"Life is a hero, and death is a ghost." China people have always been good at grand narratives, and even ghosts never forget to be "ghost heroes", devoting all their efforts to death, and "Yamaraja beheaded 100,000 flags".

Confucius said to die a mortal, and Mencius said to sacrifice his life for righteousness. The magnificent heroic complex has a profound influence on China people.

If the owner is a lost dog, still running between six countries, and there are endless strings of songs, what is it? The same is true of "self-cultivation, family harmony, governing the country and leveling the world". In the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Zai put it better: "Make a heart for heaven and earth, make a life for the people, carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future, learn from others' strengths, and be peaceful for all generations."

It is under this kind of thinking that China people have always worshipped the valiant soldier, the earth-shattering, highly effective hero, the hero who saved the day and helped the tower collapse. Talking and laughing, the strong shackles are gone; In the blink of an eye, you can turn a small globe, and no matter how many flies hit the wall. If you can't be immortal, you have to be immortal. In short, desperate efforts should leave a mark on history, that is, "rejecting mediocrity."

What is mediocrity?

In the Qing Dynasty, Liang Zhou had a saying: "The son of mediocrity, no hero can see it, and no reputation can shock the customs."

This is the first time that the "mediocre" BLACKPINK debuted, and the significance is extremely obvious. Ordinary people did not show their talents, nor did they have a reputation that shocked the world. Ordinary but not smart, ordinary but not as. This should be the "sin" of mediocrity.

But what's wrong with "ordinary"? What's wrong with "no talent"? Why do we have to "show our talents and shake the world" and "show our talents and make great achievements"?

Rejecting mediocrity, is there a kind of loneliness in today's society?

The proliferation of utilitarianism has made many people refuse mediocrity, aspire to be successful in my official career, scramble to chase the bloody rain and seize the favorable terrain, and then, glorifying their ancestors, earning a lot of money and fame and fortune.

In Rejecting Impetuousness, Mr. Wu Fei also criticized some chaos in the field of education, including many impetuous people who refused mediocrity.

Why do you always want to "make new moves" in class? Innovation is not to show off and steal the limelight. Now some people in the education circle pursue "sensational effect" for fame. Some people want to make some noise all day, let the whole province know, let the Ministry of Education know, or let all their peers know. This will inevitably deviate from the duties of teachers.

Don't rush to introduce an idea just now to others (some people call it "preemptive registration"). Compared with your peers, you only need to examine whether you have done it right or not, and don't compete with anyone for the right of invention. So many Chinese characters, which one was created by you? You can hardly have any right of invention and creation except that some sick sentences are your own creation.

Of course, it is commendable to be able to show your talents and make great achievements, which at least represents an upward value orientation. But don't forget that many social elites who refused mediocrity once occupied the right to speak in society, and not many people became the conscience of the times and the patron saint of the people; On the contrary, many people are shaking their lips, confusing people and becoming moths and scum that bring disaster to the country and people. A beautiful doctor in Tsinghua refused mediocrity. After going abroad, she immediately sold the Beidou satellite positioning data calculated tirelessly to the US Department of Defense. Our national security has been greatly challenged.

Jinma said in On Emotional Wisdom: "First-class emotion and first-class wisdom, once combined, can often lead to a brilliant life;" First-rate wisdom and second-rate emotion, once combined, can often lead to third-rate morality, fourth-rate dedication and last-rate life. "

What does such a mediocre generation have to do with the people and what is good for society? The less mediocre these people are, the greater the harm to society.

In fact, plain life, ordinary life, as long as it is clean and enjoyable, isn't it also a life choice? In particular, I pursue and work hard. Although my grades are average, I am still indifferent to happiness. Isn't it a realm of life?

Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory is well put, the lowest is physiological needs, followed by security needs, belonging and love needs, respect needs and self-realization needs.

Rejecting mediocrity, the correct understanding should be to improve the level of self-demand, which is a kind of cultivation of people. After all, people are not living to eat rice, nor are they squatting to compete with the outside world. The Ugly Duckling does not reject mediocrity, but discovers the nature of the swan itself and makes it yearn for the blue sky. Cinderella didn't refuse mediocrity, but her persistent pursuit of love made her stubborn. Also, the lily on the cliff, blooming on the cliff, is not to compete with flowers at all, just because I am a lily, I want to bloom. I want to blossom, just to realize myself. This is the most powerful reason to reject mediocrity.

An athlete who climbed Mount Everest put it well: "After climbing Mount Everest, I found that I had conquered nothing but myself." Mr. Lu Xun also said: "Every time I watch a sports meeting, I often feel that the winners are respectable, and those athletes who are backward but have not yet reached the finish line, and those spectators who are stunned by such athletes, are the real backbone of China in the future." Why are you so afraid of being mediocre? Why do you always want to conquer others? Why do you always want to be taller than others?

