Fan Li was a strange man in the Spring and Autumn Period, who assisted the Yue King in planning for more than 20 years, and finally led the Yue army to destroy the powerful State of Wu, revenge for the dangerous annihilation of the country that year, and dominate one side. Just when he was named a general, commanded the national soldiers and horses, and became the third most important person in the country of Yue, he retired from his achievements and went to a foreign country to do business in anonymity, and he quickly became the richest man in the local area with his excellent business acumen, and then he scattered his family wealth and changed his name and moved again, so he became the richest man three times. His descendants followed his methods of doing business, and eventually became rich. In his later years, Fan Li called himself Tao Zhu Gong, and later generations enshrined Tao Zhu Gong as the originator of commerce.
There are many successful figures in Chinese history, but most of them have only succeeded in a few things, and there are few nearly perfect figures like Fan Li.
The first is the indisputable wisdom of life
Lao Tzu said: "Victory is good without controversy, and there is no dispute between husband and wife, so there is no special, no attachment, no loss." Fan Li was the first meritorious minister to revive the Yue Kingdom, but Fan Li did not compete for merit, let alone power and profit, but believed in the concept of "husband only indisputable, so there is no worry". Because he did not fight for fame and fortune, the Yue King could not hurt him.
Many things in Fan Li's life reflect his "good victory without controversy", which is the wisdom of life of doing nothing and doing nothing, in a big way, he does not compete with society - from society, but also from society. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Fan Li was worshipped as the god of literature and wealth by posterity.
The second is the wisdom of life after success and retirement
"The name succeeds in tunneling and retreating, the way of heaven, the name and merit, the enmity of the body, the fame of merit, the death of the body, so the way of commandment." Fan Li went by boat, and his morality was humble and trustworthy, and he did not stealth and torture and peel it, which was his effect. "Lao Tzu's Notes on Thoughts".
After the victory of the Wu-Yue War, Fan Li retired in time. When Fan Li left the Yue Kingdom, he wrote a letter to Wen Zhong, advising him to leave in time, but Wen Zhong did not listen, had illusions about the Yue King's gouge, and still coveted the official position and competed for fame and fortune.
Fan Li abandoned fame and fortune and was able to retreat completely, while Wen Zhong was killed. This is the wisdom of his life of "retiring from success".
The third is the wisdom of life to perceive the details
The monarchs and courtiers of the Yue Kingdom set up a banquet to celebrate their achievements, and all the courtiers were happy, but there was no joy in the face. Fan Li inspected this slight end and established a big understanding: the king of Yue did not hesitate to die for the death of his subjects in order to fight for the land, and now that he had fulfilled his wish, he did not want to attribute it to his subordinates.
From the details, Fan Li sensed the disaster of killing himself and took the initiative to avoid it.
The fourth is the wisdom of life that good fortune and misfortune accompany each other
"Misfortune and happiness depend on" Misfortune and happiness accompany each other, Fan Li is well versed in this way, and is best at seeing the misfortune at the top of the blessing and leaving decisively.
Fan Li arrived in the State of Qi and reclaimed the land on the coast of the State of Qi. The State of Qi hired him as prime minister, and he had a sense of "ominousness": "Staying at home will give thousands of gold, and the officials will give to the secretary of state, and this cloth is also extreme." Long-respected, ominous. ”
Led by wisdom, he immediately left the State of Qi and hid in Taodi.
The fifth is the wisdom of life chosen
Fan Li's choice of pottery is also the embodiment of his wisdom in life, tao in ancient times between countries, is a place that has nothing to do with all countries, but also a place with great development potential, it is bordered by the Central Plains in the north, Wuchu in the south, convenient transportation, is a good place to do business. It was in the 19 years that he lived here.
Ge Hong's "Baopuzi Inner Chapter, Shi Shu Shu": "Fan Gongba crossed the sea, Qin Gao was attached to Song Kang, Changsheng descended to the whip, Zhuang Gong hid the instrument in the small official, the ancients had many Ways and Kuang Shi, cultivated in chaoyin, and covered with yu li. Why should we cultivate in the mountains and forests, do all the things that are wasted by the people, and then become a household? ”
Sixth, the generous wisdom of life
Legend has it that the King of Wei was faced with a case in which "half of the courtiers thought it was a crime, and half of them thought it was an improper crime", and the King of Wei could not decide, so he asked Fan Li to help.
Fan Li first told a story: "There are two pieces of white bi in my house, and the color, texture and diameter of these two bi bi are similar. But the price is different, one piece is worth a thousand gold, and one piece is worth five hundred gold. ”
Wang asked: "The diameter is similar to the color, why is the price difference so much?" ”
Tao Zhugong said: "Looking at it from the side, one piece is twice as thick as the other, so it is worth thousands of gold." ”
Lao Tzu advocated: "no dispute", and also advocated thick way. Lao Tzu said, "The great husband is thicker than the naked, and the thickness of virtue is greater than that of a naked son." Lao Tzu's "thick" and Fan Li's "thick" here mean the same thing, that is, loyalty and thickness.
