Our daily life will not be smooth, and it is inevitable that we will encounter some difficulties. Sometimes we feel that God is unfair to us, but as long as we are open-minded, calm and face everything with a positive attitude towards life, we will eventually get out of the predicament. However, some people, in the face of great changes, will give up on themselves, never recover, and have no courage to overcome setbacks. People in China always like to regard the words of the ancients as the golden rule. Many of our ancient sayings have been handed down from generation to generation, and some people still believe them now.
Many famous sayings spread from ancient times to modern times have been taken out of context to some extent, distorting the original intention. For example, Confucius once said that good for evil, many people think it means that others are not good to you, so you have to be kind to others to influence them. This is actually a misunderstanding of future generations, because they all ignored the next sentence. In fact, Confucius' original words were to repay evil with good. Why should I repay you? It means that you are better to those who are not good to you, so what do you give back to those who are good to you?
In fact, these two sentences are actually warning people that when caring for and helping a person, we should distinguish what causes this person, whether it is deliberately pretending to be poor to gain sympathy or having practical difficulties. Don't be kind, because most poor people don't deserve sympathy. When they get to this point, they deserve it, and don't be too sympathetic to hateful people, because life can dominate you and you can dominate life, depending on whether you can figure it out.