Sima Yi was a famous figure in the Three Kingdoms period and the last person to survive the Three Kingdoms Dispute. Sima Yi once said: "Those who have generosity become the atmosphere" is a good embodiment of himself.
Sima Yi's success was not accidental, he used his own scheming skills to succeed step by step.
Sima Yi had studied Confucian classics, Taoist philosophy, and his own ancestral art of war, and had his own set of knowledge structures. The best of it is worth learning.
Sima Yi's most classic three sentences, read two of them, must be a smart person!
1. Man must not be cowardly, but he must not be fearful
Sima Yi's characteristic is forbearance, which can also be said to be deep and able to pretend, and he is a person who is generally unable to guess.
Yang Xiu was Sima Yi's sworn enemy, and the two were of the Cao Zhi faction and the other supported Cao Pi.
Yang Xiu repeatedly wanted to put Sima Yi to death, but when Yang Xiu was beheaded by Cao Cao for the Chicken Rib Incident, Sima Yi asked Cao Cao for instructions to visit Yang Xiu.
Cao Cao then asked him, "Why do you want to see Yang Xiu?" ”
Sima Yi said, "Along the way, there are no enemies, and all he sees are friends and division commanders.
That is to say, I Sima Yi will not argue with Yang Xiu, although he wants to rectify me, but I will not regard him as an enemy. ”
After Cao Cao heard this, he had a kind of heartfelt liking and appreciation for Sima Yi.
Sima Yi's early opponents were mainly Yang Xiu, and he later fought with Zhuge Liang several times.
For Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi was very much in awe, and during Zhuge Liang's Fourth Northern Expedition, Sima Yi adopted a strategy of focusing on defense.
At that time, the state of Wei was stronger than that of the State of Shu, but it was precisely because of Sima Yi's jealousy of Zhuge Liang that he chose this protracted battle that was very nestled but was safe to win.
The generals could not understand it, and they found that Sima Yi would never agree to their request after the battle, and even took pleasure in it, laughing at Sima Yi's cowardice.
Seeing that the prestige in the army could not be maintained, Sima Yi held the worst plan to fight Zhuge Liang, and finally lost to Zhuge Liang.
After that, Sima Yi did not fight easily, and Zhuge Liang also had no way to take Sima Yi who was guarding the city, and finally there was not enough grain and grass, so he retreated.
Reverence has made the success of defending the city.
Later, Zhuge Liang died of illness in Wuzhangyuan, and the Shu Han army withdrew, and Sima Yi came to the tent where Zhuge Liang died of illness and worshipped Zhuge Liang with water instead of wine.
He said: "There is no clarity in non-indifference, no tranquility, no distance, your life is like this water, innocent, although you and I have been enemies for six years, I have always regarded you as a confidant." Kong Ming, let me honor you as 'sir'. ”
Even in the face of the dying person, Sima Yi will give respect to the other party.
Cao Rui had a male favorite named To Ward Off Evil Spirits, and after Cao Rui's death, He was imprisoned, and Sima Yi was the only one to see him.
When he was able to ward off evil spirits, he did not find trouble for Sima Yi, but when Sima Yi went to prison, he brought him a piece of clothing, which saved his last dignity.
To ward off evil spirits, Cao Shuang was young and frantic, and suddenly ascended to a high position, only to be imprisoned for the rest of his life, but he replied, "Sima Yi, he will not fight with others."
Doing things as a person, leaving room for maneuver, and maintaining respect and reverence for opponents and enemies is the philosophy of Sima Yi's mixed workplace.
Never look down on your opponent, reverence for the enemy is responsibility for yourself and your team.
Proud soldiers will be defeated precisely because they lack the fear of the enemy, the enemy shows a five-point level, you have to be very prepared.
If they show a level of one share, be careful that they have hidden nine points.
2. Don't be stupidity, learn to bow to stupidity
In life, we often encounter all kinds of stupid people and things.
Always stumbling to the end, pestering endlessly, not getting benefits, not to mention, but also pulling down their own level.