Seventh, the wisdom of life in which righteousness and wealth are spared
Fan Li used his wisdom to make a lot of money, but he did not keep his money and often spared money in righteousness, which was rare in ancient times. Taken from society, returned to society.
Fan Li's wisdom in life of righteousness and wealth comes from Lao Tzu's concept of wealth. Lao Tzu said: "The golden jade is full of halls, and Mo Zhi can keep it; rich and proud, he blames himself." "Think about it, but this makes sense, so many rich people are bankrupt, and there are so many scrooges, which one can pass on the property to this day."
The eighth is the wisdom of life who knows people and things
Fan Li's wisdom in life can be seen from his young son who saved him, which is manifested in the wisdom of life who is good at knowing people and using people, and also shows the wisdom of his life of knowing things.
Fan Li lived in Tao, born less. When the young son grew up, Fan Li's second son was imprisoned in the Chu state for killing people. Fan Li said: "Killing people and dying should be like this, but people with thousands of dollars should not die in public." So he asked the young man to go to visit and bring a cart of gold from an ox cart.
Fan Li's eldest son also asked to go, but Fan Li resolutely disagreed. The eldest son said, "There is an eldest son in the family, and this brother is guilty, so he does not send me, but lets the younger brother go, and I am not a tool." After saying that she wanted to commit suicide, the lady hurriedly said: "Sending a young son may not be able to save the second son, but losing the eldest son first, how can this be the case?"
Fan Li had no choice but to send his eldest son, ordered him to go to Zhuang Sheng for help, and instructed: "After arriving in the Chu Kingdom, we will give Zhuang Sheng thousands of dollars, let him do it, and do not fight with him." "The eldest son set out, but he secretly accumulated hundreds of gold on the way.
After Fan Li's eldest son arrived in the Chu kingdom, he gave the letter and heavy gold to Zhuang Sheng. Before parting, Zhuang Sheng warned: "You leave quickly, don't stay, and when your brother comes out, don't ask what's going on." ”
However, the eldest son did not listen to Zhuang Sheng's words and left it privately, and distributed the hundreds of gold he had accumulated on the road to other Chu nobles who thought they could help.
Zhuang Sheng's family was very poor, but he was known for his honesty and integrity in the country, and the people below the King of Chu respected him as if they were teachers, and as a man of faith, Zhuang Sheng had no intention of accepting the gold that Fan Li had offered, but planned to return it to him after the matter was completed. And Fan Li's eldest son did not know his intentions.
Zhuang Sheng entered the King of Chu and prayed, "I observed that there was a certain star in the sky staying in a certain position, indicating that there would be disasters in the Chu Kingdom. King Pingsu of Chu trusted Zhuang Sheng and asked him about the solution. Johnson replied, "Only virtue can be eliminated." "The king of Chu decided to pardon the criminals to eliminate the disaster.
After receiving the news, the nobles of the Chu state rushed to report to Fan Li's eldest son. Fan Li's eldest son thought, since his brother can be pardoned, thousands of dollars to send Zhuang Sheng, is not it wasted? So he returned to the Johnson family. Zhuang Sheng was surprised and asked, "Why haven't you left yet?" Fan Li's eldest son replied, "I heard that the King of Chu wants to pardon my brother, and he has come to inform him of his resignation." ”
Zhuang Sheng understood his thoughts, and said, "Go into the room and get the gold yourself." Fan Li's eldest son took the gold and celebrated alone.
Zhuang Sheng was humiliated by the behavior of Fan Li's eldest son, so he went to see the King of Chu and said: "You want to eliminate the disaster with virtue, but I heard passers-by say that Tao's rich man Fan Li's son was imprisoned in the Chu State for killing people, and his family bribed the people around the King with heavy money, so the king did not forgive the Chu State because of compassion, but for fan Li's son." ”
The King of Chu said angrily, "Although a widow is not virtuous, how can he take special care because he is the son of Fan Li?" "So after killing Fan Li's son, he will issue another pardon order tomorrow."
Fan Li's eldest son naturally returned home with the news of his death. Both his mother and the countrymen felt sad, and only Fan Li smiled and said, "I already knew that his brother would be killed, it wasn't that he didn't love his brother, it was something he couldn't stand!" He grew up with me, saw my hardships, the hardships of life, and could not bear to give up money. When the young brother was born in the family road to prosperity, he sat in a complete ride and did not know the source of wealth, so it was easy to abandon wealth and would not be stingy. I decided to send my younger brother earlier because he could give up his family wealth, but the eldest son could not. The murder of the second son was a reasonable thing, there was no sorrow, and I waited day and night for the news of his death. ”
The story of Fan Li sending his son to save xiao'er is also known as the story of the last "scatter" of "three gatherings and three scatters".
Fan Li can become famous in the world everywhere he goes. This ancient man, in the face of fame and fortune, always maintained a sober mind, went in and out freely, took the preservation of himself as the foundation, and the willingness of fame and wealth was to show the wisdom of life in this gathering and then dispersing, and what he brought to future generations was the enlightenment of the philosophy of life.
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