It is in this sense that we put forward the proposition of life. In the process of pursuing fame and fortune, I advise you to be less greedy and more patient. Don't blindfold yourself for fame and fortune.
Objectively speaking, seeking fame is not a bad thing. A person with a sense of honor has the motivation to make progress; People who have a sense of reputation also have a sense of shame and don't want to defile their reputation. However, you can't pursue anything too much. As long as you pursue it too much, you can't get it at once. If you are too eager to seek fame, sometimes it is easy to have evil thoughts and go astray. As a result, the reputation did not come, but it was notorious. A gentleman seeks a good name, does good deeds and does good deeds. The villain seeks fame, abandons the way of a gentleman and does the thing of a villain. At all times and all over the world, in order to get a false name, there are countless examples of ultimate ruin, which is really thought-provoking; Some people are already famous and want to be famous, so their evil thoughts expand and even doubt their original fame. It's really sad.
Song Wenzhi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, had a nephew named Liu Xiyi, who was very talented and a promising young poet. One day, I wrote a poem called "The Generation of Whiteheads" and asked my uncle for advice in the Song family. When Yi Xi chanted, "The ancients never recovered from Luoyang East, but today people are still out of love. Flowers are similar every year and people are different. " Song couldn't help saying yes again and again. He asked if anyone had read the poem. Yi Xi told him that he had just finished it and had not read it with others. Song Sui said, "Your poem" Flowers are similar every year, but people of different ages are different "is really lovely. If others haven't seen it, please let me see it. " Yi Xi said, "These two sentences are the eyes in my poem. When you leave, the whole poem will be tasteless. Never. " In the evening, Song couldn't sleep, so he read these two poems over and over again.
I thought, when this poem comes out, it must be famous and famous all over the world. I must find a way to keep it for myself. So he was up to no good and ordered his men to take Yi Xi alive. Later, Song was convicted and exiled to Qinzhou, and then the emperor ordered him to commit suicide. Scholars all over the world have heard about it and are all happy! Liu Yuxi said, "Song Wenzhi deserves to die. He deserves it."
In medieval Italy, there was a mathematician named Tarda Leah who enjoyed the reputation of "invincible" in domestic mathematics competitions. After hard research, he found a new solution to the cubic equation. At this time, a man named cardano found him, claiming that he had thousands of inventions, and only the cubic equation was a mystery to him, which made him miserable. Good Tarda Leah was tricked into telling him his new discovery without reservation. Who knows, a few days later, cardano published a paper in his own name, expounding the new solution of cubic equation, and won the results for himself. Although he cheated people for quite some time, the truth was finally revealed to the world. Now, cardano's name has become synonymous with scientific swindlers in the history of mathematics.
Song, cardano and others are not incompetent. They have made great achievements in their respective fields. As far as Song is concerned, even if he didn't capture the poems, he has become famous all over the world. To make matters worse, people are short of heart and desire is endless! As the saying goes, if you have money, you will be persistent, even if you are famous. Once fascinated, some talented "smart people" will be confused, and educated people who are still very lofty will become neither lofty nor noble, and they will do dirty things that even ordinary people will disdain, so that they will be self-defeating and notorious.
There is nothing wrong with seeking a name. The key is not to stare. In that case, it is bound to go to the road of fishing for fame, deceiving the world and stealing fame.
Sometimes, a good name is put on your head, not sold, not fished, not stolen. What about this? !
One day, a famous Peking Opera actor in China read a report entitled "Nine actors such as Guan Yu volunteered to support the elderly who lost their children" in the newspaper, and at the same time received the proof of a poem "Ode to Nine Comrades such as Guan Yu" rewritten by Li Er, a consultant of Hubei Provincial Party Committee. This made her deeply uneasy. It turned out that after the death of Peking Opera actor Yu Chunhai, his mother and stepfather were left without support. He Meizhen, secretary of the troupe branch, suggested that everyone donate money for the elderly. This activity lasted for 23 years and * * * donated more than 6000 yuan. Guan didn't know at first, but later he knew and participated. But the report called her an advocate, which is not true. After seeing the report, he immediately entrusted the relevant organization to write back to the newspaper and asked for public clarification of the facts. Li also respected Guan's opinion and changed the title of the poem to "Praise for 26 comrades including He Meizhen of Yunnan Peking Opera Theatre".
