Feng Dao: I know the hearts of villains

"University" said that success is divided into eight steps: lattice - zhizhi - sincerity - heart - self-cultivation - Qi family - governance - peace in the world. Feng Dao has completed the sixth step, and it is time to find a job to realize the ideal of governing the country and the world.

He had no choice but to have only one family business, Hou Tang. Fortunately, most of the emperors of the five generations had little culture and needed prestigious readers to decorate the façade, and later Emperor Mingzong of Tang chose the erudite Feng Dao. From then on, Feng Dao made steady progress, successively tang, later Jin, Khitan, Later Han, and Later Zhou, a total of more than ten monarchs of the five dynasties, and the tired dynasty held the high positions of Zaifu, The Three Dukes, and Taifu.

Unfortunately, as a tumbler in the chaotic world, Feng Dao's reputation is not very good, and he is even known as the "five family slaves". His book "The Book of Glory and Kuo" is called the "Little Man Sutra", and some people even say that Feng Dao saw through the heart of the little man because he himself was a villain.

Feng Daoquan should be dismissive: be your own villain and let others say it!

"I'm a villain who I'm afraid of"

Who doesn't want to be a gentleman near and a little man far away? But whether you look at history or around you, a gentleman can sing and cry, but his fate is uncertain; the villain is disdainful, but he ends up at ease. "It is better to offend ten gentlemen than to offend a villain", which makes the villain even more unscrupulous.

Villains originally referred to ordinary people, but later became synonymous with moral corruption, bottomlessness, and intrigue and trickery. The villain in "The Book of Glory and Death" is obviously more inclined to the latter. In zeng Guofan's eyes, the first half of the "Rong kuan jian" that "makes the villain ashamed and the gentleman terrified" does everything to reveal the villain's secrets and expose the villain's conspiracy to the world:

First of all, there are few gentlemen and many villains, and there are fewer gentlemen than the many. "The famous are vain, the profitable are confusing, and it is difficult for people to refuse." Most people are willing to seek benefits, so gentlemen are in the minority, and villains are the majority. The gentleman who is submerged in the villain's pile, "the water is clear, there is no fish", naturally not the opponent of the villain.

Second, climb up, the gentleman is not the opponent of the villain. "A gentleman is pleased with the lower, and the upper is not confused; the villain is pleasing to the upper and lower does not punish the evil." To climb up, you must bow your knees to the upper, bend your eyebrows and bend your waist, and act recklessly to the lower toes. Because "the upper doubts are the worst, and the reputation is discarded." Gentlemen are trapped by false names, and villains only pursue profits. One has scruples, one unscrupulous, the villain will win.

Again, when shirking responsibility and taking responsibility, brazenly acting, the gentleman is not the opponent of the villain. "Those who worry about the country lose their lives, and those who worry about themselves live in peace." Only a small person can achieve "all the evils that are above, and those who are innocent of their own sins; those who are evil at the bottom, and those who fight for sinners are spared." "I bear the responsibility of the leader, and I will push the responsibility of the subordinates to the end." Unprincipledly taking the favor of the boss as their first priority, isn't it easier for such a villain to drive away disasters and avoid disasters and go straight to the clouds?

Fourth, when making friends, gentlemen and villains make friends, and only their share is calculated. "A gentleman is kind, but he is not good at worrying." The villain is knotted, but the yin is not controlled. The gentleman won over the villain, and died here. "Gentlemen and villains, one in the light and one in the dark; one in benevolence, one unscrupulous, the victory or defeat has been decided."

Finally, for the loss of integrity, the gentleman is not ashamed, but the villain is not tired. "Do not fear the words of others, but consider the interests and harms, this is not the way of worldly righteousness, but the way of life." Not being afraid of other people's criticism, only considering their own interests and damages, this is not a proposition of righteousness, but a way to survive.

The kind boss was horrified: the company was originally to build a platform for everyone to sing together. "Enjoy the benefits, there is suffering I swallow alone", I recognize all this, but many people just come to make money. Ma Yun "but pay tribute to the strivers", many people read out the taste of "defending 996".

The kind HR is horrified: in the face of the rules, the gentleman is not the opponent of the villain, because the immoral but not illegal things that only the villain will do to the fullest. So HR began to work hard to improve the rules in an attempt to make up for the bugs in the rules, but it was inevitable that "the laws and regulations were provocative, and there were many thieves."

The employees were also shocked: should they choose to be villains or gentlemen?

The villain is happy: I am a villain, who am I afraid of?

The devil is one foot tall, and the road is one foot high

In the face of villains, is there really nothing you can do? The second half of the Book of Glory and Death gives the corresponding method.

