Bao Puzi comes from Caigen Tan, and the word "Bao Puzi" comes from Lao Zi. It means that for a person who is superficial in the world, his bad habits are less; Once a person's experience deepens, his talent will also deepen. Therefore, it is better for a gentleman to keep a simple personality than to be smooth; It is better to be open-minded than to be cautious and compromise everything, so as not to lose the innocence.

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Embrace simplicity and remain humble: Cai Gentan, a collection of epigrams by Taoist Hong Yingming in the early Ming Dynasty.

Original text:

The world is very shallow, and the spotting is also very shallow; Experience is deep, machinery is deep. Therefore, a gentleman is not as simple as his accomplishments; Sincerity is better than madness.

The word "clumsy" comes from Tao Yuanming's "Returning to the Garden * Less without Common Rhyme", which means sticking to stupidity, and stupidity is a self-deprecating word.

Caigen Tan is a collection of quotations on self-cultivation, social life, socialization and fertility compiled by Taoist Hong Yingming in the early Ming Dynasty. It was a rare and precious training for the past. It has an incredible subtle influence on people's cultivation and moral cultivation.

Its text is concise and clear, and it adopts both refined and popular tastes. I like quotations, but I have fun that quotations don't have; Arrange in order, whoever seems to be an essay will have an essay that is not easy to achieve; It seems to be exhortation, but there is an awakening that exhortation lacks; And there is rain and mountains, the night is quiet and the bell rings, the words are clear and delicious, and the wind and moon are boundless.

The content of Caigen Tan is a popular reading of Confucianism, which adopts the essence of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, takes Zen of mind as the core, and has the principle of self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world. At the same time, because it combines the characteristics of philosophy, art of life and aesthetic taste, it is also a China literary work that people strive for.