During the Second World War, American and Japanese troops fought fiercely in Ilogi Island, and finally defeated the Japanese army, and planted the flag of victory on the main peak of the island. Excited marines tore the flag of victory into pieces in cheers and distributed it to everyone as a lifelong commemoration. This is a very meaningful scene. Later, the reporter planned to film it, so he asked six soldiers to perform the scene again. One of the soldiers, Hayes, was a very ordinary man in the battle, but because of this photo, he became a hero and won one honor after another in China. His image began to be printed on stamps, soaps, etc. His hometown also made a statue for him. At this time, his heart is extremely contradictory: on the one hand, he is intoxicated with praise, on the other hand, he is afraid of the truth; At the same time, because his name is untrue, he is always in a state of guilt and shame. In such a mental state, he had to anesthetize himself with wine every day. Finally, one night, he put on his military uniform and quietly left this world full of praise for him.
Guan dui and Hayes have different attitudes and different endings. Or Mr. Dongpo put it well: "If it's not mine, I won't take it." A good name is beauty! Only for those who have a little sense of justice and conscience, they can accept the reputation that should not belong to them, but they may not be able to be calm! What you get is a good reputation, what you get is a heavy mountain, a chain that binds you, and sooner or later it will be overwhelmed. Like Guan, we live truly, easily, comfortably and safely.
If someone can accept it frankly, then this person's quality is even evil!
We advocate forbearing fame and fortune, that is to say, we must stop and resist temptation before gnashing our teeth and a good reputation that does not belong to us. First, in order to keep your personality clean and not pollute your soul; The second is to avoid the eyes of the world and future generations, leaving a lifelong stigma. Like Guan, leave your innocence in the world!
Fame and fortune are twin brothers, and whoever follows whom cannot live without whom. But in reality, there are also people who value fame but not profit, and those who play for themselves are called incorruptible people. Some people value profit rather than fame, pay attention to material interests, and think that fame is delicious and useless. Some people pursue fame and fortune and are reluctant to let go of anything. They are always rich and famous. It goes without saying that the three people's outlook on life and fame and fortune is nobler and more desirable. Realistically speaking, if life is unprofitable, there will be no survival, no health and no career. Therefore, people who pursue profits cannot simply be regarded as villains. It depends on who, by what means, and how to treat and use the profit after profit. Today, the profit is often the standard to measure a person's value. An enterprise is not profitable, no matter how beautiful it is, it still has no good reputation; Business leaders are not good leaders, but only engage in ostentation and extravagance, and have no ability to create profits. In today's society, everyone can't live without money, which is something that all three-year-olds know. We need money to eat, dress, live, study, entertain, live for happy events, die for funerals and even become monks. Almost everything is inseparable from money. Without money, it is difficult to live; No money, no good end. Money can bring people joy, make people live comfortably and avoid the pain of hunger and cold. Money can bring people confidence and make people do things smoothly in Dont Ask For Help. Visible money is really a good thing! Now everyone from leaders to ordinary people wants to make money, and even scholars who used to be lofty have gone into business to make money. Because there is no money, the works you write are just a pile of waste paper, which cannot be turned into type; Without money, your script can't be put on the stage and screen; Without money, your scientific research achievements cannot be transformed into economic benefits. Therefore, it has become a means for intellectuals to save themselves by cultivating literature by business and running schools by economic means and promoting the development of science and technology. Who can turn a blind eye to money and be indifferent?
However, it is possible and should be possible to make money, but you must not be obsessed with money. It is terrible to make money by dishonest means and get rich by crooked ways, which will drag people into the abyss. When a person is addicted to money, he will not only ignore the party discipline and state laws, but even lose his humanity and do immoral things.
Burning one's mother to death for the gold ingot is a human tragedy that happened in the 1990s.
