Story 1: Let yourself be low in the dust.
Sun Jianai, the teacher of Emperor Guangxu, was the top scholar in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty. He has served as an official and a cabinet college student, with great power and is famous in both the government and the opposition. However, such a high-ranking contemporary prime minister has kept a low profile and kept quiet. When getting along with others, he always puts himself in the lowest position and always treats others equally, thus winning everyone's respect.
1899 12 16, Sun Jianai went back to his hometown (Shouzhou, Anhui) to visit relatives. The news spread like wildfire that the emperor's teacher, cabinet college students and official ministers were coming back. Wei Shaoyin, the company commander, decided to receive Sun's return home with the most solemn etiquette, and led the civil and military officials to queue up at the north gate early in the morning. Banners are flying, drums and music are ringing, and the scene is extremely grand. Sun Jianai and his party are from the north, so they should enter the city from the north gate. However, when Sun Jianai was about to reach the North Gate, he heard gongs and drums inside. He stopped at once and sent someone to inquire. The spy came back and reported that it was well known that officials and company commanders were waiting in line to meet him. Sun Jianai was very upset when he heard the news, because he didn't like to make public, put on airs and put on airs, so he quickly ordered his chariots and horses to be diverted, detoured from the path leading to the south gate, quietly entered the city and returned home. Those officials waited at the North Gate for a long time, but they didn't see the shadow of Sun Jianai, so they sent someone to find out the news. As a result, they heard from another door that Sun Jianai was in town and went home. Wei Shaoyin, the company commander, and Guo Baochang quickly led the civil and military officials to visit Sun Jianai at Sun's home. When they saw Sun Jianai, they immediately came forward to salute. Sun Jianai saw, hurriedly stopped them, but gave them a deep respect. He said:? I am a fairy in Beijing, but at home, I am your subject! ? In addition, we insist that the county magistrate Wei Shaoyin and the company commander Guo Baochang sit on it, accompanied by themselves. This modest attitude made everyone particularly moved.
During his stay at home in Sun Jianai, one day, he went to visit an anonymous elder alone. On the way, he met a man in a hurry. The man picked a truck full of excrement and accidentally spilled it on Sun Jianai. Sun Jianai said nothing but looked at the man with his eyes. As a result, the man said instead:? I am a champion farmer. What if you spill your clothes? Sun Jianai listened and said to him seriously. Champion farmers must be reasonable and not bully others! ? The man swore several times, but Sun Jianai disagreed with his common sense. He left after scolding. Afterwards, some folks told the man that the person you scolded that day was the famous champion grandson. Hearing this, the man regretted it very much. He went to make up for it, but Sun Jianai comforted him as if nothing had happened.
Another night, Sun Jianai wore a hat and casual clothes and went to visit his friend alone with a lantern. It was already late at night when I came back, and I happened to meet Dusty leading a team to check the street. Sun Jianai stood against the wall, trying to wait until the patrol passed by. As a result, the patrolman thought he was suspicious and wanted to take him back to the yamen for interrogation. When will they get there? Zhuangyuanfu? In front of the door, Sun Jianai asked someone to be a guarantor. Wang Xing, the gatekeeper, was surprised and denounced Du Si for detaining Sun Gong. Dusty was frightened and made amends again and again. The next day, at the end of the year, the company commanders came to the door with Du Si to confess their sins, but instead of blaming Du Si, Sun Jianai praised him for being loyal to his duties, and at that time he was passed down as a much-told story by the people of the state.
After many people have gained some fame and status, they realize that they are people with status and are great, so they put on airs in their communication to show that their status is higher than others. Sun Jianai is different. Sun Jianai is an important official in the imperial court, but he always puts himself in the lowest position and always treats others equally, showing a rare demeanor. Low water makes the sea, and inferiority is king. Putting yourself in the lowest place is the starting point to the highest place, and it is also a kind of wisdom in life. Just as a writer said: Only by daring to put yourself in the lowest place can we move towards the commanding heights of life. ?
Story 2: Two pieces of chalk
A piece of chalk is in the box. It looked at the experience of the companion who came out of the box and thought about the life of chalk, thinking: Alas, no matter what you do, chalk will die and broken bones will turn to dust. Therefore, it is full of emotion. After a while, this piece of chalk has no intention to do anything else except the melancholy of ultimate thinking.
The writer took it out, used it, stuck it on the blackboard, and the writing place was a mess, and one hand was thrown into the garbage basket.
So do people. When the heart dies, life ends early.
A piece of chalk was taken out of the campus. It's worried about itself. Do a piece of chalk, leave school, don't spread knowledge, do I still have a place to use?
Unexpectedly, this piece of chalk reached a young girl. She was a sculptor and used it to carve Sister Lin, who had buried flowers. Chalk? In fact, youth and sadness suddenly stood out and won the applause of tourists.
After the visitors left, the exhibition room quieted down, and chalk thought, sometimes, the value really lies outside the fixed thinking.
Article 3: Gold in Orchard
Once upon a time, there was a farmer who had a very beautiful olive garden. He is hardworking and the orchard is lush under his care. But he knows that his three sons look down on farm work very much, and they are bent on making a fortune through adventure.
The farmer was old. When he felt that his death was coming, he called his three sons to him and said, Sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the olive garden. You can dig if you want. ?
The sons wanted their father to tell them where the gold was hidden in the orchard, but he died without saying anything.
After the farmer died, his three sons began to dig for the pot of gold. Because they didn't know where the gold was hidden, they agreed that the three of them would line up and start digging from one end of the orchard until one of them dug up the gold.
They dug and dug, from one end of the orchard to the other, and dug around the fruit trees, but they still couldn't find the pot of gold. It seems that someone must have taken the pot of gold, or their father was dreaming. The three sons were very disappointed.
In the second olive harvest season, the olive trees in the orchard produced more fruits than before. After selling the fruit, the three sons earned a whole bucket of gold.
When they got so much money from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the clever father said? There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig if you want. The meaning of this sentence.