There are many noble and ordinary people in modern times, who constantly influence people from generation to generation and inspire us to move forward, but it is better to be noble or ordinary. This is a big problem!
Zhuge Liang in ancient times risked his life in troubled times. He didn't want Vinda to be a vassal. He just wants to devote himself to Nanyang. He doesn't pay attention to wealth, he just wants peace in the world. Such an ordinary man, however, had lofty ideals and ambitions. Finally, he followed Liu Bei to conquer the world, in order to make the world peaceful and revive the Han Dynasty.
Fan Zhongyan, who wrote the story of Yueyang Tower, did not pursue wealth. He spent all his salary on buying land for farming and feeding the poor, but his life was dull. His great political revenge of worrying about the world first and enjoying the world later won high praise. He doesn't care about being an official in the imperial court, but only wants lofty ideology and morality like the ancients.
And Ouyang Xiu, drunk in the pavilion. Although he was a magistrate, he did not surround and please the emperor in the court like other magistrates. Instead, he gave up the fame and fortune in the palace and built a drunken pavilion on Langya Mountain outside Chuzhou for the people to enjoy. He believes that only when the people are happy will the world be good, and those who win the hearts of the people will win the world.
These are all sublime people in the ordinary, and there are also ordinary people in the sublime around us!
Tolstoy, a household name, was born in an aristocratic family and had a noble status, but he didn't like aristocratic life, so he ran out and went to the Caucasus for military service. After two years of military service, he walked out of aristocratic life and went into a place where everyone became a dirty society at that time to create and live with ordinary people. Many people regard him as a fool, but he always sincerely seeks the way to be close to the people, "goes to the bottom" to find out the real cause of this group disaster, and seriously thinks about the fate and future of the motherland.
Premier Zhou Enlai, whom we are familiar with, has a high position, but once his driver drove him to a meeting and accidentally bumped into a lady on the road. He immediately let the driver get off and say hello, and took her to the hospital to buy her new clothes to compensate her. Premier Zhou Enlai's extraordinary actions have won people's appreciation and recognition.
I think that both ordinary people and nobles have the same revenge mentality, all for others. Ordinary people have lofty ideals, and lofty people have ordinary actions, which are worth learning. Greatness in the ordinary, sublimity in the simple. This is the spirit we all need!
I like ordinary, it contains greatness! I also like the sublime, which contains simplicity!