The burned old man surnamed Liu lost his husband in his early years and raised four sons alone. It's really hard. After four sons got married one after another, they seldom took care of my mother. 199 1 year, Liu was diagnosed with lung cancer, and the four rebels didn't want to take care of him. They gathered around the bed and repeatedly asked where Jin Yuanbao was. It turned out that Liu married a 500-gram gold ingot, but in order to raise a child, he had sold it. But how can the four sons believe that when Liu died, the four sons unanimously decided that the old lady swallowed the gold ingot and took it to the other side for use. So the four of them came up with a "clever plan" to burn the body to get the treasure. In the evening, they sneaked into the morgue to pour gasoline on the old lady and lit a fire. As a result, it is conceivable that waiting for them is the prison gate.
The harsh facts tell people that money can send people to "heaven" or lead them to "hell". All you care about is getting rich and doing whatever it takes. That's an idiot who loves Li but doesn't know how to take care of his body. Imagine, what's the use of trying the law for money? If you want to enter the happiness gate of "heaven", you must get rich through labor, not greedy for ill-gotten gains.
Money is very important to people, but people can't get in, because there are more important things in the world than money, that is, people's character and virtue. From ancient times to the present, people can't know how many rich people there are, but when it comes to those ancient and modern sages, people are like a few treasures. As a poet wrote in his poem: "Some people are dead and he is still alive;" Some people are alive and he is dead. "People who are still alive are not rich in money, but rich in noble moral spirit. Therefore, between profit and righteousness, the gentleman's approach is to give up the profit and take the righteousness. Hong Mai, a writer in the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote a story: One spring, a man named Zeng Shuqing borrowed money from relatives and friends to buy some pots and other pottery, and he was going to sell them in Fujian to earn some money to buy rice. Just as he was leaving, someone sent him a message saying that Fujian was flooded and the people were struggling. He thought that no one would buy pottery, so he had to leave it at home for the time being. One day, a businessman passed by and bought all the pottery. After the money and goods were cleared, Zeng Shuqing heard that the businessman had bought pottery to be shipped to Fujian for sale. He quickly said, "Fujian is flooded, who will buy pottery?" Please give me back my pottery. "The buyer was moved by his noble behavior, and he gave in for a long time before accepting the money and leaving. When Zeng Shuqing's wife saw that the money she finally got flew away, she complained, "Someone bought it at home, and the money and goods have long been cleared. Why did she ask for a refund? Now the family is waiting for money to buy rice, don't you know? Zeng Shuqing, however, smiled and advised his wife, saying, "Being a man should focus on the festival, and you should not do things that harm others and benefit yourself. "We would rather starve to death than frame others for the benefit. Mencius said, "If you are poor, you will not move." It is for this reason. Isn't it often said that a good wife should follow the example of a good wife in the Han Dynasty and persuade her husband to make progress? " Hearing this, the wife smiled through tears, but she was a little ashamed. Zeng Shuqing's approach is to endure interests and seek justice. Because according to his reality, sarira means starving, which means that money is very important to them. But in order to protect others from losses, he would rather starve to death than return the money, so that he can feel at ease and at the same time reflect the noble character of self-sacrifice.
In our life, we emphasize forbearance and not greed, and we don't object to people making money and getting rich. We just want a gentleman to love money, take it wisely and get rich by proper means. Whether it's manual labor or mental labor, as long as it's the wealth exchanged for labor sweat, the more the better. This kind of money, spent righteously, feel at ease.
Endure small profits and seek righteousness, and have the vision of seeking near and far. Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty wrote an article called Shang, which said that there was a man named Fang Zhongyong whose family had been farming for generations. Fang Zhongyong himself is very clever. At the age of five, he can "refer to things as poems" and his poems are outstanding. His book of songs is often circulated among the literati in the town and is appreciated. He was once called a child prodigy, and someone even paid him to write poems. When his father saw that it was profitable, he took him around the village to make money and refused to let him study. When he was twelve or thirteen years old, Wang Anshi met him and found that his literary talent was not as good as he had heard before. Seven years later, he has "slipped away from everyone".
A five-year-old child can "refer to things and write poems", which is really a genius and can be built; At this rate, the future is limitless. However, his father's vision is too short-sighted. He only sees that he can make money by writing poems at present, but he can't see his future development, which delays the good time for his children to further their studies and reduces himself to the ranks of ordinary people.
