyalty. It's natural to be honest with friends. When a friend is in trouble, he should stand up and help. Three-point chivalry is the author's unique opinion. Confucianism says that "a friendship between gentlemen is as light as water" refers to the friendship and morality between like-minded people. The author is not only talking about like-minded moral friendship, but also about like-minded friends sharing weal and woe. "Depend on your parents at home and your friends when you go out". It is also about the friendship of friends in need. But the author, after all, is a Confucian scholar who reads sages' books, and he still has reservations about the loyalty of the rivers and lakes, and only emphasizes "three-point chivalry." He can't fully agree with the Jianghu loyalty in Water Margin, which only recognizes friends and doesn't ask right and wrong.

The author emphasizes that a man should have a little "plain heart", that is, a pure heart, which is not as good as the previous "gentleman"; It is consistent that it is more arrogant than sincere. Accustomed to flattery and flattery in officialdom, the author deeply feels that being a man should not be too sophisticated and insincere, but should have some true temperament in it and be honest with others. The Ming Dynasty was an era of active thought. As the capitalist economy begins to sprout, the consciousness of human liberation is also growing. Most of the literati at that time had a strong sense of personality and advocated true temperament. Therefore, most of the essays in the Ming Dynasty are true feelings, and this book is no exception.

-Zhengyang read "Caigen Tan"