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Good evening to all book lovers, welcome to the reading column "Encounter" produced by Fan Deng Reading.
Today I would like to share with you a biographical novel of Cao Cao - "Despicable Sage: Cao Cao".
The title succinctly and precisely sums up Cao Cao's life.
He can be a demon king who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals, or he can be a saint who worries about the world.
Read this book, maybe you know how to get out of the midlife crisis.
In history, Cao Cao has always been a controversial figure, and some people say that he is a capable ruler of the world and a traitor to the chaotic world.
Lu Xun said that Cao Cao was a very capable person.
"Despicable Sage: Cao Cao" tells the story of the life of a generation of tyrants Cao Cao.
It turned out that Cao Cao was scolded as a descendant of eunuchs from childhood, and he was repeatedly laid off in middle age, and he was very embarrassed.
As the saying goes: people arrive and know that it is difficult to stand, and the boat is more urgent to wander.
When we are young, we all fantasize that when people reach middle age, they will usher in the highlight moments of life.
It was only after middle age that I found out that life did not naturally get better.
For a few bitter runs for broken silver, for the pressure of life and collapse.
The middle-aged Cao Cao was forced to live a life of being helped by others and was extremely depressed.
Fortunately, no matter how many critical hits there were in life, he never gave up.
The real Cao Cao is actually a middle-aged hero.
In times of crisis, it is necessary to calm down and build strength
As the saying goes, thirty and standing.
However, at the age of twenty-nine, Cao Cao resigned his official position and returned home because he refused to cater to the powerful.
Because he was no longer an official, his family wealth was all thanks to his brother, and he became a nest that would only reach out for money.
In a daze, drunk, thinking about things, everyone has their own things to do, but he has nothing to do, Cao Cao feels that such a trivial and helpless life is really boring.
In order to avoid the noisy environment, Cao Cao found a hut, took only the concubine Bian Shi and a yahuan to take care of food and living, and began a life of seclusion.
Only when people are quiet can they see themselves clearly.
During his four years in seclusion, he found many military books, read and studied them every day, and was determined to integrate many military books into one furnace and write a volume of "The Festival of the Art of War".
The accompanying concubine Bian Shi was four or five months pregnant, and Cao Cao did not know anything about it, so he hurriedly sent Bian Shi and Ya Huan home after knowing it.
Alone, Cao Cao abandoned all mundane affairs and concentrated all his energy on his heart.
In the spring night and summer dynasty, he read hard at the window and struggled to write a book. In the middle of winter, he galloped on horseback and honed his mind.
It wasn't until Bian Was in the basin that he was hurriedly called home by his brother-in-law.
After four years of seclusion, he reappeared and was recalled to the imperial court by the Han Ling Emperor.
During this period, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing to fight against the Ten Permanent Attendants, encountered turmoil in Beijing, and made a great contribution to the rescue of Northern Mangshan and began to take power.
Dong Zhuo's Western Liang soldiers wantonly burned and looted in the capital, and the entire luoyang city was shrouded in a cloud of sorrow and mist.
At the age of thirty-four, Cao Cao did not want to join Dong Zhuo and changed his surname and fled from the Capital Division.
Cao Cao was unemployed again.
After all kinds of tempering in previous years, Cao Cao's mind gradually matured as he was unemployed for the second time.
Even if the road to escape was extremely arduous, full of disasters, starving all the way, riding horses day and night, it did not break Cao Cao's powerful heart.
With the strong will honed in those four years of seclusion, as well as the results of his own hard study of the art of war, Cao Cao believed that it was the right way to restore the Han Dynasty and eliminate adultery for the country.
Therefore, Cao Cao made up his mind to recruit troops and buy horses, crusadering against Dong Zhuo, and decided to achieve something great.
The more the crisis comes, the more it cannot be achieved quickly, and only by letting go of impetuosity and calm thinking can we find a way out.
The water static pole is clear in image, and the mind is quiet and wise.
Good opportunities are often found after thinking about it, knowing that forbearance and silence are not ends, but means, and it will eventually explode.
In times of crisis, dare to break through and find new opportunities
In 189 AD, Dong Zhuo was unpopular and was at the end of his rope.
After Cao Cao escaped from the Capital Division, he went to Chen Liu, spread his family wealth, recruited troops, and called on the heroes of the world to fight against Dong Zhuo.
In 190 AD, more than 300,000 people were crusaded against Dong Zhuo's Kwantung Army, all of which were in the area of sour jujubes, and because they were afraid of Dong Zhuo's obscenity, everyone adopted a wait-and-see attitude and did not dare to march west.
Cao Cao was furious and led his 5,000 soldiers alone to fight with Dong Zhuo's army in the Battle of Bishui, but was defeated, and the battle cost himself a loss of blood, and he was also wounded by stray arrows and almost captured.