People like Fang Zhongyong's father still exist in today's society. In order to make money for their children, some parents let their children stop going to school after primary school and do business with their parents. Although I have earned a little at present, I have delayed my children. Imagine, with the rapid development of science today, how can a person with only primary school culture stand in the future society? For another example, some factories are desperate to use machines in pursuit of bonuses and do not invest in maintenance. Although the output has risen temporarily, the machine is aging rapidly. The ancients said, "If you fish when you are exhausted, you must not fish. There will be no fish next year." It is foolish to think only about the present and ignore the future.
When there is a conflict between profit and righteousness, from the gentleman's point of view, no matter how big the profit is, it is also big, so we must have the spirit of seeking justice by giving up profit. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a man named Dong in Jiyang, Shandong Province, who was an official in Beijing. One day, I received a letter from home saying that I had a dispute with my neighbor because of building a house and building a wall, and asked Dong to use official power to intervene. After reading it, Dong immediately wrote back a letter to his family: "I couldn't help laughing my heart out. Why not give up two walls? " The family read the letter and did it, giving up two walls of land; The neighbors were also very moved when they learned about it, and they took the initiative to give up two walls of land. In this way, he gave up his piece in the middle, called "Renyi Hutong". A similar thing happened in the middle of Qing Dynasty. Zhang Ying, an Anhui native, was a prime minister in North Korea. One day, he received a letter from home, which said that he and his neighbors had an argument over the land for building, so Zhang Ying was invited to intercede. Zhang Ying immediately wrote back: "A letter thousands of miles away is just a wall. What's the harm in letting it go three feet?" The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but I haven't seen Qin Shihuang. "The family read the letter, very educated, and moved the courtyard wall back three feet. This behavior touched the neighbors and moved the courtyard wall back three feet. In this way, there is a six-foot-wide empty road between the two houses, which is called "Six-foot Lane".
Dong and Zhang Ying are both powerful people, especially Zhang Ying. As a prime minister, one person is above ten thousand people, not to mention that it is not difficult for neighbors to have three feet of land. But it is unfair to do so. He does not oppress others with power, but gains profits with power, which shows that he values righteousness over profit and is a virtuous man. Sure enough, he acted in righteousness and acted in virtue. As a result, the two families lived in harmony and the village was praised by everyone.
If the three-foot wall only tolerates small profits, then let's look at something that tolerates big profits. In the world-famous new york Museum of Natural History, there is a big stone weighing hundreds of kilograms, which looks ordinary. But if you look closely, you will find a gap in this stone. If you look down the gap, you will find a sparkling amethyst inside. There is a touching story about this stone. It turned out to be a waste stone thrown in a yard in America. Because the owner thought it was ugly, he tore it down. When I carried it to the car, I accidentally fell to the ground and fell out of a gap, revealing the amethyst wrapped inside. This is priceless. After knowing the truth, the master said calmly, "I was going to throw this stone away." Although it is found to be a treasure now, it must be an act of god, and I will never break my word. I decided not to keep it for myself, but to give it to the museum for more people to enjoy. "
What is involved here is a matter of principle. The owner of the stone said he would throw it away, but that was just a casual remark, not a sincere promise. He can take it seriously or not, but the speaker takes what he says seriously. There is an old saying in China, "A word spoken by a gentleman is a lost cause", which means that a gentleman should keep his word and cannot change his promise for any reason. Only young people ignore his beliefs and break his promises. The owner of the stone said, "Once we speak, we will never go back on our word", which is consistent with the old saying of China. Presumably, he wants to be an upright gentleman, so he attaches great importance to his image and would rather lose his treasure than damage his image. Treasure is precious, but it can be bought with money, but its image is damaged and irreparable. This is where human justice lies. Only in this way can we live a peaceful life.
Although the stone master's practice is based on the principle of maintaining his own life and wants to live with peace of mind, the objective role has gone beyond this. New york Museum of Natural History receives many tourists from all over the world every day. When people come to this stone and listen to the tour guide telling its origin, no matter how noisy the room is, they will immediately calm down and look at it with ecstasy. This stone is not only wrapped in a crystal, but also wrapped in a crystal heart that is more expensive than crystal. Seeing it, whose soul will not be purified once? It is incalculable how many evils it will reduce and how many virtues it will increase.