As a reader, one of the people I despise most in my life is that I like to brag about how many books I have read and boast about it.
Because for me, reading is an extremely ordinary thing, so ordinary that it is not worth mentioning at all, just like women like beautiful clothes and men like to smoke and drink.
Mr. Zhu Guangqian said: "Reading is for its own use, reading more cannot be regarded as an honor, and reading less cannot be regarded as shame." Reading less and being thorough will be able to develop the habit of thoughtfulness, swimming well, so as to change temperament; reading more without seeking much understanding is like galloping through the Ten Mile Ocean Field, although it is full of curiosities, it is in vain to annoy and return empty-handed. ”
People who are keen to show off their reading are essentially taking reading as an honor and feeling superior to others.
As everyone knows, this kind of behavior of "the queen mother selling melons and selling herself to boast" actually exposes her own inner lack. Because a person who is rich in heart does not need to seek the approval of others everywhere.
Only the empty and mentally poor need to go around showing off and bragging about themselves in order to win the praise and approval of others and then satisfy their poor vanity. And people who are strong in the spiritual world and self-sufficient in their hearts do not need to do these vain and useless things at all.
Why do people read a lot, but their hearts are scarce enough to constantly seek the approval of others?
The reason is actually very simple: this kind of person reads on the surface and does not integrate knowledge into his life.
This is also the fault of many modern readers, they can be very knowledgeable, can be exaggerated, can get good results in school, can also write a foreign article, and then deceive the trust of some shallow people. But knowledge is always an external thing for such people.
Mr. Lü Kun, a thinker of the Mainland Ming Dynasty, has a saying in his masterpiece "Groaning Language": "Although the shallow float is bright and insightful, it is not a tool for accumulating virtue." I think the word "shallow float" is very good, and it is really appropriate to call this kind of person.
The study of knowledge by such people is always a flash in the pan, even if they are diligent in reading for a lifetime, they are also a "shallow floater".
Let me give you an example, and you will understand:
I once knew a person who wrote articles everywhere on the Internet and boasted that he had been reading books at the National Library for twenty years, focusing on the research of traditional Chinese medicine and anti-cancer, and was determined to connect Chinese and Western. In his own words, "My goal has always been to learn through the various medical knowledge available and apply them together to find the best and most economical solution to minimize the physical and mental pain and financial burden of the patient." ”
A few years ago, I was young and shallow, and when I heard such words, I immediately felt infinite admiration, and coupled with the fact that this person's article was written in a splendid way, I was even more admired.
However, with my in-depth study of Eastern and Western cultures in recent years, I gradually discovered the true face of this person, who is a typical "shallow floater".
For example, he once said that Chinese medicine has curative effects, but the theory of Chinese medicine is wrong; what is even more absurd is that as a person who prides himself on "focusing on the anti-cancer research of traditional Chinese medicine", he has directly denied the "five elements of yin and yang", full of "genes" and "cells", and what is the "portal view" of others engaged in Chinese medicine.
There is a lot of nonsense in this house, and I will only give the most typical example today to debunk the true face of this beam-jumping clown, so as not to deceive more people.
So the question is, why should I say that this is a beam-jumping clown and nonsense? Listen to me in detail:
If the essence of Chinese culture is summed up in one word, it is "Tao"; if it is summed up in two words, it is "yin and yang", and the "five elements theory" is only a further development of the "yin and yang theory".
If Chinese culture is compared to a big tree, then the theory of "Tao" and "Yin and Yang Five Elements" is the root of this tree, and later Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese medicine, martial arts, and all other Chinese cultures have grown from this root.
It can be said that the "Yin and Yang Five Elements" theory is the essence of Chinese culture. The theories of Lao Tzu and Zhuangzi are the exertion of this philosophy, while Confucius and Confucianism apply this philosophy to society to govern the country, and Chinese medicine applies this philosophy to the human body to cure diseases... Without the "Five Elements of Yin and Yang", there would be no brilliant Chinese civilization.
To deny the "Tao" and "Yin and Yang Five Elements" theories to talk about Chinese culture is to deny that Newton and Einstein's physics are as ridiculous as talking about Western science.
It is gratifying that now the Ministry of Education on the mainland has also realized the greatness of Chinese culture, and has compiled the "five elements of yin and yang" into the teaching materials and begun to promote it.
However, this jumping beam clown who runs trains with his mouth, who boasts that he has read books in the National Library for twenty years, learns knowledge only in a shallow way, floats in the light, cannot understand Chinese culture in depth and systematically, and has no understanding of Western science, and he does not understand the greatness of Chinese culture and Chinese medicine at all.
For this kind of goods, it is already too polite to say that he is a "frog at the bottom of the well".
Such a shallow and ignorant, shameless person, still dare to "penetrate the East and the West", their hearts are full of prejudice, but they say that others "see the door", and they want to "transform Chinese medicine", which is really a dog stinking fart! Writing articles and engaging in marketing can deceive those who are shallow and good men and women, but in front of people like me who have a deep understanding of Chinese and Western cultures, I can instantly beat him back to his original form.
This beam-jumping clown is just like Mr. Zhu Guangqian said, "Reading more without seeking much understanding is like galloping in a ten-mile ocean field, although it is full of curiosities, it is in vain upset and goes home empty-handed." ”
I once said that we must not go into the lost path of superstitious knowledge, but must start from our own hearts and develop our own consciousness and confidence, so that you are a person with a way, all knowledge can be used for you, all information can become your material, and your life is powerful.
Whether you read books or be a person, you must not float on the surface, otherwise, no matter how many books you read, you will always be a "shallow floater". Just like the example of the beam-jumping clown I gave earlier, although he reads a lot, he is superficial, unable to be systematic and deep, and his heart has always been lacking, so he insists on bragging about how much he reads, in order to deceive others' praise and recognition, and to satisfy his false and pitiful self-esteem.
True mediocrity is inner scarcity.
May we all become spiritually strong and innerly rich people, build a solid foundation in our lives, and not be a "shallow floater".