Learning to bow to stupidity is the best fulfillment for yourself.
During the period when Sima Yi and Cao Shuang jointly assisted the government, Cao Shuang was not less difficult for Sima Yi, and Sima Yi pretended to be ill at home in order to protect himself, and let Cao Shuang play by himself.
Sima Zhao was very angry and asked his father why he had to put up with Cao Shuang, a fool.
Sima Yi then told his son, "Wouldn't it be more stupid to have a hard fight with stupidity and fight to break the blood?"
In this life, people will inevitably be associated with stupidity, and they must learn to bow to it. ”
But when Sima Yi bowed his head
Not looking at the ground, but looking at the person who looks down at him, looking at the weakness of that person, the ignorance of that person, and thus grasping the opportunity.
At this time, the bowed head is for the future to hold the head high.
Cao Shuang sent his confidant Li Sheng to see Sima Yi, who was deceived by Sima Yi's superb acting skills and did not see that there was still some clarity in his old and cloudy eyes.
Cao Shuang let down his guard against him, and Sima Yi smiled to the end.
What is the biggest consequence of competing with stupid people?
There is a passage in "Murmur", a sentence: "Someone sneers at you, and you immediately respond with a sharp rebuke." Someone looks down on you for no reason, and you immediately despise him with contempt. Someone is showing off in front of you, and you immediately double down to prove that you are better. Someone is cold to you, and you are immediately cold and distant from him. Look, those people you hate can easily turn you into the kind of person you hate the most. This is the greatest harm the 'enemy' can do to you. ”
A stupid person is shallow-minded, and if you don't obey him when he gains power, then he won't think about any long-term results, and will only fight with you at that time.
Tough with stupid people, try to be happy for a while, and finally drag yourself into the mud.
Bowing to stupidity is not because you are worse than stupid people, it is precisely because you are smarter than them that you bow to them.
Bowing to stupidity is not cowardice, but a heart, a wisdom.
3. Defeat without hurt, defeat without shame, the first thing to learn is to be good and defeated
Sima Yi was a very good at concealing himself, no matter how much he failed
It was as if none could shake his heart.
Just as his favorite is the defensive tactic of steady play, how many times he fails in battle will not provoke his recklessness.
Sima Yi's whole life was full of failures, whether it was Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Rui or later Cao Shuang, they all suppressed Sima Yi, of course, this is also the result of Sima Yi's good patience.
Most of the wars with Zhuge Liang were also defeated by Sima Yi, and after the defeat in the battle with Zhuge Liang and the robbery of longshang wheat, all the generals of the Wei army were very dissatisfied, obviously the Wei army was several times that of the Shu army, and actually lost to Zhuge Liang, and even Sima Yi's two sons could not sit still and went to Sima Yi's tent together to complain.
After going to Sima Yi's big tent, he only saw Sima Yi and the housekeeper Hou Ji
The two sons suddenly complained one after another, and Sima Yi was very indifferent and asked his son, "Are you here to fight, or are you here to fight?" Can those who want to win win in the end? In a war, we must first learn to be good and defeated, defeated and not ashamed, defeated and not hurt, and only then can we really laugh to the end. ”
Sima Yi's words immediately made the two sons understand and understand their father's intention of not moving, and the three fathers and sons even played a five-fowl play together.
Being able to accept failure and face failure calmly is precisely what Sima Yi is strong.
Failure is not terrible, what is terrible is that you cannot accept failure. If the direction is right, the more you fail, the closer you are to success. Sima Yi spent his whole life, clever calculations, pretending to be sick, and concealing patience were all his means to success, and finally included the world in the Pocket of the Sima family. There is no doubt that there is a dark part of Sima Yi, who is partial to utilitarianism and can do whatever it takes to win.
We must learn from Sima Yi, learn from his reverence, learn from his forbearance, and learn from his goodness and failure. But also always be vigilant, don't let yourself be a utilitarian person, face the darkness, look up to the light.