《了凡四训》为明末袁黄所著,由“立命之学”“改过之法”“积善之方”“谦德之效”四部分构成。“立命之学”来自用以训诫儿子的《立命篇》;“改过之法”和“积善之方”分别取自《改过第一》和《积善第二》(又名《科第全凭阴德》),二者均取自早年的著作《祈嗣真诠》;“谦德之效”则是晚年的著作《谦虚利中》。《了凡四训》属于善书,主讲道德,其主旨是劝人为善,主要讲人的命运由人自己来把握,人孰能无错而关键在于改过,而且要与人为善,谦虚谨慎,如此才能得到好回报,平安度过一生。作者在发挥自己的道德观点与主张时旁征博引,涉及儒释道诸多经典,且杂以民间宗教书籍。 “The Four Trainings” is written by Yuan Huang in the late Ming Dynasty and is composed of four parts: “learning from life”, “changing law”, “plot of goodness”, “effectiveness of modesty”. “The Book of Rites” comes from the “Ritsumei articles” which are used to discipline the sons; “Laws to change the Law” and “Laws to Accumulate Goodness” are taken from “Change First” and “Jushan Second” “Kedi depends on Yinde”), both of which are taken from the early writings of “Si Si Shen Quan”; “The Effect of Modesty” is his later work “Modest Li Zhong.” “All four trainings” belong to the good book, morality, its main purpose is to persuade people to be good, mainly speaking people’s fate by the people themselves to grasp, people right and wrong and the key is to change, but also with others, humble, so cautious Get good returns, spend your entire life safely. When exerting his own moral viewpoint and proposition, the author conspicuously quotes many books of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and miscellaneous books of folk religions.