2. Students in the class often have heated arguments and sometimes even have a fight over trivial things like mung beans and sesame seeds. Therefore, I often advise them to retreat for progress and not to haggle over every ounce. Sometimes, losing money is actually taking advantage. The sages once warned us to "endure a calm moment and take a step back."
3. In fact, in daily life, there are many phenomena that "backward is actually forward". For example, if you throw a stone, you must pull your arm back and throw it forward before you can throw it far; Another example: standing long jump, you must squat down first, and then jump long jump. Let's take a closer look at the actions of farmers transplanting rice seedlings. They are inserted backwards in rows. It seems that the action is backward, but in fact it is forward. It is not difficult for us to understand the artistic conception of this Zen poem.
4. There is a saying that "ten years of obscurity and fame". After ten years of studying hard at a cold window, keeping a low profile, concentrating on cultivation and hard work, I finally honed my ability and courage to climb to the top on a difficult and lonely road, and so on.
5. King Jian of Yue determined to prosper and destroy Wu, made great efforts to govern, shared weal and woe with the Vietnamese people, and finally realized his wish of rejuvenating the country ten years ago.
6. Scientists, artists and even entrepreneurs who have achieved great success in their respective fields are often created through countless hardships.
7. Edison, a great American inventor, had thousands of failures in the process of studying electric light. He accumulated countless experiences due to failure and finally succeeded. Wang Xizhi's spirit of hard self-study is touching; His exquisite calligraphy art came from long-term hard training, and finally achieved a generation of "book saints." With humility, comity and self-demand, we will make continuous progress. In fact, the "retreat" of taking retreat as progress is a kind of determination and perseverance of modesty, comity and self-demand, rather than a shrinking, timid and dull mouse.
8. American President Lincoln attached great importance to public criticism of the government and himself. Even if he scolds himself, he will gladly accept it as long as it makes sense. Once, he and his son were driving in the street and met an army crossing the market. Lincoln casually asked a passerby, "What is this?" What he originally wanted to ask was "which state's corps is this?" Passers-by thought he didn't know the army, so he replied rudely, "This is a federal army. You are such a fucking idiot. " Lincoln only said "thank you" in the face of passers-by's rebuke, without any anger. Great! President Lincoln! What a wise politician with an open mind and elegant demeanor!
9. In the Ming Dynasty, Yang's official position was washing horses, and he was the Depth Charge of the Prince's travel activities. On one occasion, he asked for leave to visit relatives in his hometown and stopped at a post station on the way. The postman didn't know what an official position was, so he was on an equal footing with him and rashly asked, "Your official position is to wash horses. How many horses do you want to wash a day? " Yang deliberately replied: "if you are diligent, you will wash more, and if you are lazy, you will wash less." There is no fixed number. " Soon, the postmaster was told that the inspection was coming, so he asked Yang to let him go to the building. Yang said to him, "It's not too late for him to come now." When the suggestion arrived, he saluted and paid tribute to his teacher as soon as he saw him. Seeing this, the postman knelt down and begged for forgiveness, but Yang didn't blame him at all.
10, a generous person can gain the gratitude and trust of others as long as he has some tolerance.