Ceng Guofan of official of clear acting name ever said: Defeat a person two words, blame be proud namely indolent.
"The mediocre person of the world Gujin, all send with one indolent word be defeated, the ability person of the world Gujin, all be defeated with be proud the word is sent. All be defeated with be proud the word is sent..
Indolent and be proud, humanness conducts oneself in society touch these two words, easy and mediocre and unambitious lifetime.
◎ mediocre person is defeated with indolent
The aptitude of everybody is differ, somebody gift is strange tall, more people are general aptitude.
Commonplace person, it is to be defeated be in " indolent " on the word: Be content with the current situation, lazy at the change, final a can mediocre and unambitious lifetime.
A person's natural aptitude cannot be changed, but gift is not critical factor, the force of the day after passing is OK " make vigorous efforts to turn the situation " .
Him Ceng Guofan is the model with an assiduous and commonplace, diligent aptitude.
He from character " my lives are brief at ability " , " grasping annals I is soft " , liang Qichao ever also was evaluated " Wen Zhenggu is not the talent that has preeminent unsurpassed, be in and when say in Zhu Xianjie the most fatheaded " , visible Ceng Guofan must not go up to the sky on gift favor.
But he got late Qing Dynasty " resurgence the first official " beautiful praise, with Zhang Zhi hole, Li Hongzhang, Zun Zongtang is called " 4 names official " . All because can fill frequently clumsy, weather channel fulfil is diligent.
In countryside of home town Hunan, circulating a anecdote: A day night, ceng Guofan is reciting a very short article, a thief slips into its home, after wanting to wait for him to sleep again thieve. Can be chant a lot of hind, carry no less than coming on the back namely. Thief is final wait impatiently, jump out to say: "This kind of stupid head, what book to still read? What book to still read??
Namely such " stupid head " , with diligent mug, with cold person the courtyard of member of the Imperial Academy of body of ascend of one's previous experience of the commoners, read Ji Shi of be the concubine, realized the dream of the world scholar.
Ceng Guofan advocates " house home with be since comfort this " . Yan Qi, rise late namely. In ego of the training on these day-to-day works, ego tie, be industrious and frugal. In be accumulated with each passing day, become not commonplace person.
With respect to endowment character, him Wen Zhenggong is mediocre person, but he is used make conscientiously the day after tomorrow oneself no longer commonplace. Mix in life state long look down at to go up ordinary person.
◎ ability person is defeated in order to be proud
Have the person of ability, have advantaged advantage. Gift is a shortcut, the talent is OK by this fast person one pace, go more smoothly on life journey.
Aptitude does not give prize but the diligent and assiduous, person that can give result is called " learn bully " ; Gift is bright be called " learn a god " , their perception is tall, but dispense with a few hard work, than " learn bully " more relaxed save labour, envy making a person.
But a lot of talents touch finally " be proud " word, the advantage can become inferior position instead.
A word cries " be conceited and contemptuous " , once be touched " be proud " word, not only hard accomplish sth, the person also is met much air of arrogance, become blundering and imprudent, embarrassed important task; Cannot make a person be convinced, lose popular feeling.
Air of arrogance can make ego expands, cannot rational recognize thing, have the experience and observe with tiny essence of life hard, final difficult accomplish sth.
Be born because of ability be proud, by be proud and the thing is defeated, mournful.
Xiang Yu of Hunan Xiang Yu the Conqueror is a typical case on the west: Country of Hunan of Xiang Yu one's previous experience noble, have able person quite. 24 years old lead the fight of gigantic deer, burn one's boats, with be being gotten the better of less much, get the better of Qin Jun greatly, prestige establishs raise. Hind for many times go on an expedition, expressional extraordinarily brave, call Xichu Xiang Yu the Conqueror.
But his eye sky is unmanned, overbearing, not was Liu Bangfang truly in the eye. Indulgent to Liu state appeasement, did not regard him as big menace, bury next hidden trouble for oneself.
Opposite example of Xiang Yu gives our inspiration, what no less than writes in Chairman Mao poem: "Cannot buy name learns Xiang Yu the Conqueror " .
Have the person of ability, ability exceeds originally ordinary person, but touch one " be proud " word, outsmart oneself instead.
If aptitude is general, must overcome lazy, can fill frequently clumsy; If gift is intelligent, need guard against arrogance, fill oneself dominant position minute of play.
" iron and steel is how refine becomes " in the logion of that paragraph of win universal praise, not unfamiliar:
The person is the most precious is life, life belongs a person once, the person's lifetime ought to spend so: When past of his turn one's head, won't because incompetent, waste time and compunction, also won't because humanness is despicable, the life is low and ashamed remorses.
We must not leave impress on annals of history, can be worthy of at least this lifetime.
Do not touch " indolent " with " be proud " , often put " diligent " with " modest " , can encounter different life view.
