Those who know do not speak, and those who speak do not know.
When people interact with each other, we must learn to pretend to be stupid and not be too self-righteous.
A good life, a smart life, a confused moment.
Socrates said, "The only thing I know is that I don't know anything." ”
Admittedly, knowing nothing is the supreme wisdom of a person.
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Ignorant and simple.
On their way to Defending the Country, Confucius and his party encountered a hermit forest. He was very old, childless, and his clothes were tattered, and he was picking up ears of rice in the fields.
Strangely enough, Lin Had been singing, not feeling shy at all, and showing no signs of pain.
Student Zigong asked loudly, "Old man, don't you feel wronged?" Isn't that pathetic? ”
Lin Fan smiled and said, "I have no children, no worries; I have no money, no quarrel with the world; I have not died, I have no worries." Why should I be wronged, why can't I be happy? ”
Zigong was silent and retreated to the side, feeling extremely ashamed.
Shen Congwen wrote in "Border City": "Don't ask about other people's past, it may be a memory that you never want to touch." ”
When you are struggling to ask about other people's "sore spots", Ben wants to know something, but inadvertently digs up other people's pain. If others live as transparently as the forest, you will be bored with yourself.
Those who seem pitiful, you don't know their happiness, you don't understand that they are beautiful in "simple, simple, rough".
The poor live in the countryside and work hard for a living, but they do not suffer. The life of sunrise and sunset makes them feel at ease, just like a paradise.
The people on the street, who make a living by picking up garbage, look bad, but in fact, the moment they find the plastic bottle, they are happier than anyone else and feel that they have a sense of accomplishment.
Meet "low-level" people and respect them, because they are also people with great wisdom, simple thoughts, enough to compare you.
In ancient times, Tao Yuanming hung up his seal and resigned from the government, returned to his hometown to cultivate land, read and write, seemingly ignorant, but in fact, he retreated to advance, and the realm was so high that ordinary people could not surpass it.
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Ignorant and humble.
Once, a student of Socrates boasted that his family had ten thousand acres of land.
Socrates took out a map and asked the students to find out where their family's land was. This student searched for half a day and did not find it.
It turns out that showing off is the most useless thing. You think you're very powerful, but you don't know it's "a grain of dust."
The more a person shows off something, the more he lacks something. People who show off tourist pictures often rarely go to scenic spots, and once in a while, they are excited to beat their hearts; people who show off money must be poor for many years and suddenly make a little fortune; people who show off their romance are mostly people who are not yet married, and old husbands and wives will not show off these...
Bow your head and learn to plough in order to be quiet and far-reaching.
Along the way, treat all people as teachers, with the help of the wisdom of others, in order to avoid making the same mistakes as others, can take fewer detours; with the help of calm thinking, you can find your own direction; with the help of humble attitude, you can meet more friends and get help from others.
Your ignorance is the most beautiful gesture.
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Ignorant and persistently dormant.
Zhuangzi said, "Summer worms cannot speak of ice." ”
People often joke about the bugs, and in the autumn, they don't hang around for a few days and will soon disappear.
However, the bugs do not know what happens in winter, but they avoid the cold of winter and preserve the continuation of the race.
For example, cicadas take advantage of the good times of spring and summer to grow desperately and lay a lot of eggs.
The eggs are in the tissue of the tree, and once they become nymphs, they hide in the ground and grow slowly, taking several years and undergoing five metamorphosiss before they become adults.
No one knows that under the cold ground, there are cicadas trying to grow. They use "ignorance" to usher in one spring after another.
People with great wisdom, if they don't make a sound, they are already a hit. Dormancy is a process that must be experienced.
Those who fight against the strong and struggle in the winter are truly ignorant. Although it is heroic, it is easy to wear and tear, and perhaps there is no chance to meet the next spring.
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Ignorance, rare confusion.
The novelist Gu Long once said: "Only those who can pretend to be confused and willing to pretend to be confused are the truly the most shrewd and powerful people." ”
Everyone's experience is different, your understanding of things is different, and it's ridiculous that you think you're a mentor and ask others to do something, or do exactly what others tell you.
What you need to do is to tolerate all people, actively guide positive energy, and those who are willing to follow you will naturally follow behind; understand that it is someone else's business.
One day, Ji Xiaolan and the Qianlong Emperor chatted. The Emperor asked, What is loyalty?
Ji Xiaolan said in passing, "If a king wants his subjects to die, and his subjects have to die, they are loyal."
The Emperor said, "I'll let you die, now." ”
Ji Xiaolan could only obey the order, went to the river for a walk, and came back.
Ji Xiaolan said that he was about to throw himself into the river and met Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan told him that Emperor Mingjun would only ask his courtiers to die at will, and Mingjun would not. Therefore, he could only come back and let the emperor be a good "Ming Jun".
A few words, obviously "kicking the ball", but it resolved the embarrassment, and everyone was confused.
In real life, things that use confusion to resolve contradictions and solve difficult problems abound. On the contrary, those who like to "break the casserole and ask the end" have been entangled, lost people's feelings, and have no human touch.
No matter how many rules there are, it is still necessary to "extra-legal grace" and use emotions to educate people, which seems confused, but in fact it is shrewd.
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Conclusion.
Man, who knows too much, is a hidden danger; if he does not cover his mouth, he is a disaster.
From ancient times to the present, are there still fewer things that kill people and destroy mouths? "Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger", if you do not hide your wisdom and strength, you will attract wind and rain.
Wood shows in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. You take the initiative to bow your head, pretend to be deaf and dumb, and become a "low-level" person, and you also cleverly avoid the invasion of wind and rain.
If you do know a lot, then you have to take the initiative to retreat and find an excuse to leave the land of right and wrong. Don't use someone else's "privacy" to blackmail others; don't be someone else's peacemaker.
All the past is the prologue, knowing or not knowing, knowing in mind.
Author: Cloth coarse food.
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