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The phrase "plain is true" is really popular now. In addition, I'm glad you found that most people who say this sentence are successful people, which shows that you have a strong ability to observe life.
However, your next judgment is wrong. You said: "In my opinion, it is easy for people who pursue plain things to just stand and talk!" This is just an intuitive judgment of superficial phenomena, and you may not have seriously thought about "blandness" as a value.
Dull can be a state, a realm and an understanding.
First of all, dullness is a state of life. For example, most of us are in this state most of the time. Workers work in the workshop, farmers work in the fields, teachers teach in the classroom, and staff drink tea and read newspapers in the office. This is the norm. Under normal circumstances, everything is step by step, lacking changes and ups and downs. We say it is dull, but in fact it lacks exciting power. You said that people are struggling to escape from mediocrity, and the "mediocrity" here is actually the value definition given by people to plain life. When a person always lives in a normal state, he may be evaluated as "mediocre" by others.
Then secondly, dullness is a realm. At one point, you are half right. People who can calm down and pursue dullness are really more people who have experienced prosperity and glory. However, this is not what you said. It is not too painful to stand and talk, but the pursuit at a higher spiritual level after exploring the essence of things in depth.
There is a story of Zen Buddhism, which tells the experience of an old monk: at first, he "looked at mountains like mountains and water like water", but he didn't understand the philosophical meaning of mountains and rivers at all; Later, it became "looking at mountains is not mountains, looking at water is not water", and my mind is full of symbols; After another ten years, it has become "seeing mountains is mountains and seeing water is water". The old monk's understanding of nature is very similar to that of middle school students' compositions. When he first learned to write a composition, there were no words. Later, he became proficient and talked a lot. Later, when he grew up, he could really write articles, and then he seldom used adjectives.
Such a "less-more-less" process is an inevitable process for people to mature spiritually. In life, people who are good at summing up experience often go through a process of returning to the essential state. Zong Baihua, the most beloved aesthetician in China in the 20th century, once had a most refined summary of this process, which was called "gorgeous and extremely plain". Therefore, when it is gorgeous, it is really a realm to return to a dull state safely. This is even a high psychological quality. What do you think of the actresses in the Xiaogang Feng films you mentioned? Isn't she mentally unbalanced because she can't stand the dull life?
In addition, dullness can also be an understanding of life. In other words, dullness can be an attitude towards life.
As I said before, dullness may mean unchanging monotony and repetition, which will lead to our ultimate mediocrity. On the other hand, how many people's lives are earth-shattering? Therefore, if we can clearly realize that life itself is unremarkable, then maybe we will cultivate our close relationship with daily life.
Taking dullness as an understanding of the nature of life, we have reason to have the courage to love life, especially the mediocre daily life.
The stories of famous people are so attractive that we are often deceived into imagining things that may never be caught or touched. Now, we look at life with a calm mind, and we should be able to understand the ordinary and plain, so as to pursue the realm of life in the secular world, instead of aiming too high as before.
I'm not saying this to stop arguing. No, your struggle has not yet begun. You have to work ten times and one thousand times, and you have to experience setbacks, obstacles, blows and failures that you never thought of. Whether you like it or not, you are bound to struggle out of your mediocre situation like others. This is everyone's destiny.
I just want to tell you that when you have experienced storms and seen rainbows, you will understand that plainness is not a lie! This is a beautiful place.
Daughter's words:
Actually, this question is more difficult for me. What is insipid, why insipid, and how insipid? I think these things can only be understood at a certain age. Now, it seems superficial for me to talk about this problem. However, I think I still have some ink, so I don't hesitate to say a few words. If there is anything inappropriate, I still hope Han Hai!
Tired of the colorful city, tired of listening to the noise of cars, afraid of people's hypocrisy. People often yearn for the "Peach Blossom Garden"-like fairyland on earth, dream of an uncontested life, gain inner peace, and truly reach a dull realm. With a dull realm, there will be a feeling of "looking at the world coldly" and everything will be panoramic. There will be no more phenomenon of "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but I am only in this mountain". At the same time, the realm is dull, people will not be confused by the colorful world, and the steelyard in their hearts will not be short of weight. Therefore, I still agree that plainness is a noble realm.
People living in the noisy city long for a quiet pastoral life and the beauty of "staying in the cage for a long time and returning to nature". Ordinary people pursue dullness, and it is difficult to reach the real realm. If you really want to be dull, both environment and psychology are essential. But unfortunately, few people can do both sides of the plain.
In a new environment, the surrounding environment is calm, birds and flowers are fragrant, and Shan Ye is fertile and beautiful. Without the chaos in the city, people will no longer be upset by traffic jams, angry because the boss doesn't give a raise, or depressed because they lose in the fierce competition. Beautiful environment gives people plain conditions; However, the human heart may not be able to achieve the so-called "insipid". Maybe you will worry about the fate of your colleagues and still miss the busy happiness in the workplace; Maybe you still care about you in the eyes of others, maybe you still care about the gossip in others' mouths, maybe you can't forget yesterday's scenery, maybe. ......
In short, it is easy for us to find a very dull environment, and even if we try our best, it is difficult to make our hearts calm and dull. In other words, the plain realm is hard to achieve.
As I said before, whether a person grasps the plain meaning has a lot to do with his age.
When we were young, we pursued the joy of success, longed for social recognition, and hoped that our life would be full of passion. If someone comes to us at this time and says: Don't be stubborn, give up your ideals and live a dull life from now on! Then I will definitely think that this person is crazy! However, if a person is an adult and has rich experience, he already knows what he wants whether he has achieved his goal or not. Then at this time, it is possible for a person to pursue a dull realm.
Plain life is also for people of different ages. If people in their twenties and thirties are allowed to live a plain life, I'm afraid it's no use saying it's not good. Because people of this age have the strongest curiosity, strong fighting spirit and infinite ingenuity. The accumulated energy will be lost. Then, for them, blandness is not only a waste, but also nonsense. However, it goes without saying that the old people in their seventies and eighties have already lived a dull life. It is the joy of life to go to the market and chat with neighbors every day. For them, insipid is enjoyment!
Seventy or eighty years old, I have been away for most of my life, and the plain meaning is the most understandable. The age of twenty or thirty is the golden age, and it is really the time to emit light and heat. It is impossible to talk about dullness at this time. Because what is calm is life itself, what we need is to transform this unchanging life and adapt it to our way of life. When it is intense, it is intense, and when it is dull, it is dull.
Yes, there is always a rainbow after the storm. The rainbow after the rain is dull after intense, it is beautiful and charming! However, only after the baptism of wind and rain will a gorgeous rainbow be ushered in.
Then, please don't say how wonderful it is, it's just different experiences of people of different ages. Maybe in a few decades, young people will naturally understand.