A person's level does not lie in money and status, but in the pattern of self-cultivation.
The lower class likes to talk about right and wrong before and after others, the middle people like to talk about things on a case-by-case basis, and the superior people are far-sighted and always superior to others in the pattern.
Lower-class people gossip
As the old saying goes: he who speaks of right and wrong must be right and wrong.
If a person likes to talk right and wrong, then that person is probably a villain.
When Wu Zetian was in power, it was forbidden to slaughter cattle and sheep.
Zhang de, an official, had a son in his family and invited guests. Without mutton, he felt too humiliated.
So he slaughtered some sheep privately to entertain the guests.
One of them, du Suhuai, was also invited to the banquet. after eating mutton, he went back and complained to Wu Zetian.
It is disrespectful to say that Zhang de has disobeyed the holy order.
The next day, Wu Zetian said to Zhang de in court, "it's a happy thing to hear that you have a son, but why do you want to kill sheep and entertain guests?"
Zhang de knew that someone had betrayed him, so he knelt down and pleaded guilty. But Wu Zetian said: although I forbid killing sheep, it is understandable that there is a happy event in your family, but when you treat later, you should pay attention to the choice of guests!
Then he showed him du Su's black memo. Du Su was so ashamed that he just wanted to find a piece of tofu to kill him.
If someone speaks ill of someone in private and accuses someone of blackness, he may speak ill of you in front of others.
If you talk too much about right and wrong, your heart will become muddy.
With this kind of person, I am troubled by right and wrong all day long, and there is no peace.
Lu you said in "living in idleness": flowers are like laughter, but stone is the most lovely.
Flowers can talk, and they will be as notorious as people and cause trouble. although stone can not speak, it is honest and tough and pleasing to people.
Middle people talk about things on a case-by-case basis
The lower class is not right about people, and the middle class is not right about people.
In Wu Zetian's story, du Suhuai, who accused him of killing sheep privately, interpreted Zhang de's act of killing sheep privately as a violation of divine orders and irreverence.
Raise a trivial matter to contempt for Wu Zetian.
If the charge is confirmed, Zhang de will have to exfoliate even if he does not die.
This is obviously making a mountain out of a molehill and not talking about the facts.
It is a very dangerous way of thinking to raise a thing to a certain height and then question the person's character and position.
And this kind of thing often happens in our lives.
When the husband came home, he forgot to buy diapers for the children.
Then the wife was furious: do you still have this family in your heart?
Raise a small matter to doubt the relationship between husband and wife, and then start to dig up the past to prove that your idea is correct.
In the end, there was a quarrel, and the relationship between husband and wife further deteriorated.
This means that we don't know how to talk about things on a case-by-case basis.
One thing is just one thing, don't rise infinitely, don't connect with other things.
Confucius did not like Guan Zhong, saying that he was extravagant and wasteful and attached too much importance to ostentation.
However, in the Analects of Confucius, there is another saying: Weiguan Zhong, I have been sent to the left.
It means: without Guan Zhongzun and Wang Jingyi, we are all savages with dishevelled hair.
Will not raise a thing to a personality attack, and then deny all of this person, can point out your shortcomings, but also gladly express admiration for you.
This is the performance of a person's maturity.
High-class people look at the pattern
The evaluation of Wu Zetian by future generations is: Zheng Qi Kaiyuan, Zhi Hong Zhen Guan.
She was the first queen of China, but she opened the most prosperous Tang Dynasty in China.
By virtue of superb political skill and grand pattern of mind.
Zhang de's violation of the law should indeed be punished, but because someone told her off, she turned her head and reprimanded du Suhuai.
Because he knew that Zhang de could not be punished.
If Zhang de is fined, it means that entry is allowed.
As soon as the atmosphere begins, officials cannot do anything with sincerity, but will only guess and guard against each other and attack and criticize each other.
When the administration of officials was in disorder, the court was in chaos, and so was Datang.
This is why Wu Zetian was able to refresh the administration of officials and make the world a new place.
She stands tall, sees far, and can tell.
This is the pattern of one person.
Zeng Guofan said: in order to achieve great things, the first priority is the pattern, which is dominated by knowledge and supplemented by talent.
To do great things, we should give priority to the pattern, and talent and ability are just assistance.
How far he can go and how high he can fly depends on his breadth of vision and height of thinking.
No matter how big the pancake is, you can't burn it. No matter how high a person's achievement is, he will not exceed his mind.
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