Life is like chess, and chess is like life. Everyone is a pawn in the big game of life, and we are the ones playing the chess game.

In 383 AD, Fu Jian of the former Qin Dynasty led millions of people south to attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He continuously defeated the Eastern Jin army and approached Feishui. Xie An, the prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was ordered to take charge of the military as the governor of the conquest. He sent his brother Xie Shi, nephew Xie Xuan and others with 80,000 troops to resist. This is a very famous classic battle in the history of Chinese wars in which a small number defeated a large number. It is known in history as the "Battle of Feishui".

It stands to reason that the strength of the former Qin Dynasty was ten times greater than that of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the Jin army would definitely be defeated. However, Xie An was in charge of Jiankang, but he was as safe as a rock.

According to ancient book records, Xie An, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was strategizing. During the fierce battle on the front line, he was still playing Go at the command post in the rear, and his moves were indifferent. Half of the chess game was completed and the battle was announced. Xie An watched and continued playing chess without saying a word. The friend couldn't help but ask, and Xie An replied calmly: "Young men are big thieves." After the chess game, he went back into the inner room and said, "The transfer limit is over, I feel very happy, I don't realize that my teeth are broken, and I am so pretentious." "

Xie An's "hypocrisy" is not what we modern people call hypocrisy, but that he can remain calm after learning of the victory. This is a kind of wisdom that remains unchanged despite the collapse of mountains. It is a kind of wisdom that restrains oneself and restores rituals, restrains thoughts and becomes holy, and lives in peace. It is worth our careful understanding.

Coincidentally, Qi Tongwei, who played the hit TV series "In the Name of the People" some time ago, also loves Go and has also experienced his own war.

Qi Tongwei, once a passionate grassroots youth, is now the director of the Handong Provincial Public Security Department. He is the most controversial character in "In the Name of the People", with rich twists and turns of human nature and a natural sense of tragedy. He loves to read "Heavenly Game" and makes Chaos, a chess fanatic, his confidant. He said: I also want to defeat the half son of the sky. .

In order to study and understand him, Hou Liangping, director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, read "Heavenly Game" carefully and made detailed notes on the story of the chess fanatic Chaos and the battle between heaven and earth. In comparison, Qi Tongwei's yearning is to fight against and defeat heaven, which is very similar to chaos; but Qi Tongwei's psychological foundation is completely different from chaos. Let's also read "Heavenly Game":

There was a chess fanatic in Xizhuang, and everyone called him Chaos. He is vague about everything but is proficient in Go. He walked slopingly, it was said that he was walking on a chess grid, and every step was a unique move. Of course he was good at chess, but he had no wife - he was in his forties. But his real trouble is that he can't find an opponent, and there is always a layer of loneliness in his heart. He had to play chess with himself.

The opening chapter of "Heavenly Game" tells us that Chaos is a chess fanatic who only loves to play chess. He enters the chess with his own body and steps on the chess board. Every step is a unique move, and he even plays chess with himself. In the encounter, Chaos used the deep valley as a chessboard and the boulders as chess pieces to fight against the sky, until the rooster crows at dawn in the east:

The white mist of the Lost Valley is long. When the fog disappears, people are like gods rolling up the gauze curtains. The chessboard in the valley is flat and densely covered with black stones. Chaos is kneeling in the lower right corner, frozen; his head is raised to the sky, without losing his stubbornness and arrogance. The teachers in Guantun were shocked physically and mentally and stood solemnly for a long time. Everyone climbed the mountain and surrounded the teacher. Seeing his strange expression, they were all puzzled: "What are you looking at? What is Chaos doing?" The teacher replied: "Playing chess." "Who are you playing chess with in the deep mountains and wilderness?" The teacher remained silent. After a long time, he said one word heavily: "God!" "Winning or losing?" The teacher counted carefully and reached the lower right corner, where he saw the calamity that determines the outcome. Chaos Chang knelt on the ground and acted as a sunspot, just to win the victory! The teacher was so passionate that he clenched his fists and raised them high into the sky, shouting that the mountains and fields shook and the trees trembled - "Heaven is better than half a son of heaven!"