In my opinion, when a society can tolerate an ordinary or even mediocre life, it is the real progress of this society.

Russell said, "Change is the source of happiness." You have the right to pursue Excellence, and I have the freedom to guard mediocrity. What's more, Excellence and mediocrity are just a fact, not a value. The river of no return, the beauty lies in the majestic, flowing bridge, and the beauty lies in the graceful. Aren't these two extreme states life?

Without two identical leaves, it is difficult to have a constant pursuit of life. Since someone stands at the top of the pyramid, someone must stand firmly at the bottom of the pyramid. Without the green leaves, there would be no beauty of safflower. Without mediocre people as the foundation, excellent people lose their reason for existence. Napoleon said, I am taller than the Alps. If there are no ordinary soldiers behind. This sentence can only be understood as madness.

From this perspective, mediocre people sometimes need a lot of responsibility. However, our society abides by the law of the jungle and has always been a paradise for the strong and an abyss for the weak. The so-called winner is king and the loser is a thief.

Ordinary, still let a person disdain; Mediocrity is even more shameful. No wonder people refuse mediocrity.

Therefore, a mediocre person like me should also refuse mediocrity, throw off his arms and do a big job. However, it is a pity that although we have been "refusing", we have always been "mediocre". In the limited historical cycle, I believe that we will continue to be collectively mediocre from generation to generation. What is the reason?

The first is historical reasons.

It's okay if you don't give the door, Lao Tzu hero. The antonym of this sentence is "the dragon matches the dragon, the phoenix matches the wind, and the sparrow only matches the haystack hole."

Because of the unfair social distribution, the plunder of limited resources and the lack of opportunities for heroes in troubled times, we little people can only live under the existing rules, and whether you refuse or not, we will always be mediocre.

In addition to the restricted super girl's self-entertainment, have we ever had a black Obama-style civilian star-making feat?

Second, social squeeze.

Many people who refuse mediocrity struggle, bleed and sacrifice, and finally learn to be smart. In order to survive, I have to pick up my tail and be a man.

"The wood in the forest is beautiful, and the wind will destroy it." "People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong", "Shoot the first bird" and "the rafters in the early days rot first" are both historical lessons and realistic warnings. This is an era when there is no need for civilian heroes, and there can be no civilian heroes.

Finally, the collective unconscious.

On the one hand, if we are willing to be mediocre and willing to be a screw, we will screw where we are needed. Give play to the value of our king on a huge machine. We are all tools, how can we be a living person? No wonder we are all singing "Grass" with self-anesthesia: "Without the fragrance of flowers and the height of trees, I am an unknown grass. Never lonely, never worried, you see my partners are all over the world. " Cover infinity, infinity, no harmony, and "grass people" are all singing the same song.

On the one hand, he fooled us and said that he would refuse mediocrity. Let us feel the happiness of being masters of our own house, the freedom to say "no", the right to refuse, and even the bright future after rejecting mediocrity. Although the road is tortuous, the future seems bright. Once rejected "mediocrity", it seems that it can be "steep and expensive". Crossing the river, a pawn competes for a cart, one person takes off, a fairy and a chicken and a dog. But history and reality tell us not to be obsessed with rejecting mediocrity, which is just a legend.

Remember a particularly popular song? Do you know why it is particularly popular?

Sometimes I feel like a bird.

I want to fly, but I can't fly high.

Maybe one day I climbed the branch and became a hunter's target.

At that moment, all mediocre people, including me, were so sad that they burst into tears. ...

Rejecting mediocrity means denying mediocrity, but social groups are composed of the vast majority of mediocrity. They are not useless in the development of society, but only as small ones. As educators, they should encourage rather than deny.

The struggle for "behavior" between people is mostly "behavior" that harms others and benefits themselves; The struggle between officials for "behavior" is mostly a "behavior" that wastes people and money; Fighting for power and profits with generals is mostly an act that will make great contributions and ruin one's reputation, an act between countries, and a hegemonic act.

Zhuge Liang supported the Han Dynasty, went out to Qishan six times and insisted on the Northern Expedition, but it caused poverty in Shu, and every war was a river of blood. All the dead are sons of human beings. What is the difference between Zhuge Liang's "behavior" and wolves? Man-made nuclear weapons can destroy the earth several times. What is the explanation that human beings "do" for a flower, a grass, an ant and a bacterium? China is as big as the United States, and its cosmology is based on two tentacles of a snail.

