1. The wind keeps silent, and the geese don't take pictures
When the wind comes to disperse bamboo, the wind passes, but the bamboo keeps silent; The geese cross the cold pool, and the geese go without taking pictures in the pool. Therefore, the gentleman's heart begins to appear when things come, and the heart is empty when things go.
Translation
When the wind blows through the sparse bamboo forest, it will make a rustling sound. After the wind passes, the bamboo forest will remain silent without leaving any sound. When geese flew over the cold pool, the pool reflected the figure of geese, but after the geese flew over, the pool was still crystal clear and would not leave the figure of geese. Therefore, the gentleman will show his original mind when he is in trouble, but his heart will be calm after the matter is handled.
2. I don't mean to stay or stay.
I don't want to be humiliated and watch the flowers bloom in front of the court. Whether to stay or not is unintentional, and it is easy to follow the clouds outside the sky.
Translation
I don't care about glory or humiliation, just enjoy the blooming and declining of flowers and plants in the courtyard leisurely; Whether you are promoted or demoted, you don't care, just watch the clouds roll freely in the sky.
3. Great wisdom is foolish, but great ingenuity is clumsy.
True honesty has no reputation, and those who make names are greedy. There is no skillful technique, and the user is so clumsy.
Translation
A truly honest person does not compete with others for fame, but can't establish the name of honesty. Those who establish fame everywhere do so just for the sake of coveting false fame. A really smart person doesn't show off his talent, so he looks clumsy instead. Those who show off their intelligence do so just to cover up their stupidity.
4. Modesty benefits, and full profits attract losses.
Cover the container with full ones, and fill it with empty ones; Therefore, a gentleman would rather live in a house than live in it.
Translation
The press was overturned because it was full of water, and it was saved because it was empty. Therefore, a gentleman with high moral character would rather be in a position of doing nothing without contention than standing in a place where there is contention and gain. He would rather feel deficient in his daily life than be too happy.
5. You should not change your behavior, and your sharpness should not be too exposed.
A man who lives in seclusion will be suspected by a gorgeous man. People who check ornaments are mostly taboo for those who are presumptuous. When a gentleman is here, he must change his behavior and show his edge!
Translation
A man with profound talents and virtues who can be indifferent to his ambition is bound to be suspected by those who are keen on fame and fortune. A true gentleman who is careful in his words and deeds is often jealous of those evil and unrestrained villains. Therefore, a talented and cultivated gentleman, in case of being in such a bad environment that he is suspected and hated, certainly can't change his integrity and ambition slightly, but he must never show his talent and integrity too much.
6, prosperity is not enough to be happy, adversity is not enough to worry about
living in adversity, the whole body is full of needles and stones, and it is not aware of it; When you are in prosperity, you can do your best with a spear, and you don't know it.
Translation
If a person lives in a hard and poor environment, all the things around him are like medical equipment and drugs, which will unconsciously make you encourage yourself and cure all the problems; On the other hand, if a person lives in a well-fed and carefree environment, it is equivalent to putting a knife and gun in front of you, which will corrode your body and mind unconsciously and lead to failure.
7, only afraid of hypocrites, not afraid of real villains
A gentleman who cheats on goodness is no different from a villain's evil; It is better for a gentleman to mend his ways than a villain to mend his ways.
Translation
A gentleman who pretends to be kind-hearted is no different from an evil villain who does all kinds of evil. If a gentleman changes his honor, his character is not as good as a villain who resolutely repents and turns over a new leaf.
8. Be generous with virtue to accumulate happiness, relax to make up for fatigue, and cultivate to solve the problem
I am blessed when the sky is thin, and I am generous with my virtue. Heaven helps me to form, and I fill my heart to escape; Heaven and earth meet me, and I will follow my path; God, what can I do?
Translation
If God doesn't give me many blessings, I will do more good deeds to cultivate my blessings; If God wearies me with hard work, I will maintain my tired body with ease; If God tortures me with poverty, I will open up my way of survival to get through the difficulties. If I can do the above, what can God do to me?
9. Being quiet in motion is really quiet, and being happy in suffering is really happy
Being quiet in motion is not really quiet, and being quiet in motion is the true state of sexual nature; Happiness is not true happiness, but joy in suffering is the real opportunity of mind and body.
Translation
The tranquility obtained in a quiet environment is not really tranquil. Only when you can maintain a calm mood in a noisy environment can you be regarded as the true tranquility that conforms to the nature of human beings; The happiness you get in the crazy singing and dancing environment is not true happiness. Only when you can keep optimistic interest in the hard environment can you be regarded as the real pleasure that conforms to the natural spirituality of human beings.
