The old patriarch said, "Extraordinary things must be treated with extraordinary people." From ancient times to the present, there are many puzzling things, such as Han Xin, who clearly has a sword hanging from his waist, but does not show the sword when he encounters a rogue, but also suffers from "crotch humiliation". However, such a person will later become a mighty and powerful person, famous throughout history, and determine the direction of history.
Liu Bang is also the same, he is not diligent in cultivating the land, does not like to read, usually hangs out, no one can think at all, it is such a person, in the future, can become the 400-year-old Han Gaozu of the Kaiji Han. The old ancestor said that many people who have become masters will have some strange behaviors, and most of these strange behaviors cannot be accepted by people. From the matter of Liu Bang and Han Xin, although what they did was confusing. But after a closer look, you will find what they have in common.
Zhuangzi was a great writer of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and at the same time a great thinker. According to records, he had a good friend named Keiko, who served as the prime minister of the Liang state and governed the two countries in an orderly manner, while Keiko was actually very jealous of his friend Zhuangzi, who thought that his talent was far inferior to Zhuangzi, and worried that Zhuangzi would seize his throne. Once, Zhuangzi passed by Liangguo and frightened Huizi into wanting to capture Zhuangzi, fearing that the King of Liang would discover Zhuangzi's talent and take his place.
But later the matter was exposed, making everyone known that after this incident, Zhuangzi's reputation became even more famous, and after The death of Huizi, the king of the State of Chu sent someone to invite Zhuangzi and wanted Zhuangzi to serve as the prime minister of the State of Chu. You know, at that time, the State of Chu was a big country, larger than the territory of the State of Liang, and its influence was also very large, if it could serve as the prime minister in the State of Chu, it meant that Zhuangzi's prestige would be even higher.
Who knows, Zhuangzi actually caught a fish in front of the emissaries sent by the Chu Kingdom, and he did not care about the emissaries, and asked this question very leisurely: "I heard that there was a sacred turtle in the Chu Kingdom, and when it died, it was more than three thousand years old, and the monarch of your Chu State still very religiously enshrined this divine turtle in the temple." But is this turtle willing to leave his own remains after death to show his dignity? Or do you wish you could live and crawl in a mud pit? ”
The emissary of the Chu Kingdom replied, "Of course, I am willing to crawl in the mud pit." Zhuangzi waved his hand and said, "You go, I am like this divine turtle, willing to crawl in the mud pit." Zhuangzi thus politely refused to take the post of prime minister of the Chu state. If this matter is analyzed from the perspective of ordinary people, it is that it is more important for Zhuangzi to live.
There is a book called "Alive", in which the protagonist is very miserable, the people around him are dead, and the last one left with him is only a cow, but he still lives tenaciously and does not choose to end his life. Zhuangzi then wrote a famous sentence: "There is a fish in the north, and its name is Kun." The size of the carp is unknown to thousands of miles; it is transformed into a bird, and its name is Peng. The back of the peng, I don't know how many thousands of miles it is, and it flies with anger, and its wings are like clouds hanging in the sky..."
Although Liu Bang did not own the family business, he was rich all over the world, and Han Xin endured the humiliation of his crotch, but he was able to defeat the invincible Xiang Yu. Therefore, when a person has extraordinary thinking, do not underestimate him, which implies that this person has great potential, and do not laugh at their stupidity, in fact, others know better than anyone.
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"Zhuangzi"