Knowing how to advance and retreat means that people understand choices and trade-offs, that is, they know when to move forward and when to retreat, and understand the relationship between gains and losses. If described as a human being, it generally refers to a person who is able to assess the situation and is good at observation and choice.

Knowing advance and retreat describes that people should always stay awake, cultivate their moral character, pay attention to self-cultivation, and know how to make choices and advance and retreat in life. It is generally used in life mottos to encourage progress. The next sentence of "sober, gentle, knowing how to advance and retreat" is to work hard and be excellent. They are all inspiring aphorisms and mottos.

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The importance of knowing how to advance and retreat

As the saying goes: "When cooking, pay attention to heat, and when you are a person, pay attention to propriety." When cooking, if you don’t control the heat well, you may burn the food or undercook it. If you don't know how to behave in the world, you can easily offend others and bring yourself a lot of trouble.

In the ancient art of war, there is also a warning that "one careless word can ruin your reputation, and one careless word can destroy your entire army." Buddhists also believe that when people have thoughts, they will also plant cause and effect. If a person has evil thoughts, he has laid the source of disaster. He will not only leave troubles for himself, but also affect future generations. Therefore, if you don't have a good sense of how to behave in the world, you will speak without restraint and have no taboos, which can make people annoying at best, and cause you to get burned at worst.