Chinese culture is broad and profound, has a long history, and is all-encompassing, and one of the branches is the colloquialism. Throughout the ages, there have been many sayings left behind, which are both easy to understand and concise, which are both based on life and function in life, and have been passed down by word of mouth by generations of people, and the sayings that have been handed down to this day can be described as dazzling, involving a wide range of fields and fields.
Of course, with the development of the times, due to the limitations of the era in which the ancients lived, some sayings have become useless, but there is a kind of saying, many of which will not become obsolete, that is, some sayings that involve dealing with people in the world, such as the one to be said today - "It is better to go ten steps away than to take a step dangerous", what does this saying mean? Does that make sense?
This saying, once recorded in ancient martial arts novels and the founding father of mainland martial arts novels, "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness", is recorded for the 101st time in the book: "Let's go away from the danger." As the saying goes: it is better to walk ten steps away than to take one step dangerously", and the time of the writing of "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness", during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, it can be seen that this saying "It is better to go ten steps away than to take one step dangerous" already existed in the Qing Dynasty, was widely circulated, and was written into the book.
This saying is one positive and one is negative, one is different, and it uses the technique of contrasting dialectics to clarify the truth of living in the world. As the saying goes, "ten" and "one" are general numbers, and taking a long road is time-consuming and labor-intensive, but safe, and taking shortcuts is relatively timeless and laborious, but dangerous. And there is no pie in the sky, the so-called shortcuts, often evil devils, although these shortcuts can bring great benefits, but can only go one step far, not long, although the right path is full of ups and downs, steps are difficult, but can go long.
Therefore, this proverb warns people that the truth is: to treat the world as a person, we must take the bright and righteous path, we must be down-to-earth, and we must be cautious in dealing with the world, so that we can go safely, go long-term, and ultimately be able to win in stability. On the contrary, if you are in a hurry to achieve success, there is a fluke mentality to take shortcuts and step into the outer path of the evil devil, in the end, you can only restore the Skynet without leakage and cut off the road.
Some people mention this saying, and they will use another saying to refute it, that is, "wealth and wealth are in danger", is there any reason for this rebuttal?
Before that, we must understand what is "seeking wealth and wealth in risk"? Many people misunderstand this saying. There is also the first half of the sentence, the whole sentence is "success in the details, wealth in the risk of seeking", it can be seen that the wealth of insurance is to encourage people to have a spirit of adventure, rather than a gambler mentality.
The spirit of adventure is to take risks through the proper means, while the gambler's mentality is to rush to success, at all costs, even to escape into the outside world of evil, putting themselves in a dangerous situation, licking blood on the tip of the knife, walking on a tightrope.
Moreover, the "risk" in the wealth insurance has a second meaning, which refers to the need to have a sense of danger and distress, that is, Mencius. "Born in sorrow, died in comfort", can not let yourself be trapped in the "happy" environment, long-term use of comfortable consciousness to blind yourself, in the end can only be like a boiled frog in warm water, scourge yourself, but to get out of the comfort zone, to be in a "dangerous" environment, so that you can exercise yourself, born of sorrow, died of happiness.
It can be seen that "it is better to go ten steps away than to take one step in danger" and "to seek in the risk of wealth and wealth" is not contradictory, it is better to go ten steps farther than to take one step of risk is to warn people that they must be down-to-earth and cannot go astray in order to take shortcuts, and the rich and noble risks seek to warn people that they must have a spirit of adventure, but they cannot be a gambler mentality, and risk is not to put yourself in danger, let alone let yourself go astray, at the same time, you must also have a sense of risk and worry.
What do you think about that? Comments are welcome.