The British have just set foot on Australian soil and raised several rabbits, but there are no natural enemies of rabbits in Australia's local chain. In the past few decades, they have rapidly multiplied to hundreds of millions, and the vegetation has been destroyed and soil erosion has occurred. This is a "behavior" that harms nature. Everything in the world has one thing, so why should we change the "behavior of heaven" by "man-made"? Everything that shines on the earth and moistens things quietly is "the act of heaven", which is above the value of "man-made", without preference for right and wrong and negative radicalism. So it is strongly called "Wei". If people use "man-made" to harm "nature", it is just like fish and water.

The above-mentioned "unscrupulous" people account for 20% of the people, most of whom are rich and powerful, and the upper class has squandered 80% of the material resources. But the laws of the world are gains and losses, and "chop and change" and "chop and change" have not increased or decreased as a whole. Why fight for immediate vested interests like monkeys?

Only 10% people in the world are "great". Dayu controls water, gathers people's strength, and relieves floods. Dayu has both ability and political integrity. Wu Renbao led the villagers to get rich collectively, "for the benefit of the people, for the difficulty of the officials", and his words and deeds were consistent; Wearing plain cloth shoes, eating egg noodles, laughing like a child, Wu Renbao has both ability and political integrity. Those who do "great things" must have "great virtues." Words and deeds can make everyone follow suit, make decisions that everyone can listen to, and serve everyone with their own strength.

There is also an adult who has ups and downs in Youwei. Yan Hui accomplished nothing in his life. Although he has both ability and political integrity, the timing is not right. Mencius also said: "In Kyrgyzstan and Yan Hui, it is natural to change places." Yue Fei started from cutting gold, but his ambition was hard to pay, but he died on the charge of "unwarranted". During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the world was in chaos, and the phrase "few famous people are complete" made future generations shudder. In the Tang Dynasty, Xu Yougong refused the appointment of Wu Zetian on the grounds that "your majesty will offend the judge by obeying the law with his officials." . Indeed, if you can't "live in harmony with those in power" and "make a difference" in the designated circle, the situation is just like a deer running in the forest. Life and death depend on the fate of a cook.

The remaining 60% are mediocre people, and their actions are dribs and drabs, which can be called "small actions". Mediocre people, such as swallows, have no ability to fight against the sky and have no ambition to map the South China Sea. They jump happily between mulberry trees and elms every day, while swallows conform to nature, uphold their instincts, be content with their duties and be wonderful. If you can not be bound by fame and fortune, worry about wealth, be treated as you want, be upset, and smell snoring while sleeping, what else can be happier? If we can have a harmonious family, listen to parents' nagging and children's frolicking, what can be happier than this? Rejecting mediocrity is just a joke advocated by mediocrity.

When I got the Chinese test paper, I used to read the composition topic "Rejecting mediocrity" first, and I suddenly felt a lot. Is this my ideal and wish since I was a child? So many years of study, including continuous efforts in the future, is not for the sake of doing nothing in this life?

I believe that everyone does not want to be mediocre all his life. Napoleon said, "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier". Can everyone really be a general? In that case, when it comes to being a soldier, will someone be a soldier? Isn't it because of the efforts of so many ordinary soldiers that they can win the battle, and the general is not mediocre? But who can say that those nobody are mediocre? Paul said, "When one looks back on the past, one should not regret wasting time or be ashamed of doing nothing." He is not mediocre, but who can say that countless comrades who died with him in the war even failed to leave their names are mediocre?

Throughout the ages, both the officialdom and the workplace are full of intrigue, flattery and intrigue. In the final analysis, it is not because everyone wants to be mediocre, superior and outstanding. How many people can really be mediocre? Personally, I think that in this materialistic era, people who can be calm and low-key, keep a normal heart, keep their inner authenticity, do their jobs conscientiously, and truly "everything is a cloud" are truly non-mediocre people. Everyone has his own value when he comes to this world. Being pregnant is like being pregnant. It will always be found after a long time, but gold will always shine.

Of course, not everyone is so excellent. Excellent people don't have to be too ostentatious everywhere. As the saying goes, "the wood in the forest is beautiful, the wind will destroy it, the piles will land, the waves will surge, the line will be higher than the people, and everyone will be wrong." People who are not so good do not have to feel inferior. A little thing, an ordinary thing, a thing that benefits others, has been done for a long time, and you are not mediocre, such as Shi Chuanxiang, Lei Feng, and many teachers who insist on teaching in poor areas.

Everyone's experience in all aspects will be different, and it is impossible for everyone to be mediocre. Of course, it is best to be mediocre in this life. If you can't do it, don't regret it. Be a man, be happy, speak freely, feel happy and have a clear conscience. As the saying goes, "a floating life is always a dream. Why should people succeed?" Although there is no mention of women, I think it also applies to women. Finally, write a jingle to encourage everyone: "If you violate the rules, you must refuse. If you are a man, you must have a balance in your heart. Harmony is the golden mean. "