Guan Zhong is known as the first face of the ancients, he was born poor, from a very young age, he did not have a father, relying on the hard work of his mother to grow up.
In order to repay his mother's hard work, he read poetry and books hard, bent on achieving a great cause.
Later, he went through many twists and turns, and at the recommendation of his friend Bao Shuya, he successfully assisted King Qi Huan and helped King Qi Huan step by step to ascend to the throne of the ally in the struggle for hegemony among the nations.
And Bai Li Xi can be said to be more miserable than Guan Zhong's early life, before he was appreciated by Qin Mugong at the age of seventy, Bai Li Xi had worked as a beggar, a slave, and helped people to let go of cattle and raise horses.
The family was so poor that they had no money to marry a wife, and it was not until they were in their thirties that they were favored by the wise and talented old man, and they married their daughters, and because the family was too poor, they had to abandon their wives and children to go outside to make a living.
Only this walk, that is, most of his life, until Bai Lixi became the prime minister of the Qin Kingdom, his hair was white, and he was able to reunite with his wife and children.
If you write a book on the first half of Bai Lixi's life, it can also be said that it is a very appropriate history of the poor blood and tears of small people.
It was in this way that the two people who struggled out of their poor lives, one was revered by Qi Huan as the middle father, and the other was worshiped by qin Mu as the prime minister, and they all lived a life under one person and above ten thousand people.
In fact, if we study history, we will find that many heroes are indeed born in the grass, and the reason why heroes can be born in the grass is because hard life will greatly sharpen a person's inner tenacity and courage.
That is why Mencius said, "Therefore the heavens will descend upon the Scythians, and they will first suffer their minds, strain their bones, starve their bodies, empty their bodies, and act in a disorderly manner, so they will be tempted to endure and gain what they cannot." ”
Too comfortable and comfortable life will make people lose morale, just like now people will wonder how today's children seem to become more and more unattainable, many children are obviously in good condition, but life is more and more decadent, in fact, this is the consequence of the environment is too comfortable and comfortable.
In fact, not only children, we look at the current pet cats and dogs, we will find that under the meticulous love of people, dogs that will not look after the house are everywhere, and cats that cannot catch mice are commonplace.
This shows that living too comfortably will naturally consume the fighting spirit of all living things, so that all life living in comfort will produce a delicate feature that needs to be paid attention to.
If you understand this law, then you don't feel that "poor" is not so terrible.
Especially now, there are many people who are particularly envious of those who can be born with a golden spoon, but who grew up in the rich and luxurious, and have never experienced the suffering of the world, can they really feel the happy life they enjoy at the moment?
This question is actually a question mark!
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Therefore, the key to whether a person can succeed or not is actually only one element, that is, whether he has his own firm belief.
Guan Zhong and Bai Lixi are both people with their own firm beliefs, Guan Zhong is bent on realizing his ambition to govern the country and the world, so no matter how life tempers him, he clenches his teeth and does not give up, so he can break free from the fate of the dying prisoner and be worshiped by Qi Huan as Zhong's father.
The goal of Baili Xi is to emulate the sages, establish immortal deeds, and shock the contemporary and spread the voice to future generations.
Poor life does not prevent people from setting goals, and even has the advantage of helping people reduce more irrelevant desires, so that they can focus more on achieving goals.
But the rich life, the most likely to promote is the various desires of people, if a person has a lot of desires, every day busy to meet the desires are too late, then how can there be more time to focus on their goals!
I think this is the biggest difference between poverty and wealth to bring people early development, especially in today's general material conditions are still good, how to avoid a comfortable life consumes too much of the child's fighting spirit, is a problem that parents should consider carefully!
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