But politically, Cao Cao was victorious.
Cao Cao accumulated a rich political capital for the comeback and had the authority to command the world.
The more difficult the situation, the more dare to be the first.
It was Cao Cao who constantly broke through the boundaries of his life and found a new turning point.
My yoga teacher, Nana, 38 years old, has a good face, a graceful figure, is gentle and elegant, and shows everything we want to be.
However, it was learned in a chat that she used to be a nurse in a small hospital, and her salary was not high, only enough for her monthly expenses.
At the age of 33, after giving birth, she felt a sharp increase in stress and physical reasons for not being able to work the night shift, and she began to consider other opportunities.
After much deliberation, she decided to quit her job to study yoga.
There was no income for a whole year, but she didn't give up.
Later, she began working as a temporary substitute teacher at the yoga studio.
Now Ms. Nana has a full line of classes in various yoga studios, and many students are chasing after her personal lessons.
Nana smiled and told us that her income was now several times that of before, and she had also gained a group of beauty-loving friends and a healthy body and mind.
Yu Minhong said:
"Compared with the laziness of the body, the most feared is the laziness of the heart, unwilling to open their own thinking ability, unwilling to start their own heart to pursue new things." 」
Many people began to think independently when facing a midlife crisis, and it was this small change that allowed them to start a new life.
Although fate is always not as good as people want, it is often in countless pains and contradictions that people mature.
Know how to break the game, and eventually form your own big pattern.
In times of crisis, it is even more important to maintain a positive and enterprising attitude
Cao Cao's adviser Jia Xu said:
"Although there is a battle for gentlemen, courage is the foundation."
This means that although the battlefield pays attention to the formation, courage is the first.
In 200 AD, the strong enemy Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao from the north, and the powerful Yuan Shao did not pay attention to Cao Cao at all, and selected 100,000 elite soldiers, aiming to eliminate Cao Cao in one fell swoop.
Cao Cao had only 20,000 or 30,000 men, and the two armies attacked and defended, and held each other at Guandu for nearly two months.
Under the long war, Cao Cao was faced with the end of grain and grass, and the situation was difficult, and Cao Cao also thought about withdrawing his troops countless times.
In the end, Cao Cao chose to take the initiative to attack, attacking Wuchao at night, leading his whole body with one shot, and Yuan Shao was defeated.
The victory at the Battle of Guandu laid the foundation for Cao Cao's undisputed dominance in the north.
The more frustrated and courageous, this is Cao Cao's killer skill to deal with the crisis and dilemma of midlife.
When Cao Cao was more than fifty years old, he made an expedition to Wuhuan.
Passing through Jieshi and other places, he left a famous poem " Old Ji Futuo, determined to be in a thousand miles, the martyr's twilight years, strong heart"
To this day, it is still very bloody and exciting.
It is precisely with this age-independent and positive and enterprising mentality that Cao Cao has gone from being an unambitious middle-aged man to finally achieving a hegemony and becoming a generation of tyrants.
In the years when I was in the counseling institution, I had to face fierce competition from teachers, to give parents an account of my grades, and to face any situation that some students who were mentally vulnerable.
Under high pressure, I constantly optimize my lecturing, communication and problem-solving skills.
I also actively sought a variable breakout and took the psychological counselor exam late at night.
Finally, he had his own place in the institution and knew how to clear anxiety for students and parents.
At this time, the double subtraction came.
The income plummeted, so I seamlessly switched tracks to become a professional counselor, and the students and parents were very supportive and recognized by the counseling agency.
No matter what kind of critical hit life has, I know how to break the game.
In every deep heart filled with heaviness and pain resides a soul that contains strength and desires to bloom.
All you have to do is always keep the heat of life alive and be proactive until you release it.
Life isn't as good as you think, but it's not as bad as you think.
No matter what the situation, people should naturally move forward courageously.
Write at the end
When people reach middle age, they will be in chaos if they are not careful.
Yu Minhong encountered double reduction at the time of his achievements and was slashed by a knife.
But there was no complaint or sinking in him.
He donated all the tables and chairs worth 50 million yuan to the village school, choosing to start again at the age of 59.
As the leader of a carriage, he appeared in the live broadcast room, engaged in live broadcasting to help farmers, re-started a business, and was praised by the whole network for decency.
Fu Seoul said:
"What determines what kind of life you live is never your choice, but the state you have always been."
I am only afraid of the old heart, not afraid of the long road.
May we all be middle-aged and find new strength, live out our true selves, and live out our courage in the midlife crisis.
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Author | Young people with aspirations who believe in long-termism.
Column Director | Come slowly
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