1. Be prepared for a rainy day.
Don't let go when you are free, and you will be useful when you are busy; Do not fail in silence, but benefit from moving; Don't cheat in the dark, but use it in the light.
Translation
In your spare time, don't let go of precious time easily. You'd better use this time to make some preparations for the future, and you will feel inexhaustible when you are busy. Don't forget to enrich your spiritual life when you are calm, so as to make some preparations for the arduous work in the future, and you will feel comfortable when the arduous work comes; When you sit quietly in a place where no one can see you, you can also keep your open mind, without any evil thoughts or doing anything bad, so that you can be respected by people in front of everyone.
11. Pull back from the cliff and come back to life
Only when I started thinking, did I realize that I wanted to go to the road, so I took the road of reasoning. Sleep together and leave as soon as you sleep. This is the moment to turn disaster into happiness and bring it back to life. Don't let it go easily.
translation
When evil thoughts just float in your mind, if you can find that such evil thoughts are likely to go in the direction of material desires or lust, you should immediately use reason to pull them back to the right path. Be alert to bad thoughts as soon as they occur, and try to save them as soon as you are alert. This is an important moment to turn disasters into happiness and change death into vitality, so you must never let go of the moment when evil thoughts occur.
12, quiet and indifferent, the way to observe the heart
Think clearly in silence and see the true body of the heart; In leisure, the weather is calm, and the real machine of knowing the heart; In the light, the interest is washed away, and the true taste of the heart is obtained. There is no such thing as observing the heart and proving the Tao.
Translation
Only in tranquility can a person's mind be as clear as autumn water, and then the true source of human nature can be discovered; Only in leisure can a person's spirit be as comfortable and carefree as the clear sky in Wan Li, and then the true soul of human nature can be discovered; Only when a person is indifferent to his ambition will his heart be as modest and kind as a calm lake, and then he can get the real pleasure of life. If you want to observe the true truth of life, there is no better way to observe people.
13. A gentleman's virtue is the doctrine of the mean.
Being clear and tolerant, being good at judging, being clear and not hurting observation, and being straight and not being over-corrected mean that candied fruit is not sweet and seafood is not salty, which is an imperial virtue.
Translation
Honest and pure, generous enough to tolerate unfairness, kind-hearted, bold enough to make decisions, smart and wise, with an uncompromising attitude, upright and upright, with an overcorrected mind, just like candied fruit, which is not too sweet even though it is soaked in sugar, but not too salty even though it is submerged in salt. One should be able to control this kind of insolence.
14. There is joy in pain, and there is pain in joy
You often get pleasure in hard work, and when you are proud, you will be sad when you are frustrated.
Translation
Being able to stick to the principle and grasp the direction in times of hardship, and when the problem is solved, you will naturally get heartfelt joy. Only this kind of joy is the real pleasure of life; On the other hand, if you are arrogant when you are proud, you will often have a grudge with others and plant the tragic roots of future disasters.
15. Fiona Fang should be at ease in dealing with the world, and be lenient and strict with others.
It is appropriate to manage the world in a proper way, to be in a troubled time, and to be used as Fiona Fang in his uncle's season; Treat the good with leniency, treat the wicked with severity, and treat the mediocre with leniency and severity.
Translation
When politics is clear and the world is at peace, people should be solemn and upright; When politics is dark and the world is chaotic, people should be tactful and sophisticated; When the country is about to decline in the last days, we should treat people with frankness and smoothness. We should be generous to good gentlemen, strict to evil villains, and lenient and strict to ordinary people.
16. Don't be too strict in attacking people and teach them not to be too high.
Don't be too strict in attacking people's evil, but think about it. The goodness of teaching people is not too high, but should be made to follow.
Translation
When blaming others for their mistakes, don't be too harsh, take into account whether they can accept it or not, and don't hurt their self-esteem. When teaching others to do good, don't expect too much, but consider whether the other person can do it.
17. I'm tight when I'm free, and I'm carefree when I'm busy.
The world is silent, but the qi machine stops without interest. The sun and the moon run at night, but it is not easy to be honest and clear; Therefore, a gentleman should have a tight mind when he is free, and a leisurely interest when he is busy.
Translation
As we see every day, heaven and earth seem to be motionless, but their activities have not stopped for a moment. The sun rises in the morning and the moon is in the sky in the evening, which shows that the sun and the moon are running day and night, but in the universe, the light of the sun and the moon is eternal. Therefore, a smart and wise gentleman should have some plans in his spare time on weekdays in order to cope with unexpected changes, and he should also take a break in his busy time and enjoy some fun in life.
18. Good medicine tastes bitter, but advice is hard to hear.
Words that are hard to hear are often heard in the ear, and things that are often brushed in the heart are the cornerstone of learning virtue. If words are sweet and everything is pleasant, you will bury your life in poison.
