Chapter 90 of Water Margin
It is said that Song Gongming led all the heroes in the Water Margin to win the favor of the Song Dynasty and went on an expedition to Liao. After a great victory, he passed Wutai Mountain and visited Master Zhizhen, Lu's elder, and then went on to Shuanglindou. There is a row of geese flying in the air. Yan Qing, the prodigal son, was learning archery, so he drew his bow and shot an arrow. "The arrow didn't miss", and a dozen geese were shot down in a short time. Everybody clap.
Sung river heard that, hurriedly dismounted and approached Yan, first affirmed his ability, and then gave Yan serious criticism and education.
Song Jiang said that Hongyan is not an ordinary bird, but a "righteous bird". They groaned when they saw their companions being shot. This is "benevolence"; Loyalty to love, "it is not worth dying if you lose your sex", which is "righteousness"; On the way to the south, "flying by turns" and "mutual humility" are "gifts"; Being able to avoid raptors in advance and build a beautiful home is "wisdom"; Work and rest in strict accordance with the change of seasons, "autumn south and winter north", which is "faith". How could you have the heart to shoot such a swan goose with "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and wisdom", Brother Yan Qing?
Next, Song Jiang took care of each other, compared the Brothers of the Marsh to the Wild Goose, and said that if we lost a few brothers, wouldn't you be sad? Beauty's feeling of losing her partner is the same as that of our brothers being separated. Yan Qing's face was ashamed.
Sung river is actually through Yan Qing swan goose, said some kind of team spirit. According to the ancients in China, a successful individual and team should have five high-quality moral qualities: "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faithfulness". A team should have the spirit of benevolence as the core and spiritual pillar, and the Shuihu team has done it.
For the most obvious example, jy, the black whirlwind, only has his brother in his eyes, but after he overheard Song robbing the commoner, he immediately cut down the water margin flag. Why? Because he thinks that you AE doesn't love the people and violates the principle of "benevolence", the company's signboard of "doing good for the sky" will be ashamed to go on. Don't underestimate this matter, it shows that the individual's obedience to the team spirit of benevolence, righteousness and morality exceeds the individual's obedience. Even if Tie Niu's favorite boss violates it, Tie Niu still denies people. Team spirit has gone beyond personal relationship and is an important symbol of team success.
Another example is Shijin, Kowloon. Since he arrived in the water margin, he has not been very successful in his position, far less than his good friends and others, and he still complains about it from time to time. On one occasion, he accompanied Song Jiang into Tokyo, drinking and singing in a restaurant to vent his anger. But once Song Jiang criticized and educated him with discipline and safety, he accepted it wholeheartedly. This is the "ceremony". Individuals can have dissatisfaction and opinions, but they must absolutely obey the overall interests and safety of the team. You know, it is easy to ruin the career and progress of the team after individuals amplify their grievances. Liang Shanbo's team does not exist.
Judging from these cases, Song Jiang is also a good team leader, who used "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith" to restrain and motivate the team and finally achieved Liang Shanbo's career.
But Song Jiang's mistake is equally obvious, that is, when looking for a development path for Shuihu, he chose the wrong direction and eventually ruined the team. He may have realized his mistake. Seeing Yan Qing shooting a swan goose, he thought of the bleak experience his brothers might face in the future. Therefore, while criticizing Yan Qing's behavior, his heart is also very sad. He is "sad". This shows that he has actually realized emotionally that courtship is wrong, but he has no choice but to express his sadness through Hongyan. The biggest tragedy of a team leader is that he knows the mistake emotionally, but he still has to do it. Of course, this is not history, but only for the environment and characters depicted in the novel.