"You don't have to know a word in your life, but you have to know people", which means you don't have to know words, but you must learn to know people and deal with interpersonal relationships.

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Zeng Guofan has a biased famous saying: "Ignorance of people is better than illiteracy", and he praised the importance of knowing people and dealing with interpersonal relationships. How can the relationship between people be more coordinated? More harmonious? More friendly? This is a big problem that people often encounter in their lives.

Zhuge Liang's seven methods of recognizing people;

Ask right and wrong, see its ambition;

If you are poor, you can argue with the text and see its reaction;

Consult lawyers and observe their knowledge;

Tell it as a disaster and watch its courage;

Drink it with wine to observe its nature;

Take advantage of it, see it cheap;

Talk about the matter and judge its trust.

Li Kui s "Five Methods of Knowing People" in the Warring States Period;

Look at your relatives: look at who a person is usually with;

What wealth does: see how a person controls his wealth;

Da depends on what he does: when he holds an important position, see how he selects his subordinates;

Embarrassed about what he doesn't do: when he is in trouble, look at his integrity;

Poor people don't take what they want: when they are poor, they don't take ill-gotten gains and can reuse them, and vice versa.