Quotes:

Regressing turns out to be moving forward

Speech script: Going backward turns out to be moving forward

“Planting green seedlings in hand Field, lower your head and you will see the sky in the water, the six pure roots are the way, and retreat is actually forward." This Zen poem explains the principle of retreat in order to advance in the philosophy of life, and also illustrates the grand ambition of being humble.

Students in the class often quarrel over trivial matters such as mung beans and sesame seeds, and sometimes they even get into violent quarrels. Therefore, I often advise them to take retreat in order to advance, and not to worry about it. Sometimes, suffering is actually taking advantage. The sage once warned us to "bear with the calm for a while, and take a step back to open up the world."

In fact, in daily life, there are many phenomena of "going back is actually moving forward". For example, when throwing a stone, you must pull your arm back and then throw it forward to throw it far; another example is: standing long jump, you must squat down first and then jump up to jump far. Let's take a closer look at the farmers' movements of planting rice. They are planting rice in rows and rows. The movement seems to be moving backwards, but in fact the achievements are moving forward. Therefore, it is not difficult for us to understand the artistic conception of this Zen poem.

There is a saying, "No one asked about it for ten years, and it became famous all over the world in one fell swoop." For ten years, Hanchuang studied hard, kept a low profile, practiced with concentration, concentrated on it, and worked hard. On the hard and lonely road, he finally achieved success. Tempering the ability and courage to reach the top, there are countless examples like this.

Goujian, the king of Yue, was determined to prosper Yue and destroy Wu. He worked hard to govern, worked hard and shared the joys and sorrows with the people of Yue. For ten years, he finally fulfilled his wish ten years ago and revived his country.

In ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, scientists, artists, and even entrepreneurs who have achieved great success in their professional fields have often experienced countless hardships and hardships.

The great American inventor Edison had thousands of failures in the process of researching electric lights. He accumulated countless experiences due to failures and finally succeeded. Wang Xizhi's spirit of assiduous self-study is truly touching; his exquisite calligraphy art comes from long-term and painstaking training, and he finally became a generation of "calligraphy sage". If you practice morality and practice with humility, courtesy, and self-demand, you will continue to make progress. In fact, the "retreat" of retreat is a kind of humility, courtesy, and self-demanding determination and perseverance. It is not a shrinking, timid, sluggish rat or the like.

U.S. President Lincoln attaches great importance to public criticism of the government and himself. Even if it is criticism of himself, as long as the words are reasonable, he will readily accept them. Once he and his son were driving down the street and encountered a column of troops passing through the market. Lincoln casually asked a passerby: "What is this?" He originally wanted to ask "Which state's regiment is this?", but he did not make it clear. Thinking that he didn't know the army, he answered him rudely: "This is the army of the Union. You are such a fucking idiot." Faced with the rebuke of passers-by, Lincoln only said "thank you" without any anger at all. How great! President Lincoln! Open-minded and elegant, what a brilliant politician!

In the Ming Dynasty, Yang Shouchen's official position was Xima, and he was the forerunner of the prince's outings. Once, when he took leave to return home to visit relatives, he stayed at a post station on the way. The director of the post station did not know what kind of official position he was in washing horses, so he was on an equal footing with him. He asked rashly: "Your official position is horse washing. How many horses do you wash in a day?" Shou Chen deliberately replied: "If you are diligent, wash more, if you are lazy, wash less. There is no fixed number." Soon, the postmaster received a notice saying that a censor was coming, so he asked Yang Shou to give up the upper room. Chen said: "When he comes, it will not be too late to give way." When the censor arrived, when he saw that he was his teacher, he immediately saluted him and said hello. Upon seeing this, the postmaster hurriedly threw himself to the ground and begged for forgiveness, but Yang Shouchen did not blame him at all.

A graceful and generous person does not need to fight with words. As long as he has some magnanimity, he can gain the gratitude and trust of others.