In a chat, I heard a friend say: "Take the law, only get it;" I am deeply touched by the language of "taking the law from China and getting it only". After consulting the classics, I realized that the complete expression of this famous saying is: "Take the law, only get it." Take the law and only get it. Take the law and get nothing. Although the specific source is not clearly recorded, there are similar words in many texts. "The Art of War" said: "Seek it and get it; Seek it and get it; If you ask for it, you will lose something. " The fourth volume of Emperor Taizong's "Emperor Fan" said: "If you take the law from the top, you can only win. Take the law in the middle, so it is under it. " Yan Yu, a poetry critic at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, said in Cang Hua: "If you learn it, you can only get it; Learn from it and you will be next. "In addition, similar statements also appeared in the Book of Changes and The Analects of Confucius.
This famous saying tells people that a person who has set a first-class goal may still reach the middle level in the end; And if you set a moderate goal, you may only reach a lower level in the end. Therefore, whether you are studying or being a man, you must aim high and work hard for it to reach the peak.
A job, don't do it, just accept it and do your best. No matter what industry, we must have the ideology of "striving for first-class". Do your best is only the standard of ordinary people, but in the eyes of excellent people, that is only the minimum requirement. It is not a mistake to ponder with your heart and pursue perfection, but a quality that an excellent person must have. Only by not being complacent and striving for perfection can we achieve transcendence. Sages and philosophers at all times and all over the world are strict with themselves and lenient with others. Only by being strict with ourselves can we achieve spiritual improvement and reach a lofty spiritual realm.
"Take the law, there is only one; Taking the law from the middle is the wisdom in China's traditional culture, and being content with mediocrity is the beginning of depravity. First-class products and works come from first-class designers and first-class authors, who have the idea of "striving for first-class". These first-class designers and first-class authors are the protagonists of human society, and they guide people to the future.