First of all, either let the villain "fight among themselves", or put aside the benevolent morality first. "Give small letters and cheat big, peep at small places and make big plans." Small credits are enforced and then big deceptions succeed, and snooping into small details leads to big schemes. This is much the same as the destructive power of the ninety-nine dharma sentences plus one magic sentence of the demon king Bo Xun in the Buddhist scriptures: ninety-nine sentences of Dharma in exchange for the trust of others, and then use one sentence of magic to easily lead the believers into hell. The sinister and unpredictable villain, how can he confront him head-on? "Curing adultery with adultery, and destroying oneself by adultery" is the solution; "do not be good when evil is ambushed, and its troubles do not arise"; and not to talk about goodness to the wicked is the fundamental solution. It's just that a gentleman sees a long-term view more than a villain, and will not easily "ambush evil and do not do good", because "those who are not all-rounders are not perfect, and people are not wise." ”

Second, treat the villain as nothing. "Slander is not argued, its facts are self-evident, and people's evil is slightly reduced." But the villain has a more ruthless move: "False heaven blames people for hiding their own interests, fake people see what they say and believe, and everyone is confused." "By providence to punish people can cover up selfishness, by relying on public opinion to speak and do things can be trusted, people will be confused by it." Feng Dao did not give a countermeasure, but told those who used the pretense of public opinion to seek benefits: I am not stupid, I am pretending to be stupid, don't think that I am really stupid.

Again, watch the villains fend for themselves. On the one hand, Feng Dao reminded the villain to "be hypocritical and self-inflicted", and to be careful of self-defeating; on the one hand, he told the gentleman that "there is no fear of evil", and everything should not go straight. Villain disguise is a moral issue, gentleman avoids going straight to the world is a skill, and "pseudo-deficiency" is nothing more than pediatrics in front of "true unscrupulousness".

Fourth, ambush people and make villains useless. "Rule people with wisdom, and turn their backs on the poor; and if they bow their hearts, their aspirations will not change." Gentlemen value benevolence and righteousness, and their affection is strong, and benevolence and righteousness have become synonymous with gentlemen. The villain fears opponents who are more powerful than him, so the wicked have to grind the wicked. Feng Dao is not teaching gentlemen to be unkind and unjust, nor is it abusing majesty, but "benevolence and righteousness abstain from abuse" and "enwei abstinence from deviation", that is, while not letting the villain grasp his own weakness, on the other hand, he grasps the villain's weakness.

Finally, Feng Dao opened the mystery: the ability of villains to read people's hearts is extremely high, and they appear to be very smart, but they are all small wisdom; gentlemen are not ignorant of people's hearts, but they put their minds on big things, which is great wisdom. "A gentleman is confused by the small, not by the big; the little man is worried about the near, not about the far." As long as the gentleman uses his brain a little, the villain will appear in its original form: "Doubt and confusion, authenticity can be discerned." With nobles and circumstances, disasters can be avoided. Knot left and right to watch the situation, all know also. It is difficult to despair of danger, and it is all broken. "Guess the villain, it's so simple.

When the villain is rampant, "I am a villain, who am I afraid of", everyone around them laughed: Why hope for "not to report, the time has not yet come"? The pattern of the villain has long limited the exertion of its energy, as long as the gentleman does not care to do things, can the villain still be proud of the spring breeze? The boss speculates that the villain has nowhere to hide; HR lowers his heart, and the villain's every move is under control; the gentleman is clear, and the villain's lies are self-defeating. In the face of the slander of the villain, "If you are not angry when you hear slander, although you will burn the heavens, if you raise a fire and burn the air, you will eventually rest yourself." "In the face of the hypocrisy of the villain, the gentleman sees through it and does not say it is broken, the devil is one foot high, and the road is one foot high." If a man does not suffer from a gentleman, why should he suffer from a villain? ”

The villain gentleman commented

The Book of Glory and Dryness says: "The outer gentleman and the inner villain, the true villain, the outer villain and the inner gentleman, the true gentleman also." Feng Dao did not mention the outer gentleman and the inner gentleman, nor did he mention the outer villain and the inner villain. These two kinds of people are an absolute minority, especially in the chaotic world of the five generations.

The first is the gentleman on the outside and the gentleman on the inside. Some gods-like beings like Yao Shunyu not only have noble sentiments, but also have the strength to be the mainstay of the mainstream, but also have the enthusiasm to break into the workplace; some, like Wei Zheng, meet the boss who knows and knows the grace, and spread their talents and enthusiasm; some are hermits like the lazy Zen master of the Tang Dynasty, who regard the emperor's favor as dung, "Don't you envy the prince?" ”

The second is the outer villain and the inner villain. Some have absolute power like Louis XIV, others dare to be angry and dare not speak, he dares to shout out, "After my death, no matter what the flood is terrible"; some are nameless young people who do not hide their selfishness, and will become street rats and everyone shouts and beats, and there is no place for them in the workplace. The above two kinds of people are not the "dishes" in the "Rong Kuan Jian".

