The Analects | those who become big things are informal, and only when they have a large amount of instruments can they become big things
The ruler is shorter, the inch is longer. Talented people also have their weaknesses, and small people can sometimes come in handy. However, it is wrong to think that a small talent and a small wisdom can take on a big responsibility like a person with great wisdom and great virtue.
During the Warring States period, meng yujun of the State of Qi loved to raise soldiers, and there were many disciples, and he planned to expel some of them because he hated them. Lu Zhonglian advised Meng Tianjun that things have strengths and weaknesses, and if you only value the shortcomings and ignore the strengths, Tang Yao also has something inferior to others. Meng Tianjun obeyed his words, and as long as he was a skilled person, he would be treated with courtesy.
Later, Meng Yijun was sent to the Qin kingdom, and the King of Qin heard that he could be appointed as his prime minister, but he was framed and placed under house arrest by the King of Qin. Meng Tianjun asked for help from King Qin Zhao's favorite concubine, and she asked the fox baiqiu as a reward, but Meng Tianjun had already presented the fox white qiu to the king of Qin. A doorman of Meng Tianjun sneaked into the warehouse from the dog hole and stole the fox fur to offer to the pet concubine, and she persuaded the King of Qin to release Meng Tianjun.
Meng Tianjun ran back to the Qi country overnight, and when he reached the Hangu Pass, it was the middle of the night, and the door was opened according to the Qin Fa Hangu Guanji. One of Meng Tianjun's men who was good at ventriloquism learned to call chickens, which caused a chicken chirping inside and outside the city. The soldiers guarding the gate opened the gate and let them out.
This is the origin of the idiom "chicken singing dog thief". Although Meng Tianjun was able to escape by relying on the small skills of the doorman, after all, the chicken and dog thieves were carving insects, but they were small talents and small wisdom, and it was difficult to be competent for heavy responsibilities and big responsibilities.
Confucius said, "A gentleman cannot be small and can be greatly affected, and a small man must not be greatly affected but can be small and know." "What do you mean?" This means that a gentleman cannot be perceived by small things, but can bear heavy responsibilities; villains cannot bear heavy responsibilities, but can be perceived with small things.
Zhang Juzheng said: "Gentlemen and villains, with different personalities, different materials and utensils. A gentleman does the big thing, but disdains the small. "The difference between a gentleman and a villain is the size of the instrument.
What is a villain? If the amount of equipment is small, it is called a villain. "Little people cherish the soil" and "little people cherish the benefits", these people only think about themselves, think of their own interests, have a small mind, have a small amount of equipment, and only plan for themselves, it is difficult to bear the burden of humiliation and bear heavy responsibilities.
People with great wisdom spend their minds on becoming big things, often informal, not proficient in everything, doing small things may not be able to do well, like Meng Yujun chicken singing dog theft things he can't do, this does not prevent him from being the minister of state of Qi and the state of Wei. Therefore, when examining a person, we must not only look at small things and sub-sections, but also pay more attention to his main character and true ability.
Zi Xia, a student of Confucius, said: "Great virtue is not idle, and small virtue can come and go." "Questions of principle cannot be crossed, and small discrepancies are okay. That is to say, we must look at people with a big picture and not overly think about small things.
Some people are very good at doing small things, but it is difficult for him to do big things. And a large number of people may make others look like they are not doing a very good job, but the big things are not vague at all.
Emperor Taizong of Song wanted to appoint Lü Duan as chancellor. If you have it, you will tell him that Lü Duan is too confused as a person. Lü Duan was tolerant, did not worry about people in many things, did not remember gossip, did not mind the promotion of his post, although he was degraded many times, he never cared, and some people thought he was confused.
When he had just been serving as a suffragan (deputy prime minister), he passed in front of the civil and military officials, and a small official said in a very dismissive tone that such a person had actually become a deputy prime minister? Lü Duan's subordinates wanted to ask the man's name, but he stopped him.
Emperor Taizong said that Lü Duan was confused about small things, and big things were not confused at all. He was appointed to the post of prime minister and became the famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty. The so-called Lü Duan is confused, but he is generous and open-minded, and does not care about personal grievances. There is indeed "confusion" on certain issues concerning personal interests, which is nothing but ignorance.
"Zhou Yi Kun": "Terrain Kun, gentlemen with thick virtue." "There is nothing tangible between heaven and earth that is deeper than the earth, and there is nothing that is not carried on the earth. A gentleman must accumulate morality in order to undertake a career.
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Throughout the ages, heroes have used this sentence to motivate themselves, demanding that their instruments be like the earth, and there is nothing that cannot be carried. Only by accumulating profound merit and a large enough pattern can we carry the heavy responsibility of the rise and fall of the world, and can we make unremitting efforts to improve ourselves and move forward courageously.
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I read the Analects of wei ling:
[sic] Zi Yue: "A gentleman cannot be small and can be greatly affected, and a villain must not be greatly affected but can be small and know." ”
Confucius said, "A gentleman cannot perceive small things, but he can accept heavy responsibilities; a villain cannot bear heavy responsibilities, but he can use small things to perceive."
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