So, what is money, how should we treat it and how should we use it?
For money, the famous economist Wilson praised it like this: "Love money! It can bring joy, happiness and hope to people! "
As for money, the famous educator makarenko once attacked it like this: "Money! Money is a devil-like invention among all human inventions. There is nothing more despicable and deceptive than money, so there is no other way to provide such a rich land for cultivating hypocrisy. "
Is money good or evil? Beauty or ugliness?
Zhang Shuo, a writer in the Tang Dynasty, wrote an article "Qian Bencao": "Money is sweet, hot and poisonous. I am inclined to save face, take advantage, be good at satisfying hunger and relieving suffering. Can benefit the country, pollute the virtuous, and fear honesty. Those who are greedy take it, and those who are flat are good; If it is uneven, it will be hot and cold, which will lead to cholera. If you keep taking medicine, it will hurt your spirit if you are unsightly. This is popular, it can summon gods and drive away ghosts. If the products don't come loose, there will be disasters of fire and water thieves; If you don't accumulate, you will be hungry and poor. The saying that "one product is scattered" does not think that virtue is valuable, but that righteousness is appropriate. It doesn't ask for the gift of non-discrimination. Giving to the masses is benevolent, and it is worthwhile to call it wisdom. These seven technologies are refined and can be taken for a long time, which makes people live longer. If you are indecent, you will be weak and hurt your spirit. You must avoid it. " The author uses the metaphor of herbal medicine to illustrate that money is neither a good thing nor a bad thing. If people use it well, it can cure diseases like herbs. If it is not used well, it will become poison and hurt their lives.
Therefore, in essence, money is neutral, neither good nor evil, nor beautiful or ugly. ?
Although money can be seen, touched and bought in kind, the essence of money is as unreal as bubbles, dreams and fantasies. Money brings neither life nor death. Although it is desirable, it is illusory, just like a beautiful bubble that people especially like.
In the Buddhist classic "Da Bao Ji Jing", the Buddha also said: A fool who doesn't know its illusory nature will bring endless troubles, while a wise man with infinite merits will not worry about it at all.
Bacon said, "Money is a good servant, but it is also a bad master." If we treat it as a slave, we can use money to buy proper diet, clothes and so on. Live a dull and happy life; If you treat it as a master and become a slave to money, you will suffer all kinds of pains. ?
But now many people have become slaves of money. If you don't buy a house, everyone else has a house; If you don't buy a car, everyone else has a car ... so, you must make money desperately and become a slave to money completely.
Many very rich people want to earn more money. They are worried about being stolen and robbed. If the money comes from the wrong source, they are also worried that their crimes will be exposed. They are worried all day and can't sleep. There are also some rich people who are well-dressed and spend money like water, but their hearts are empty and barren. Such people are also slaves of money, and they live in pain!
What's more, sell your soul for money. People who are greedy for money, such as all kinds of dirty milk powder and dirty spicy strips, will be condemned by their conscience at any time and severely punished by the law.
People often say: "money can buy a house, but it can't buy warmth;" Money can buy medicine, but not health; Money can buy books, but not wisdom; Money can buy a bed, but it can't buy sleep ... "
Therefore, there are two ways to treat money. You can neither hate money nor covet it. You should be the master of money, not the slave of money.
Regarding money, "a gentleman loves money and takes it from the Tao", we can earn wealth, but it must be reasonable and legal.
When dealing with money, we don't have to be rich and greedy, but we should know how to be satisfied, and those who are satisfied will always be happy!
Ceng Zi said, "Virtue is crucial. Those rich people will end. " In other words, a person's own moral behavior is the foundation, and wealth and goods are the branches of basic development. In other words, virtue is like roots, wealth and goods, like branches and leaves of a tree. Without solid roots, branches and leaves will not flourish.
Ceng Zi also said in "University" that "benevolent people get rich with money, while unkind people get rich with their own bodies". With money, we must learn from people with kindness and use wealth to develop and achieve ourselves, while people without kindness use body and mind to accumulate wealth.
Ceng Zi put forward that "the rich will disperse, and the rich will disperse". It is difficult to make money, but it is difficult to gather money. But it is more difficult to use money and distribute wealth. Those who can not only make money and accumulate wealth, but also be good at using and distributing money must be heroes among people, not ordinary people.
There is a story of Fan Li, a Shang saint, in Historical Records. He helped Gou Jian to prosper the State of Yue and destroy the State of Wu, and then he retired with success. During this period, he became rich in business three times and dispersed his wealth three times, setting a historical story of "three gatherings and three scattered".
With money, you can't patronize yourself and enjoy it, nor can you just keep it in the bank. We should try our best to help others and repay the society. We don't have to be as charitable as Bill Gates, Buffett and Li Ka-shing. However, as long as we have a kind heart, even one yuan or ten yuan is very precious to those in need. ?
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