"A gentleman is figurative, and a villain is figurative." China's philosophy of life always revolves around the words "righteousness" and "benefit". But what if I am neither a gentleman nor a villain?

There was a time when every gentleman kept his word. At that time, there may have been true gentlemen who valued righteousness over profit, but more common were hypocrites who borrowed righteousness for profit and pedantic gentlemen who put on airs. That era has passed. Once upon a time, the world changed dramatically, the name of benevolence and righteousness plummeted, the true gentleman disappeared, the truth of the hypocrite came out, and the pedant suddenly realized that they were all running for the benefit. It is said that the concept is updated and there is a new understanding of the distinction between righteousness and benefit. It turns out that profit is not the patent of a villain, and it is only natural to be a bole.

"Time is money!" Jujube is a popular slogan nowadays. It is understandable that enterprises use it to stimulate production. But the world regards it as the motto guiding life, and replaces life wisdom with business spirit. As a result, a person's life has become an enterprise and interpersonal relationship has become a market.

Used to laugh at cheap human feelings. Nowadays, even the human touch has become expensive and scarce. Can you buy a smile, a greeting and a little sympathy?

However, there is no need to stay. In fact, it is useless to try to correct the current abuses and save the people's hearts through various righteous preaching. Besides righteousness and benefit, there is also a different attitude towards life. There are other prices besides gentlemen and villains. To paraphrase Confucius, we might as well say, "People are more like feelings."

Righteousness and benefit, seemingly opposite, are actually the same. "Righteousness" requires people to devote themselves to abstract social entities, while "profit" drives people to devote themselves to secular material interests. Both ignore people's spiritual life and cover up the real "self". "Righteousness" teaches dedication, while "profit" induces possession. The former turns life into fulfilling obligations, while the latter turns life into fighting for rights. I don't know the true value of life is beyond obligations and rights. Righteousness and benefit are inseparable, so the relationship between people is always tense, whether the righteous teacher crusades against traitors or does not allow all beings to dominate.

If "righteousness" represents an ethical attitude towards life and "profit" represents a utilitarian attitude towards life, then what I call "emotion" represents an aesthetic attitude towards life. It advocates letting nature take its course, enough is enough, and everyone keeps his true colors. You are not the doctrine you believe in, nor what you have. Your right to others lies in your true "self". The meaning of life is neither dedication nor possession. In creation, creation is the active development of human nature, and it is the emotional satisfaction that people get when they realize their own essential strength. Create different dedication, dedication is only to complete external responsibilities, and creation is to realize the real "self." As for creation and possession, its discrimination is even more obvious. Writing, for example, pays attention to the fame and fortune brought by the work, while creation only pays attention to the happiness of creation itself. People with true temperament only seek emotional communication when they get along with others and have special taste in things. What's more commendable is that in this era when the world is busy for interests and profits, he has a leisurely feeling when dealing with others. I don't mean China's leisure like a scholar-bureaucrat, or the contentment and conservatism like a small farmer, but a kind of indifferent life feelings that are not driven by interests and enslaved by things. Taking writing as an example, I can't figure out why a person has to wait for his body. If you want to be immortal, an immortal poem is enough. If you don't have the luxury, you just need to live comfortably. Writing is just a way to live comfortably.

Bernard Shaw said, "There are two tragedies in life. One is not getting your love, and the other is getting your love. " I used to be very serious and admired him for expressing the sadness of life so easily and wittily. However, after careful consideration, it is found that the foothold of this statement is possession, so it is a double tragedy of the pain of unsatisfied possession and the boredom of satisfaction. If we shift our foothold to creation and look at life from an aesthetic perspective, can't we say that there are two great pleasures in life: one is that you can't get what you love, so you can seek and create; The other is to get what you like so that you can taste and test it? Of course, life always has its inevitable pain, and those who value feelings over interests never dream of more bitterness and sorrow of those who seek profits. However, getting rid of possessiveness can at least free people from many trivial troubles and small pains and live in moderation. I have no intention of using aesthetic feeling as a good way to save the world, but I just express a belief that there is a more worthwhile life besides righteousness and benefit. This belief will support me in the years to come.