Recently, I have experienced some things around me, which has triggered some thinking, so I started with these eight words. "People have no far-reaching worries, there must be near-term worries", from the "Analects of Wei Linggong", in the form of "near-term worries" confrontation, the "worries" of "far-reaching worries" are very easy to be associated with anxiety, and people without far-sighted worries only mean "If a person does not have a long-term plan", this sentence is exactly in line with my thinking so far in 2020.
First, share a small story: Yan Jun was meritorious in The Song Xiaowu Emperor, the official held a high position, and the power was tilted for a while. Father Yan Yanzhi often said to him: I usually do not like to see powerful people, but today I am unfortunate to see you. Another morning, Yan Yanzhi went to see Yan Jun, saw the guests Yingmen, but Yan Yanzhi did not get up, Yan Yanzhi saw this annoyed and indignant: You rose above the clouds out of the dung, immediately proud of this, can you last? Yan Chun thought that his talent was enough to help the world, and his old friends with Emperor Xiaowu were unmatched, and he should be at the center to assist the emperor in handling any affairs and always be in charge of the government. However, due to emperor Xiaowu's civil construction matters, he often had no obstruction in submitting a form of affection and did not accept anything, so he tried to remove him from his post, but he did not expect Emperor Xiaowu to be accurate, depressed, and resentful, often slandering the government with relatives and friends, and was finally given death by Emperor Xiaowu.
On the way to "Yan Jun's meritorious service to Emperor Xiaowu of Song", he had far-sightedness, long-term planning, and firm goals, and even if there were twists and turns, he would not easily mess up his mind, such as "The heavens will descend on the Si people, and they must first...". After "power for a while", the mentality is not so stable, began to care about whether others respect themselves or not, began to neglect the visit of colleagues, the father reminded of the "near worry", and this "near worry" is difficult to understand for Yan Jun at that time.
"Officials in high positions", to achieve the goals of the stage of life, often easy to be confused. This is very similar to graduating from college, entering the work is easy to overwhelmed, the usual tactical diligence to cover up strategic laziness, because of the thinking and the application of the universal template "small junior high - university - work", more than ten years of education "good study" has a definite goal at each stage, while "good work" is not, its corresponding goal is too divergent, and the results of the effort are more uncertain. Further exploration of the source of confusion comes from the fear of uncertainty about the future, and it is not clear what the main goal of the next stage is, in this case, either do nothing, or the headless flies cast a net everywhere (such as Yan Jun's advice on everything and his mouth). In contrast, inaction is more advantageous, and inaction is easier to be still and think, so as to find the main line of the next stage.
Just as the first volume of "Mao Xuan" begins with "Analysis of the Classes of Chinese Society", at any stage and in any situation, it is the first priority to see the general trend and grasp the main line. "Repairing tiles on sunny days" is common sense, and precautions can be taken to go more steadily, and finding the main line can go further. Most people die without knowing why, what they want, and what it is, so those who find the main line of life early are so fortunate.