A few days ago, he had a few hours of conversation with an old professor who was nearly ninety years old and had a deep knowledge of traditional Chinese culture, especially in the areas of the I Ching, Lao Tzu, and Zhuangzi, during which he talked about Lao Tzu's "three noes," that is, "no desire," "ignorance," and "no action." At that time, I asked, Lao Tzu advocated the "three noes", can he do it himself? The old professor said that it is difficult to estimate, and this is not easy to say. But most people can't do it, just an ideal.
Back at home, I thought about this "three nothings" again, and the old professor seemed to have done it. He thought it was enough to have a stutter and a place to sleep. Now these tens of square meters of house to live, very good; he thinks that he only has a little research on Traditional Chinese culture, especially yi, Lao, zhuang, and many things he does not know, and he is very humble; Professor, it is necessary to talk about it, it seems that he is not very enthusiastic, just go out twice a week to give lectures, to be a disseminator of traditional Chinese culture and ancient wisdom. So I thought he was a very virtuous man.
I can't do Lao Tzu's "three nothings". As a layman, I am interested in the Confucian "three stands". "Three stands" means "morality, meritorious service, and speech". How do I do it? Small. I made a beautiful garden, the people like it, added color to the city, this is a small achievement, no matter how big things, limited ability can not do. I wrote two books, My Garden Philosophy and My Garden Evolution, which are actually a collection of my essays, making some random comments and not having any insights. Every week, I still insist on writing a small article and making a little noise. I have three more books to write for the rest of my life, and I have high expectations for these three books, the initial title is "The Uncertain World and the Man Who Wants to Determine the World", "My Garden Life", "Garden Handbook", whether it can be written out, whether it can be written well, I don't know. But this reflects my desire to "make a statement".
As for "Lide", I began to have doubts about me. I'm in my sixties. Whether there is virtue or not is a foregone conclusion, and I can no longer mold myself and return to the furnace to refine myself. Besides, dogs can't change eating, virtue is related to nature, to environmental influence, to education, as if all this has nothing to do with me. The matter of whether there is virtue or not has been decided, and there is no longer the question of "standing".
So, am I virtuous or unethical? The other day, I was talking to a leader in the city, and he said to me very sincerely, "Old Sun, to be honest, the people in the city often evaluate you completely differently, some people say that you are a good person, some people say that you are a good person... Personally, I thought you were like an 'old angry youth.'" Very pertinent, saying that I am old and angry, there are many people. There are also many people who say that I am an old stubborn head. That's true, it's also very graphic and realistic.
I think that virtue is mainly embodied in the words "benevolence" and "righteousness."
In the word "benevolence", I am both benevolent and unkind, so I have both virtue and no virtue. Therefore, people's evaluation of my character is also diametrically opposed. Mencius said, "The benevolent one loves others" and "Do not do to others what you do not want.". Did I do it? It doesn't work, and sometimes it does well.
I am a man with horns on his head and thorns on his body, and I can't hold back, so that I can talk fast. My horns, my thorns, often manifest themselves in the form of my harsh (and bone-chilling) speech. Especially easy to hurt others. I wouldn't say yes yes yes. What comes out of my mouth is right, wrong is wrong, the banner is clear, frankly faced, Comrade Enlai's practice of thin mud I can't learn, the Japanese people's national character of going around in circles and not expressing true thoughts I don't have, General Peng's style of acting, I don't have to learn, I was born. "Old Mao, you're wrong." I do this kind of thing a lot. When I was younger, I used to say, "Director, mayor, you're wrong." Old, a little progressive, the former main leaders of the provincial government came, enthusiastically gave me some suggestions, I did not say right or wrong, the expression is a little wooden, when the leader said, "Old Sun, what I said, you don't seem to think so, you think about it again." "It's really not face-saving. That's a provincial and ministerial-level leader. Another time, my college classmates came together with more than a dozen, one of them is the deputy director of the Office of the Central Financial and Economic Leading Group, the central economic think tank, the main drafter of the reports of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth National Congresses, as soon as the Eighteenth and Nineteenth National Congresses were completed, he interpreted the main spirit of the report in the news network that night, and he also made some suggestions for my garden, and I directly told him, Buddy, what you said is not right. The students in the back all laughed. They probably laughed at the fact that I was still that bear-like decades after graduation, and the true color did not change. I laughed too. "Haha! The deputy director's understanding of China's macro economy is indeed quite strong, how, even a small garden such a specific small thing he can understand? ”
Peng Dehuai and Chairman Mao
Old classmates are just that, for ordinary leaders, ordinary friends, subordinates, such a style of handling, should not be the work of a person with perfect virtue.
For my tourists, I'm even more fucked up. People say that my garden is doing too well, and at this time I am really modest and real. I'll say, yes, my garden is doing well, but what else is not doing well, I will try to do better. However, some people say that I am not doing a good job, that is not OK. For example, some people say, old Sun Tou, your sixty yuan ticket price is a bit expensive, and guess what I will say, "Yes, it is indeed a little expensive for people who make less money." Some people say that your garden is generally doing, there is nothing to see, you guess how I replied, "If you go south and north, often travel to other places and foreign countries, you will know the beauty of Yingge Stone." "I am indeed telling the truth, but it is not the work of a gentleman to say that people are a nest of waste that cannot make money, and the toads in the well hurt people's self-esteem."
Dalian YinggeShi Botanical Garden
However, there is a saying that the gentleman is frank. My honesty, which is also necessary for the virtue of a gentleman, is not so perfect, not so skilled. This also shows that I am an "honest person". I honestly do the garden, work the quality, do not engage in false propaganda, do not vain head, no city government, let people see a bottle of water to the end, indeed honest. Is this bad? Isn't that virtuous?
As for righteousness, I thought I was doing a good job. In Confucianism, righteousness and profit are directly opposed. I do botanical gardens, it is true that I am not doing it to make money, and no one is doing it to make money. Because I liked it and wanted to contribute to society a little, I built the Botanical Garden. From this point of view, I am still righteous. Second, I will not flatter the leader, I will not see people on the plate, nostalgia, especially the old brothers who are downcast, I think this is "righteous". Third, I speak the truth, I don't talk, I count as "righteousness", I never owe migrant workers wages, I don't owe my upstream suppliers a penny, they all say that I am "exquisite people".
Therefore, the virtue I have established is not perfect enough, not good enough, just enough to pass, and it is impossible to make progress, which is also no way to do things, personality. Please also understand and forgive the friends who have been hurt by me.
I posted a few days ago, I guess it hurt some people again, I don't know if there is a virtue in what I did?
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