Dismiss people who obey themselves.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Yan Zi, the prime minister of Qi, dismissed a man named Gao Kuang. Dismiss people who obey themselves.
Speaking of this, I went to Yanzi three years ago and was very careful in everything I did. There is nothing unsatisfactory about Yan Zi's order. Now, when he saw that Yan Zi was going to fire him, some people were confused and a little puzzled.
Yan Zi explained: Have you thought about it? Now I want to make a beautiful musical instrument, but I only have some bent wood with countless bumps on it. What should I do? Clever carpenters often split wood with an axe and then cut it with a knife. Planer, saw and saw, after careful production, a satisfactory instrument was made. As for me, I am like a bent piece of wood with countless bumps on it. I need you to find out the shortcomings and give me advice. Like a carpenter, I should be sawed, chopped, planed and cut. But I have never given me advice or pointed out my shortcomings in person for three years. I have always been obedient, which has not helped me improve my shortcomings.
The best diamonds must be cut. No one is perfect, and people need different opinions and suggestions to make a thing more perfect, but people who obey themselves can't make suggestions.
Happiness is water, and trouble is mud.
There was a farmer on the mountain who planted a paddy field and lived mainly by the weather. In recent years, due to deforestation, extreme weather is prone to occur, which is a common occurrence: either there is no rain, the river is cut off, and it is even difficult for farmers to eat water; Either it rains heavily, the river is full of turbid water, and it is still undrinkable, and farmers are dissatisfied and troubled.
One rainy day, the farmer strolled into the temple on the mountain. Seeing that he was preoccupied, the abbot of the temple asked him why he was unhappy. After listening to the farmer's complaints, the abbot just asked the farmer to follow him to the river and quietly put a glass of water on the table. He said to the farmer, "Although this is just a glass of muddy water, you should be happy. With muddy water, there is drinking water. " Slowly, the water in the cup became clear, and a layer of yellow mud settled at the bottom of the cup. Mud in the turbid river sinks to the bottom of the cup under the action of gravity.
"Look, a cup of muddy water will gradually turn into clear water as long as it is left quietly, without touching it, moving it or shaking it." The abbot said, "Happiness is water, and troubles are mud. Water and mud go hand in hand, just like happiness and trouble. What we need to do is to sink our hearts and wait. "
The farmer understood the abbot's meaning. Instead of worrying, he went home. On rainy days, he poured the muddy water in the river into the pool. When the impurities in the water sink to the bottom in the dry season, he irrigates the farmland with clean water to meet his drinking needs.
Happiness is water, and trouble is mud. Calm down. Over time, no matter how upset you are, your heart will become peaceful.
Write articles and ribs and radish soup
Liang Shiqiu is a famous writer and a gourmet.
During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Liang Shiqiu learned that Zhao Yuanren's wife Yang Buwei's sparerib soup and radish soup were a delicacy, so he came to his home to taste them.
The guests at the banquet unanimously asked the host to reveal the secret of cooking ribs and radish soup so that they could do the same when they got home. Mrs. Yang is very modest: "Nothing, nothing, this is actually not on the table, not a kind of respect." At this time, a guest spoke, and I came to reveal the mystery for Mrs. Yang. Just one sentence: "more ribs, less radish and less water." Liang Shiqiu went home and tried it, which was a great success.
Afterwards, Mr. Liang concluded: actually, writing an article is the same as making sparerib soup and radish soup. It is not difficult to make a statement. The key is to talk less nonsense-it's the same as adding less radish and less water to ribs soup.
Liang Shiqiu is a gourmet and writer. He explained the real meaning of writing an article with the mystery of a gourmet practice.
You can't have nothing to do.
A calf happily said to the old cow, "Now, human beings have used machines to plow the fields. We have done so much work for mankind before, so we should be idle in the future! " "The old cow said," I'm afraid this is not good news! "As a cow, you can't be idle."
The calf asked inexplicably, "Why?"
"Isn't there a saying that the old cow doesn't work and can only cook in the soup pot!" The old cow replied, "Reclaiming land for mankind is a thing of the past. In the future, we don't need to farm the land. What do humans want us to do? "
The calf can never understand what the old cow said.
Soon, the owner felt that it was really meaningless to raise two cows for free, so he felt it in the slaughterhouse. Only then did the calf understand that creating value is useful. Without value, it will be eliminated, and nothing is meaningful.