The third kind, the outer gentleman and the inner villain, is a regular customer in the workplace. In the "Book of Glory and Kuai", "the villain reaches the court", which refers to the hypocrite of "the outer gentleman and the inner villain". People are accustomed to referring to the "Book of Glory and Kuai", also known as the "Little Man Sutra", which is biased, although each volume mentions the villain, in fact, it is about how to prosper and avoid the dry, teach people not to be a villain, and defeat the villain. In Feng Dao's eyes, it is not easy to be a hypocrite, and being a hypocrite must fail. First of all, although "those who are pleasing to the top are proud, and those who are pleasing to the bottom" are the truths that the villain firmly believes in, "those who lose the inferiority will be doubted by the upper", and if it really causes the people's resentment to boil, the upper head will soon have doubts about the hypocrites, and the balance of flattery to the upper and lower will not be easy to grasp. Secondly, although the villain always does things to the extreme, the gentleman tolerates everywhere, and the result is that the villain is invincible. In fact, the gentleman is not confused about major affairs, and the various tricks of the villain have long been exposed, as long as the gentleman is bent on making a plan, the villain has no chance of winning. Third, although hypocrites disguise themselves everywhere, a lie often needs ten lies to circle, but it is often dense and sparse, and in the end, "pseudo-insufficient self-harm".

The gentleman on the outside and the villain on the inside are the most despised by Feng Dao.

Fourth, the outer villain and the inner gentleman. Does such a person exist? exist! It was too difficult to be such a pseudo-villain, but it was the choice in Feng Dao's chaotic world.

Buddhism believes that sentient beings have different root natures and should have different ways of attaining enlightenment. Shakyamuni Buddha's cousin Devadatta committed the Five Rebellious Sins when he was a Buddha, destroying the Sangha and antagonizing the Buddha. The Buddha said of him, "He is not an evil man, but he is in hell for the sake of the right to abstain from sin." The future will become a Buddha, and the heavenly king will come. "Feng Dao's willingness to be Devadatta is such a pseudo-villain, which is more difficult than being a decent gentleman. The beginning of the Book of Glory and Death says: "Good and evil are famous, and the wise are not informal." Heaven is always, and the wise do not abandon it. The way is clear, and the easy one is also safe. "Good and evil have fixed names, but wise men are not limited by it. The natural truth has unchanging principles, and smart people will not give it up. When morality does not work, fickle people have no worries. Therefore, Feng Dao said to the Khitan Emperor: "Your Majesty should destroy the Jin Dynasty in heaven, and the sinners dare to go against the heavens?" Besides, without a city or an army, what else could His Majesty resist? I don't dare not come! "I'm just a morally, talentless, stupid old man." On the surface, he is a completely flattering villain, but in fact he is a gentleman who walks with the affairs of the Heavenly Dao. No matter what kind of monarch he serves, he works diligently to benefit the people. He is also a clean and honest official, without any handle or person, and has become a tumbler in a chaotic world.

Hypocrites are spurned, pseudo-villains are misunderstood, and Feng Dao's choice is: be your own "villain" and let others say it!

Laugh until the end, laugh even more in the moment

There is no Ming Lord, the villain is in charge, and Feng Dao is not secretly hurt: "When Mo is in danger, he will be sorry for God, and the future often has a cause." On the contrary, he was full of confidence in the future: "It is necessary to know that the sea is returned to the Lord, and it may not be a good thing to trap the Ji people." Confucius taught that "if there is a way in the state, there is a way to be a man, and if there is no way in the state, he will be swept up and cherished", teaching people not to make fearless sacrifices. Feng Dao, however, firmly believed that there was no need to "roll up and cherish it" when there was no way, as long as he obeyed the Heavenly Dao, he could also make a career: "When did Daode die, where did the boat and car not pass?" "No matter how the villain is in charge, I know the villain's heart.

At the same time, the right way in the world is vicissitudes, and the secret of success is "but the teaching party has no evil, and the wolves and tigers also stand in the bush." Whether it is Feng Dao's "gentleman is confused by the small, not confused by the big; the villain is worried about the near, not worried about the far", or Mencius's "get more help from the way, and lose the way and help less", all prove that "the right way in the world is vicissitudes". In the workplace, the last person to laugh is not a gentleman. But why laugh when the curtain ends? Isn't it better to laugh in the moment? Today's workplace, far from the five generations ago, has no choice but to have a family business, and being a true gentleman must be promising. But at a certain stage, somewhere, it is not impossible to be a pseudo-villain like Feng Dao.

Laughing at the moment, this scale is really difficult to grasp. Or measure how many points are gentlemen and how many points are villains inside and outside the "Book of Glory and Death"!