Seonghak Jipyo
Before governing the world, how must a leader first rectify their own mind?
📝ONGO's Reflection
When I first opened this book by Yi I, known as Yulgok, I assumed it was merely a stiff Confucian classic for instructing a monarch. Yet the deeper I delved, the more keenly its philosophical insight struck me—that one must first cultivate oneself before governing the world. Yi I argues not for some grand political theory, but for the importance of self-cultivation: guarding against the wavering of the heart in daily life and keeping one's nature intact. This great classic teaches, with weight, that true leadership arises not from outward power but from firm inner reflection.
"Rectifying one's mind is the foundation of governing the world."Yi I, Seonghak Jipyo
"마음을 바르게 하는 것이 천하를 다스리는 근본이다."
🌱Apply It Today
Before controlling or blaming others, spend the day in reflection, first setting right your own scattered habits and state of mind.
