Liu bang is illiterate. Before I died, I wrote an exhortation letter to Britain, saying that I didn't study in troubled times, and when Qin banned classes, I was complacent and said that reading was useless. It is absolutely unreasonable for Liu Bang to attribute his illiteracy to troubled times. In fact, he doesn't like reading and thinks reading is useless-it seems that the early Liu Bang was the originator of the theory of reading uselessness.
Liu Xiuze, a college student, has the highest academic record among the founding emperors of past dynasties. He studied in imperial academy founded by Wang Mang. Because of their different academic qualifications, it is inferred that they have different attitudes towards talents.
Liu Bang immediately reused people he liked, such as Chen Ping, who had just defected to Liu Bang as a participant. For people who don't like it, Liu Bang seems arrogant and rude. When meeting with Li Shiqi, a Confucian scholar, Liu Bang casually washed his feet and met him. Later, when he saw that Li Shiqi was not pedantic and senile as he imagined, he immediately stopped washing, got up, picked up his clothes and asked Li Sheng to sit down and thank him. Speaking of which, Liu Bang's face changed really fast. Just now, I was cursing Confucianism and turned to apologize. It's really a big deal. However, Liu Bang's thirst for talents can also be seen from it.
Unlike Liu Bang, Liu Xiu is a gentle scholar. Xiliang asked for an audience and was called into Xuande Hall. There was no grand ceremony and no entourage. Liu Xiu dressed very ordinary, only wearing a headscarf, sitting there smiling at Ma Yuan. This made Ma Yuan very excited and moved, and she followed Liu Xiu unswervingly.
Comparing the two, it is inevitable that people feel that Liu Bang is a little worse. This also shows the importance of academic qualifications. It is the whole system of a person's comprehensive quality. Ten years of cold window will not be spent in vain, and countless books and classics will not be read in vain. They will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and then externalized into action. This is what we often call comprehensive quality.
The overall quality difference between Liu Bang and Liu Xiu caused their differences in understanding problems and handling attitudes. In 205 BC, Liu Bang was chased by Xiang Yu and fled desperately. On the way, he pushed the child out of the car several times for fear of running too fast. Xia Houying, the driver, couldn't bear to leave the two children behind and pulled them into the car several times. This incident made people's impression of Liu Bang plummet. Tiger poison doesn't eat children, and Liu Bang wants to leave his children and run for his life. What a selfish person.
On the issue of treating his father, Liu Bang also revealed the true face of hooligans. When Xiang Yu wanted to cook Liu Bang's father, Liu Bang shouted loudly on the other side: Xiang Yu and I were both ordered to be the king of Huaibei and say' about brothers'. If I were Weng, I would cook it. Please share a piece of my cake. This is a wrong decision. I kick the ball to you. It's up to you.
Contrary to Liu Bang, Liu Xiu chose patience when he failed. In 23 AD, Liu Xiu's younger brother Liu Bosheng was killed by turning over a new leaf. Liu Xiu was naturally sad, but he never showed it in front of people, eating and laughing as usual. After people live alone, they don't care about wine and meat, and there are tears on their pillows. Tears only flow to yourself, which is not only a way of self-protection, but also an attitude. Only by enduring suffering can you become a master.