Interpretation: The inner world of a gentleman and a villain is completely different. A gentleman is open-minded and has no regrets; Like spring breeze, like autumn moon, beautiful mountains and rivers. The villain is worried, full of complaints, narrow-minded, suspicious and jealous, and regards life as a graveyard hell.
Villains in an upright man is open and poised are often sad.
This sentence in the Analects of Confucius is not difficult to understand, and it seems that there is nothing profound, so it is easy to forget after reading it. However, with the passage of time and the increase of experience, people may have more and more understanding of this simple truth. This experience is simple and slow, sometimes hidden, sometimes missing, but it is lingering and increasing day by day. ...
As we know, there are many sayings about gentlemen in China in the past dynasties, but the number of gentlemen in the world has not increased, but has become less and less. What the hell is this for? In order to find out this problem, we might as well change the way of asking questions: what benefits can being a gentleman bring to people? With this question, I have been thinking and observing for a long time. The result is: from the current snobbery point of view, there is no benefit! If you must find some benefits, it is only spiritual comfort. This is probably the experience of Confucius in those days.
A gentleman is open-minded, so he is open-minded; I am sad because I try to make a living. There is a saying among ordinary people, "I didn't do anything wrong, and I'm not afraid of ghosts knocking at the door in the middle of the night." Therefore, being a gentleman may not be good, but it is very practical. On the contrary, in real life, it is common for small people to succeed: many people flatter themselves to be officials and cheat others to get rich. If you compare the gains and losses of the outside world, it is really uneconomical to be a gentleman! However, are those young people who become officials and get rich really happy? Not necessarily. Today, it is necessary to "fake". Can those who make fake and inferior products not feel guilty? There will be "anti-corruption" tomorrow Can people who specialize in corruption be afraid? Don't look at those people walking around the wheel in the morning, around the plate at noon and around the skirt at night. They spend hundreds of thousands a year, but they may not be able to sleep well.
Some people may say that you can't eat grapes and that you are sour, so you can't be a gentleman! In this regard, I have to defend myself: first of all, I don't pretend to be a gentleman, but I honestly tell you that according to my own observation, being a gentleman really has no great benefits, just seeking peace of mind. Secondly, I didn't encourage people to be gentlemen. I just want to remind everyone not to forget the old saying, "One good turn deserves another, and one evil turn deserves another. It's not that you don't report it, it's not the right time. "If you really don't believe it, try to be a villain without taking precautions. I hope you don't follow Confucius' famous saying.
Confucius had 3,000 disciples and 72 sages. What satisfied him most was neither the decisive Zhong You nor the versatile Ran Qiu, but the virtuous Yan Hui. "Confucius said: Xian Zai, come back! A scoop of food, a scoop of drink, in the alley, people can't bear to worry, and people can't be happy. " (The Analects of Confucius: Yongye) In today's increasingly developed material life, this kind of asceticism-colored "Confucius' joy" may not be worth advocating too much, but what Yan Hui can achieve is admirable and thought-provoking.
To be fair, most of us are neither gentlemen in the strict sense, nor downright villains, but often in between. Because of this, we have both an "open mind" and an experience of "constant sorrow", and it takes a long time to truly realize which state is more real, happier and more meaningful.