Speaking of "Guan Zhong", you are certainly no stranger, he is a famous philosopher, politician, military figure in the Spring and Autumn Period of ancient China, and he is also a famous economist, who is particularly good at business management.
During the reign of Duke Huan of Qi, he was recommended by Bao Shuya to serve as minister of state, assisting Duke Huan of Qi in building the State of Qi in all aspects, making it a "proxy" of the Zhou royal family politically, a "vanguard" of Yiyi militarily, and the richest country in the world economically.
With the assistance of Guan Zhong, duke Huan of Qi became the head of the "Spring and Autumn Five Powers", and his fame rose, which made the princes of the world afraid.
At that time, Qi Guo had already become the maker of the world's game!
After Guan Zhong's death, he was honored by posterity as "Guan Zi" and was known as "the first phase of Huaxia", "the teacher of saints", "the protector of Chinese civilization" and so on.
However, it is such a genius, before the hairline, is a well-known "nest waste", leaving a lot of very bad records in the career.
First of all, his work ability is very poor, and when he worked for the king of the State of Qi, he was fired three times.
Secondly, he was greedy for life and afraid of death, and he commanded three battles that ended in failure, and he successfully escaped in each battle.
Finally, he didn't exercise discipline. After assisting the prince in his unsuccessful bid for the throne of the country, his colleague summoned him to death, but he was greedy and afraid of death, even if he was a humiliated prisoner, he had to live.
Of course, in some history books, guan Zhong's behavior is regarded as a manifestation of the "overall situation view", or it may be to protect Gongzi Correction.
These are not made up by the author, but are clearly recorded in Sima Qian's "History of Guan Yan Lie's Second Biography":
"I tasted the three shi three sees to chase after the jun, Uncle Bao does not think of me as unworthy, know that I am not suffering from time also." I tasted three battles and three walks, Uncle Bao did not think of me as timid, and knew that I had an old mother. Gongzi was defeated, summoned to death, and my prisoner was humiliated, so Bao was not ashamed of me, and knew that I was not ashamed of small sections and the shame of merit was not obvious to the world. The parents of those who gave birth to me, and the one who knows me, Bao Ziya. ”
Fortunately, Guan Zhong did have real talent and practical learning, and in the end he also succeeded, otherwise his experiences would really only become "black history"!
But we also can't help but wonder: since Guan Zhong is a "nest waste", then why does Qi Huangong reuse him?
In fact, this is also thanks to Guan Zhong's close friend - Bao Shuya!
Perhaps at that time, Guan Zhong was a real "nest waste" in the eyes of others, with poor work ability, greed for life and fear of death, and lack of discipline.
However, Guan Zhong's old friend and the powerful minister of the State of Qi, Bao Shuya, did not think so, and he not only strongly recommended Guan Zhong to the Duke of Qi Huan, but also took the initiative to give up his preferential treatment.
Bao Shuya told Duke Huan of Qi that if you want the State of Qi to dominate among the various princely states, then you must promote Guan Zhong to Xiangguo.
Finally, under the strong recommendation of Bao Shuya, Guan Zhong finally got the reuse of Qi Huangong.
And the facts have also proved that Bao Shuya really did not look away, and he did not discuss talent with temporary success or failure.
In Bao Shuya's view, Guan Zhong was fired by the boss three times, not because of his inability, but because the time had not yet come.
As for Guan Zhong's command of three defeats, each time he successfully "escaped", it was not that he was greedy for life and afraid of death, but because there was an old mother in the family to support and worries about the future.
As for Guan Zhong, he would rather endure humiliation and be a prisoner, not because he did not know shame, but because he understood the principle of "staying in the green mountains and not being afraid of running out of firewood".
For these reasons given by Bao Shuya, it may seem ridiculous today, and it seems to be a deliberate justification.
But in fact, when we think about it carefully, we will find that Bao Shuya is a very powerful person, he not only understands Guan Zhong, but also knows how to use people.
Whether a talent can display his talents, in addition to the qualities he has, there is actually a problem of configuration.
These configurations include personnel cooperation, trust, financial status, and even family resettlement.
For example, people who like to watch "Water Margin" know the story of "Yang Zhi Escorting the Birthday Gang", Yang Zhi is the best person to escort the Birthday Gang, but the superiors have allocated him bad helpers, which eventually led to the failure of the achievements.
Similarly, before Guan Zhong's hairline, the surrounding configuration is not good, and its ability cannot naturally be exerted, so it naturally appears to be more "nest".
Many people say that "gold shines everywhere", but as everyone knows, gold emits light also needs to be illuminated by an external light source.