Li: It can be used as a noun, a place of residence; it can also be used as a verb, a place of residence.

Zhi: Same as "wisdom".

Confucius said: "The best thing is to be neighbors with people of high moral character. How can you be wise if you don't examine the environment when choosing a place to live?"

Although here One such translation is recorded, but there are others. Some scholars say that the "benevolence" mentioned here does not refer to the quality of the place of residence, but whether the person's inner state is in "benevolence".

First of all, let me ask a question: Is the environment important?

The answer is yes. It is said that "those who are close to vermillion are red, and those who are close to ink are black", which means that when we are close to people and under what circumstances, we will gradually move closer to them. Therefore, there is the famous "Three Mencius". "Relocation" story.

The first is the family environment. What the family atmosphere is like, such as how parents teach their children through words and deeds, how parents teach their children when they make mistakes, etc., may affect what kind of person this child will become in the future. In the past, "filial sons will emerge from under the stick", and they would be beaten if they were disobedient. With the popularization of education, more and more parents realize the importance of education, so more and more parents are beginning to learn the knowledge of child care. There are many such books, courses and training camps.

The second is the learning environment. Our generation, from childhood to adulthood, besides spending the longest time with our parents, we also spend the longest time with our teachers. Spend a lot of time in the school environment. While we learn knowledge from school, we also learn how to get along with teachers and classmates. We know a lot of historical figures from teachers and books. Some people may become role models in our hearts. This environment also affects what we become. Such people.

Then there is the work environment. From the moment we enter school, we are constantly being instilled with the idea of ??studying hard, finding a good job, and earning more money in the future. We only study for more than ten years in school, but we have to work for decades. However, before entering the workplace, we already have a certain world view and values, and the working environment generally does not have a subversive impact on me. But still very important. Nowadays, there are various corporate training courses on the Internet, and quite a few of them talk about system construction and corporate atmosphere construction. This is actually creating the corporate environment, shaping an environment that is conducive to improving employee work efficiency, and allowing employees to create new things for the company. More value. There are many methods in it, and many popular words have emerged from this, such as "996", "007", "involution" and so on.

To sum up, the environment has a great impact on people and is very important.

The second question is, can environment determine what kind of person we become?

I once heard a story about a pair of twin boys who grew up in the same family environment. Their mother died early and their father was a serious alcoholic and neglected to discipline the two children. Many years later, one of the children became a murderer. Someone interviewed him and asked him why he became like this. He talked about his childhood experiences, what kind of person his father was, and finally said, "What else can I do?" But another child became a lawyer, moved abroad for many years, and had a happy family. Someone interviewed him and asked him about his brothers and why there was such a difference. He said almost the same thing, about his family, Childhood experience.

After reading this story, I couldn’t help but wonder, why did the same environment and very similar genes create two completely different people?

I think it may be that everyone's mentality when facing events is different, which leads to their different actions.

I was re-reading "The Road to Financial Freedom" recently. The author said that we cannot be responsible for everything, but at least we must be responsible for our attitudes and reactions to things.

Our attitude towards things is like colored glasses, and the things we encounter are like natural light. The light is the same. The light beams of various frequencies are mixed together and shine at us, but we see What kind of light is depends on what frequency of light our glasses allow to pass into our eyes.

What I find very gratifying is that we can decide the color of these glasses ourselves. In other words, we can decide what kind of information we can absorb, and perhaps we can also decide what kind of person we become.

Which do you think is more important, environment or mentality?

To review, "Benevolence is beauty. How can you know if you choose not to be benevolent?"