Translation
If a person can often hear unpleasant things with his ears, he often thinks of unpleasant things in his heart, which is a good lesson of Dunpin Lide. On the other hand, if every sentence is pleasant and everything is satisfactory, it is equivalent to burying your life in virulence.
19. A thousand miles is lost by a single thought.
Everyone has great compassion, and Wei Mo has no second thoughts when he kills the executioner. There is a real interest everywhere, and the golden house is not the same as the two places. Just want to close the letter, miss it face to face, and it will be a thousand miles away.
Translation
Everyone has a heart of great compassion, and there is no difference between Vimo laymen and butchers and executioners; There is a real interest everywhere in the world, and there is no difference between a golden house and a thatched cottage. The only difference is that people's hearts are often blinded by desires and private affairs, so that they miss compassion and true interest. Although it seems that there is only a short distance, there is actually a difference of thousands of miles.
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reading experience of Caigen Tan
During this time, I have been reading a Caigen Tan from my daughter in my spare time, which was written by Hong Yingming, a hermit in the late Ming Dynasty. The word "Caigentan" expresses the author's supreme state of mind of "biting the roots of vegetables and doing everything". It tells the author's understanding of life and contains many philosophies of life, which will make you suddenly enlightened after reading it. Whether you are trapped in interpersonal dilemma or workplace right and wrong, it will give you a key to wisdom and help you open the door to trouble. Not only that, but it can also broaden your mind, cultivate your body and mind, and make you a sensible and righteous person. This is a rare and good book that helps people all their lives.
As long as you live in the world, you will inevitably get involved in human feelings and get mixed up with all kinds of troubles. "The gentleman's heart, right, do not make people don't know. The talent of a gentleman, hidden in jade and hidden in pearls, cannot be easily known. " It is expounded that a man should be aboveboard, just like a sunny day, people all say "an upright man is open and poised" and "a wise man does not do shady things". For talents, it is not easy to show their talents in a hurry to avoid being jealous. While revealing ourselves frankly, we should put on masks in good faith and face all kinds of people with different masks. Don't show your talents regardless of time and occasion. This will not only fail to attract your attention, but may also lead to envious eyes. Therefore, it is not weakness in the eyes of the secular, but a method of self-cultivation and a wise way of dealing with the world. The reason why the sea can become a sea is because it is lower than all rivers!
"Being a man has no lofty career. If you get rid of vulgar feelings, you will become a celebrity. If you don't gain much effort for learning, you will achieve a sacred place." Being a man doesn't have to achieve a great career. As long as you get rid of worldly fame and fortune, you can become a celebrity, and there is no trick to learning. As long as you get rid of the temptation of foreign things, you can reach the supreme realm. If we are not influenced by fame and fortune, we will devote ourselves to a cause as long as we can get rid of worldly desires. Be indifferent and wise, aim high. If the pursuit of luxurious food and the pursuit of material comforts continue, then it is meaningless for us to really live. There is really no need to kneel down and flatter, and everything will be fine.
"Righteousness in sunny days and daytime is cultivated from the leaking room in the darkroom, and the economy of Zhun Kun is spun dry, and it comes out from the thin place." Open and aboveboard moral integrity, like sunny days and days, is cultivated from poor and difficult environment, and the great talent and greatness of turning the overall situation is honed from a cautious attitude. I understand that "without some cold, how can plum blossoms smell fragrant?" And we must act with a cautious attitude of "walking on thin ice". The process of quiet thinking in reading is also the process of life. If you really want to read a book, you must keep a heart that is full of truth, sincerity and true feelings, which can be controlled by you and released at an appropriate time, so that people around you can feel your truth, sincerity and true feelings. Reading is also the process of savoring the true meaning of life. A good book containing wisdom makes people feel like a spring breeze. There are not many words in each article of Caigen Tan, but it incorporates the most real feelings of life. When these words, which combine the wisdom of ancient sages, pass through the tip of the tongue, it is not only a kind of freshness, but also an indescribable pleasure in my heart. Caigen Tan successfully combines the Confucian doctrine of the mean and Taoist inaction, thus forming a unique way of dealing with people, which not only makes people have a positive attitude towards life, but also has feelings beyond fame and fortune. I am "shallow in understanding", and I can only "taste" the wisdom in the book. Combined with my previous thoughts on life, the most profound understanding is "being confused" and how to stand loneliness. The wisdom of Caigen Tan confirms the profoundness of China's traditional culture. On the other hand, I also found a winding path to relieve loneliness and troubles-in the dead of night, I opened a famous book, calmed down, walked into the world of words, and tasted with my heart that "everything can be done if I can bite the vegetable root".
Reading experience of Caigen Tan
Bacon once said, "History makes people wise.