In reality, we often hear a phrase called "great wisdom is foolishness."
In the eyes of many people, "great wisdom is foolish" means that a person is very intelligent, or very wise, but rarely shows wisdom and wisdom, as if he were a stupid person.
So, is this really the case?
Of course not.
Why?
Because people who are really smart or really wise, why do they have to pretend to be stupid people?
Some people say that what they pretend to be stupid people is actually to avoid becoming the target of public criticism, so they package themselves as stupid people.
However, this seemingly reasonable explanation is actually quite flawed, and there will be two unreasonable places in the rare.
The first is that a truly intelligent or intelligent person will not choose to escape from such a way at all- pretending to be stupid, and second, how high can a person who cannot even avoid becoming the target of public criticism be?
Therefore, interpreting the phrase "great wisdom and foolishness" in terms of pretending to be stupid does not work at all, at least not the best explanation.
So, what is the original meaning of "great wisdom and foolishness"?
In fact, the original meaning of the so-called "great wisdom is foolish" we may explore from the following two aspects, namely:
First, great wisdom refers to true wisdom, not falsehood
What is Wisdom?
In fact, "great wisdom" in this word refers to real wisdom, not small wisdom, let alone packaged wisdom.
The so-called true wisdom emphasizes the wisdom embodied in a person's ability to avoid external interference and influence - the more thoroughly avoided, the greater or higher the wisdom will be.
The implication is that if a person does not have the ability to avoid external interference and influence, he is easily swayed by others and their experiences, so that he cannot have his own cognition, so he cannot be called wisdom, let alone "great wisdom".
Therefore, a person's so-called "great wisdom" is, in the final analysis, his ability to resist external interference—of course, these abilities are real, not virtual or pretend.
Second, "if foolish" is neither really stupid nor stupid, but because others can't understand or have insufficient realm, they mistakenly think of stupidity
The so-called "if foolish" mostly has two meanings, one is as if it is stupid, and the other is that it is mistaken for stupidity.
What does it mean to be stupid?
In fact, it refers to their words and deeds or ideas, which are not only different from ordinary people, but also the same as those stupid people in reality, so they are regarded as stupid people.
The second layer emphasizes that people cannot understand their words and deeds and ideas, and can only classify them as "stupid" people.
However, both levels are essentially caused by people's misunderstandings, and they are not deliberately disguised by really intelligent or intelligent people.
Therefore, in summary, the two contents mentioned above are actually the real reasons why we talk about the original meaning of "great wisdom and foolishness", which is not something that everyone can understand.
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The materials in this article are mainly quoted from the Analects, Zhuangzi, Tanjing, Tao Te Ching, Temporary Sitting, Dream of the Red Chamber, Jin Ping Mei, Waste Capital, Walking Alone, Philosophy of Life, Plato As He Said, History, The Complete Works of Wang Yangming, Huayan Jing, University, Reason and Emotion, Heavenly Dao, Sun Tzu's Art of War, The New Language of the World, Lecture on the History of Philosophy