The "heaven" in "Heavenly Bureau" can actually be seen as chaos in loneliness. , simulate an imaginary opponent, just like an opponent we set up for ourselves to surpass when we encounter confusion in life and work.

It can be said that Chaos's sacrifice of one's body in "chess" is a victory against the sky, an inevitable development of the chess situation, and the light for the emergence of Chaos' humanity. In other words, chaos has always been chaos, and Qi Tongwei in the play is no longer the same Qi Tongwei.

Qi Tongwei is the director of the department. He sees himself as a chess piece, and he wants to win half the chess piece. Qi Tongwei was not like this before the story of "In the Name of the People" happened. Instead, when he was conflicted and found that his personal destiny could not be reversed through struggle, he chose to follow the crowd and suppress his personality into his subconscious. From this moment on, he regarded himself as a chess piece, a chess piece that must always win on the battlefield of life.

As an anti-drug hero who was once shot three times and had a strong heart, he began to please all kinds of people, all kinds of people higher than him:

He will be in Han University On the playground, he knelt down to propose to Liang Lu for power. He would cry at the grave for power, and he would hoe the ground for power.

Qi Tongwei in "In the Name of the People" has already put on a mask of personality. Even though he was in pain, he kept hypnotizing himself deep down: As long as I work hard, I will have power and everything in the future.

Qi Tongwei has a famous saying: "Life is in a struggle with nature, and everyone is chaotic."

He calls himself chaos, but in fact he is not chaos. After the light of humanity slowly faded away, he was just a cold chess piece.

Qi Tongwei's self-sacrifice in "chess" is his psychological defense mechanism that remains unchanged in response to changes. It is the mask he wears for himself to harden his injured and fragile heart.

Some people say that Qi Tongwei is Julien in "The Red and the Black".

In fact, as people in society, as we believe that man can conquer nature, and that our efforts should be rewarded, is there more or less a part of Julien in a corner of our hearts?

Whether it is Xie An, a weakling who defeats a powerful enemy, or Qi Tongwei, who wants to defeat the emperor, they are just one aspect of our lives.

Chess is like life. Everyone is a pawn in the big game of life. At the same time, we are the ones playing chess.

We must understand that we have been playing chess. Since you are playing chess, you must abide by the rules and use the rules. "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu says: Know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger. Rules are not only your code of conduct, but also the fundamental source of all the opponent's tactics. For example, from the layout to the middle game to the end, you must have a good overall view and overall view. Only when you stand high can you see far. Those who don't think about the overall situation are not good enough to think about one area. For another example, before making a move, you should not just stare at others, but look more at yourself. Many times, only by giving up can you gain.

Life is like chess, if you want to fight, fight, if you want to stop, stop. If you win the battle, you will receive it; if you do not win the battle, you will receive it. Being excited is a feeling, and feeling safe is also a feeling. If you are willing, you can enjoy the blooming wild flowers on the roadside, even if the war is raging and the smoke is filled.

Xie An and Qi Tongwei are both chess players. The difference between them lies not in the fact that one is the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the other is the director of the Provincial Public Security Department, but in their understanding of themselves.

Xie An was a famous scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He served as an official, resigned, lived in seclusion, and came back again. He always knew who he was; but Qi Tongwei never figured out a key issue, which is When he said, "Where do you come from, where do you go?" He didn't know who he was, so he was lost in desire.

American psychologist McGuire said: "Only when an individual is different, and only in such a way, will the individual become aware of himself."

Awareness Only by identifying yourself can you start from your true heart, establish your heart for the world, establish your destiny for the people, integrate the needs of society and individuals, and live a living self within the general rules of society.

Perhaps only in this way can we make careful decisions in the big game of life, choose, accept, be grateful, face, live in the moment, live out ourselves, and live our own lives well. Every step of the way.