Modesty makes people progress and pride makes people lag behind: it is common for Confucius to talk about modesty in The Analects. His disciple Luz is outspoken, too reckless and often not modest enough. Confucius often criticized or taught him. Once, four people, Luz, Ceng Zhe, You Ran and Gong Xihua, sat with Confucius and did nothing. Confucius said, "You always say,' Nobody knows me!'" "If someone knows you, what are you going to do? Lutz quickly replied: "A country with 1,000 chariots is sandwiched between big countries, invaded by foreign troops, and even caught up with the famine year. If I am allowed to govern, it will only take me three years to make everyone brave and good at fighting, and I also know how to be a man." Confucius criticized him with "Zhi Yi" (a slight smile). Confucius said: On another occasion, Confucius took several students to the temple to offer sacrifices. As soon as he entered the temple gate, he saw an eye-catching (gas) vessel on the seat. It is said that this is a sacrificial vessel for holding wine. The students were surprised and asked questions. Confucius did not answer, but asked the people in the temple, "What kind of vessel is this?" Seeing this man's humility and courtesy, the monk respectfully said, "Master, this is an instrument placed on the right side of the seat!" " So Confucius looked at the vessel carefully, repeating "sit upright" and "sit upright" in his mouth, and then said to the students: "The vessel placed on the right side of the seat is tilted when it is empty, and it becomes straight when it is half filled with water, but it is filled with water. "It will capsize." After listening to the teacher, the students all looked at him with amazing eyes, and then at this novel device. Confucius saw everyone's thoughts and asked them kindly, "Are you confused?"? Let's try the water in the jar! " Just as he was talking, the students called for water. When half the water is poured into the container, it is really straight. Confucius immediately said to them, "Look, isn't this straight?" Everyone nodded. He asked the students to continue pouring water into the vessel, which fell down as soon as it was filled with water. Confucius quickly told them: "Dumping is because the water is full!" " "Blunt Lutz first asked," isn't there any way to make it not fall? "Confucius took a deep look at everyone and said earnestly:" People who are extremely smart in the world should be cautious (cautious and steady) to stay smart; "People who have made great contributions to the world should modestly maintain their contributions; A brave and incomparable person should carefully maintain his skills ... that is, he should reduce his complacency by giving in. " The students were deeply moved by the profound words. Socrates, a famous philosopher in ancient Greece, not only wrote brilliant works, but also recruited students to lag behind, enlightening the wisdom of young people with famous inspirational talks. Whenever people praise his profound knowledge and extraordinary wisdom, he always modestly says, "The only thing I know is my own ignorance." Newton, known as the "father of mechanics", discovered the law of universal gravitation. In heat, he established the law of cooling. In mathematics, he put forward the "flow number method", established binomial theorem and Leibniz founded calculus almost at the same time, which opened a new era of mathematics. He is a great scientist with many achievements. He said modestly, "If I see farther than Descartes, it is because I stand on the shoulders of giants." He also said to people: "I am like a child playing by the sea. Sometimes I am happy to pick up a smooth and beautiful stone, but the sea of truth has not been discovered." Beethoven, a world-famous music master, said modestly that he "learned only a few notes". The great scientist Einstein said that he was "as naive as a child". Andre, a French chemist, was a member of MUJI when he made some achievements in chemistry. He was elected as a member of the Royal Society, and Owens College set up a new organic chemistry professor position for him. Glass University elected him as an honorary doctor. These honors didn't change his modesty at all. After the death of George W. Laima, Engels called him: