In life, we will encounter many temptations, but we should know how to refuse them. The following are examples of celebrities refusing temptation, hoping to help you.
Regard honesty as a treasure
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the son of Cheng Si in Song Dynasty was not simple and honest, and was deeply loved by people. Someone got a piece of Baoyu and asked someone to identify it and gave it to Zi Han. Zi Han refused to accept it, saying, "You value gems, but I value greed. If I accept your jade, then we all lose our treasure. Why don't we each have our own baby?
Yang Zhen refused to pay.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yang Zhen passed by Changyi on his way to his post. Wang Mishan, the magistrate of Changyi County, visited him and gave him ten catties of gold as a gift. Yang Zhen said, "An old friend knows a gentleman, but you don't know an old friend. Why? Wang Mi didn't know that Poplar really blamed him and said, "It's getting dark, and no one knows. Yang Zhen said, "God knows, God knows, you know, I know, what is ignorance? Hearing this, Wang Mi was ashamed and went away disgruntled. "。
(Yang Zhen, a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty, is a highly respected and upright official. He was once the secretariat of Jingzhou, and later transferred to Donglai Prefecture. When he went to Donglai to take office, he passed by Maui. Wang Mi, the magistrate of Maoyi County, was an official recommended by him during his tenure in Jingzhou. Hearing Yang Zhen's arrival, he quietly visited Yang Zhen in the evening and brought ten Jin of gold as a gift.
Wang Mi sent such a heavy gift, first, to thank Yang Zhen for his recommendation in the past, and second, to let the old boss take care of him in the future by bribing him. But Yang Zhen refused the gift on the spot and said, "An old friend knows a gentleman, but you don't know an old friend. Why? " Wang Mi thought that Yang Zhen pretended to be polite and said, "The night is bright and ignorant." Who knows at night? Yang Zhen immediately became angry and said, "Heaven knows the earth, you know me. How can you say ignorance? " Wang Mi was ashamed that she had to come back with a present.
However, heaven knows the earth, you know me, but this sentence has been used by people in the opposite direction and has become the common language when attacking and defending the alliance. This phenomenon is called the reverse extension of word meaning. )
A praiseworthy upright official.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, a man named Liu Chong was appointed as the prefect of Huiji. He reformed graft and abolished exorbitant taxes, which made the lawsuit very clean. Later, he was transferred to the post of master craftsman by the imperial court. Before he left, the local people took the initiative to collect money for Liu Chong, who was about to leave, but Liu Chong was not affected. Later, it was really hard to refuse, so I took a copper coin from it and accepted it symbolically. For this reason, he is called "one yuan satrap"
Taomu tuiyu
Tao Kan, a famous minister in Jin Dynasty, was a collector in Xunyang County when he was young. Once, he sent someone to send a can of fish with Chinese sauerkraut to his mother. After his mother Zhan received it, she returned it to him intact and wrote to him: "As a county official, it is not good for you to give it to me with public property, but it increases my worries." Tao Kan was deeply educated in this matter.
Wu Yinzhi is not afraid to drink greedy spring water.
Wu Yinzhi, a native of Jin Dynasty, was appointed as the magistrate of Guangzhou. Outside Guangzhou, he saw a pool of spring water called "Chanquan". According to local legend, if you drink from the fountain of greed, you will become greedy. He believed it and drank it correctly. After drinking, he wrote a poem: "The ancients were pregnant with a thousand. It is not easy to try to get Qi Yi to drink. " During his tenure, he was honest and self-disciplined and adhered to his own integrity.
So pathetic.
Zhang Jun, the minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, was exiled to Lingling, Hunan Province, to be an official because of his disagreement with the traitor Qin Gui. He took several boxes of books with him when he set out. Someone falsely accused him of having something to do with the disorderly party. As a result, Emperor Gaozong examined letters and worn-out clothes. The emperor sighed, "I didn't expect Zhang Jun to be so poor!" I felt sorry for him, so I sent someone to catch up with Zhang Jun on a fast horse and gave him 320 gold.
Yu Qian, remain uncorrupted
The famous ministers of the Ming Dynasty were honest and clean. On one occasion, the court sent him to Henan to inspect. When he returned to Beijing, people bought some local specialties such as silk handkerchief, mushrooms and incense sticks, which were expensive to send back to Beijing, but he refused to accept them. At the same time, he also wrote a poem to show his heart: Sipa mushroom, fragrant and harmful to the people. The wind blows the sleeves to the sky, so as not to talk short. "
Don't steal a penny.
In the Ming Dynasty, Yang Jizong, the magistrate of Jiaxing, was clean and self-controlled and won the hearts of the people. Once, a eunuch passed by and asked him for a bribe. He opened the vault and said, "All the money is here. You can take it, but you have to help me get Kujin's official seal. " The eunuch disgruntled, back to Beijing, in front of Ming Yingzong to slander him. Yingzong asked, "Are you talking about Yang Jizong, the prefect who can't pay a penny?" After listening too much, I dare not speak ill of Yang Jizong again. ?
Good hands cost nothing.
Wang Jie, an upright scholar, is outspoken and has no power. At that time, He Kun was authoritarian in the DPRK, and ministers did not accuse him. But Wang Jie often argued with him. Once, after careful consideration, He Kun deliberately teased Wang Jie and took his hand and said, "What a white and tender hand!" Wang Jie replied sternly: "Wang Jie has a good hand, but he can't ask for money!" Kun left in shame.
Liu Xiahui sat still.
According to legend, on a cold night, Liu Xiahui lived in Guomen, and a homeless woman came to stay. Liu Xiahui was afraid that she would freeze to death, so she sat in her arms, unbuttoned her coat and sat with her all night without molestation. Therefore, Liu Xiahui is called a "sit-in" gentleman.
A word from Mencius: wealth can't be lewd, poverty can't be moved, and power can't be bent.
Tao Yuanming does not bend over for five buckets of rice, which is a small temptation.
Zhu Ziqing would rather starve to death than eat relief food, which is commendable.
Tao Yuanming gave up his official position and lived in seclusion in the quiet countryside, so he had an independent personality of "picking chrysanthemums under the hedge and seeing Nanshan leisurely"; Zhou Dunyi refused official corruption, so he "emerged from the mud without being stained" and lived a clean and honest life; Wang Mian was indifferent to fame and fortune, leaving a much-told story: "Don't praise the good luck, just leave a mouthful of dry Kun". They all learned to refuse the temptation of fame and fortune. They are our role models, so they will be immortal.
A young man asked the old man, "How can I successfully climb to the top of my dream?"
The old man smiled, picked up a piece of paper from the ground, folded a boat and put it on the river beside him. The boat was quiet and impatient, and sailed forward in the current without saying a word. On the way, butterflies and flowers flirted with it, but it moved on silently.
The old man said: "There are too many money, beauty, status, reputation and temptations in a person's life. Choose the goal of struggle, stop on the way because of thinking about money, sink because of lust for beauty, be impetuous because of longing for fame, and lose sleep because of grabbing status. Therefore, it is difficult to sneak silently toward the established goal like a boat, unmoved by temptation. This is why some people often give up halfway and can't succeed. " The young man suddenly realized, packed his bags and climbed to the top of the mountain against the wind.
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Reject temptation composition
Walking in this colorful world, there are too many colors and floweriness, which makes people feel confused. Standing at the center of the times, I want to say: refuse temptation and give life a truth.
Rejecting temptation will often sublimate a brilliant soul. The officialdom is big, the power is high, the official is high, the salary is generous, the food and clothing are plentiful and carefree. Once you get the word, you are the son of Zebei. But he refused the temptation of power and took Mei's wife to live in seclusion, tasting stones, making fragrant tea and listening to cranes without saying a word. Such a soul who refused to be tempted sang the eternal swan song of "the shadow is shallow, the fragrance floats on the moon and dusk", leaving a heroic spirit on the scroll of history and building an immortal monument of lofty personality in the hearts of future generations.
Rejecting temptation can burn the totem of the nation. It was an era when there were thousands of kinds of ink without Artemisia, and dark clouds hung over people's hearts, but Lu Xun defended the dignity of a nation with sharp eyes and a pen as a gun. He abandoned the high-paying fake post like a shoe; Power and wealth, he is as contemptible as dust; Flattery is anathema to him. He refused temptation, buried himself in writing, and issued the most alert cry in the chaos with the voice of refusing temptation; Guide millions of people out of hesitation with a heart that refuses temptation; With a pen that refused temptation, the three immortal Chinese characters "soul of china" were firmly engraved!
On the contrary, people who can't resist the temptation often brew a glass of wine for themselves. In his early years, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty worked hard and served the country with virtue, creating "Kaiyuan Shi Sheng". However, a generation of wise men can hardly refuse the debauchery that comes with honor and the temptation of beauty. They laughed for Bomei, and became "and the emperor gave up listening early", but in the end they ended up "the emperor couldn't save her, so he had to cover his face and die in front of the horse". A generation of Ming Di, because he didn't resist the temptation of beauty, had to watch the powerful Tang Dynasty decline and become the object of later generations' lament.
Rejecting temptation is actually choosing a life, which may be plain and ordinary, but it can live out the greatness of the soul; Indulge in temptation, but also choose a life, perhaps dazzling luxury, but lose noble, only humble. Now, with materialistic desires and various temptations coming one after another, we might as well learn from Lin Bu and Lu Xun, reject the temptation with a childlike innocence that loves life, and let life return to reality.
Reject temptation composition
In today's world, temptation is everywhere. Toys and snacks are temptations for children; For teenagers, online games and clothing are temptations; For adults, money, power, beauty and fame are all temptations. Around us, how many people can't restrain themselves under the drive of desire, gradually fall into the abyss of temptation, and finally end up in pieces. Only by refusing temptation and sticking to yourself can we cultivate an indestructible body.
Rejecting temptation can keep people pure all the time. Bacon said: "Only by standing the test of all kinds of temptations and troubles can we achieve the most perfect mental health." Temptation comes from people's inner desires, which devour people's hearts a little like bacteria. The more you want, the crazier you will be until your mind is completely occupied. At that time, you must have been doomed. Therefore, we must refuse the temptation and return to a pure and natural mind.
Rejecting temptation can also make people walk more calmly on the road to success. I heard a story about a butterfly competing with a turtle. On the way, there was a 20-meter diamond ring, a 20-meter river and 20-meter flowers. Butterfly is far ahead all the way, easily crossing the circle and flying over the river. However, when it flew into the flowers, it couldn't resist the temptation of the flowers, flew into the flowers to play and left the game behind, while the tortoise quietly crossed all obstacles and reached the finish line first. In this story, the tortoise refused the temptation, took it easy on the way forward and finally succeeded; On the contrary, because the butterfly did not resist the temptation of flowers, it gave the easy victory to others.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the story of Lu people sitting still before temptation became a much-told story in history. Legend has it that on a cold night, Liu Xiahui lived in Guomen, and a homeless woman came to stay. Liu Xiahui was afraid that she would freeze to death and told her to sit in her arms, unbutton her coat and wrap her tightly. So they sat together all night, and Liu Xiahui didn't do anything obscene to that woman. Therefore, Liu Xiahui is regarded as a gentleman who keeps calm. However, not everyone can refuse the temptation. No matter animals or people who claim to be noble, how many people lose their composure in the face of temptation. Moths put out the fire, mantis catches cicadas, people die for wealth, and birds die for food. These idioms all illustrate a truth: I can't help but be tempted and eventually bring myself to ruin. One senior official after another could not resist the temptation of money, power or beauty, and finally went to prison and lost his reputation. These vivid examples always warn us to refuse temptation.
But when we really encounter temptation, how should each of us respond? Is it possible to "generalize by one side" like Tao Yuanming? In my opinion, most people in today's society are ordinary people. It is difficult for them to "sit still" like Liu Xiahui, and it is impossible for them to be invincible in the face of all kinds of temptations forever. The only thing we can do is to restrain our desires and stay away from temptation. As Mark Twain said, "Wild desires can induce dangerous actions." Only by destroying evil desires in the bud of one's own mind can one have the capital to resist temptation and be immune to all kinds of poisons.
As a member living in a colorful metropolis, we must remember: refuse temptation and stick to ourselves.
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