1. On the favorable time, place, and people.

The harmony between heaven, earth, people, the use of rituals, harmony is precious, the way of kings, and the beauty of this” is the unique concept of life in the Chinese nation, and its core Cultural thought is the word "harmony". After more than 5,000 years of heart-to-heart transmission, it has evolved into a spirit and has been sublimated into a realm.

Heaven, earth and human beings are used for rituals, harmony is noble, and the way of the king is. How to correctly understand "the beauty of this"? This sentence comes from "The Analects of Confucius·Xue Er". The original sentence is "The use of etiquette, harmony is the most valuable. The Tao of the ancient kings is the most beautiful." That is to say: the application of etiquette, harmony is the most important. This is the most valuable part of ancient monarchs’ methods of governing the country.

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in order to promote Liu and restrain Cao, there was a famous saying: The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people.

Time, day, including weather, climate change, etc. People often say that they depend on the weather. For example, moderate rainfall is beneficial to the growth of crops. When, the choice is the time to do something. For example, spring sowing and autumn harvesting in agriculture are in accordance with the weather. "Shuowen": "Shi, four seasons." That is, the seasonal changes of spring, summer, autumn and winter. He also said: "旹, in ancient Chinese, "Shi" means "Cong Zhi Ri". When looking up "Shi" in oracle bone inscriptions, it is written as "?". It is Cong Zhi Cong Ri, which means "the journey of the sun", that is, the movement of the sun. This shows that people have intuitively felt the changes in seasons caused by the movement of the sun for a long time, and called them "time".

The weather has the general trend and opportunities of the world, as well as the influence of the natural environment, including the prevalence of diseases. In the battle between Liang and Jin at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Liang army had the upper hand at the beginning. They besieged Taiyuan several times, but they all stopped because of the epidemic and lost more than half of their soldiers. In the end, they lost to the Jin army. The timing of heaven can be used by us, as the saying goes, follow the path of heaven. Zhuge Liang in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms cleverly used the straw boat to borrow arrows, which is a good example:

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the marshal of the Wu Kingdom, Zhou Yu, after studying the situation of the Wei army, decided to use bows and arrows to defend Invading enemy. But how to make the 100,000 arrows necessary for combat in a relatively short period of time? According to the situation of Wu's craftsmen at that time, it would take at least ten days to make so many arrows, which was obviously too long for Wu's defense.

At that time, Zhuge Liang, the military advisor of Shu State, happened to be visiting Wu State. Zhuge Liang was a very smart man, so Zhou Yu asked him for advice on how to make the required arrows as quickly as possible. Zhuge Liang told Zhou Yu that three days would be enough. After Zhuge Liang accepted the task, he was not in a hurry. He told Lu Su, the minister of Wu State, that it was naturally impossible to make so many arrows using ordinary methods. Then, Zhuge Liang asked Lu Su to prepare twenty small boats for him, with thirty sergeants on each boat. The boats were all covered with green cloth and filled with grass.

Zhuge Liang said that he could prepare 100,000 arrows in three days. At midnight on the third day, Zhuge Liang ordered twenty boats connected together with long ropes to march towards the Wei army's camp.

That night, the sky was filled with heavy fog, and Zhuge Liang ordered the fleet to move forward quickly. When the fleet approached the Wei camp, Zhuge Liang ordered the fleet to be lined up in a row, and then ordered the sergeants to beat drums and shout on the ship. Hearing the sound of beating drums and shouting, the Wei army sent about 10,000 archers to the riverside and fired arrows fiercely at the place where the shouts were heard. For a moment, arrows flew like raindrops towards Zhuge Liang's fleet. After a while, the straw handles on the hull were full of arrows.

When Zhuge Liang's fleet arrived at the Wu army's camp, Wu's commander-in-chief Zhou Yu had already sent five hundred sergeants waiting to carry arrows. After counting, there were a hundred thousand arrows in the straw handles on the ship. Zhou Yu, the marshal of Wu State, also had to admire Zhuge Liang's wisdom. How did Zhuge Liang know that there would be heavy fog on the water that night? It turned out that he was good at observing weather changes. After careful calculation of celestial phenomena, he also concluded that there would be heavy fog on the water that night. In this way, Zhuge Liang used his wisdom to get 100,000 arrows from the enemy.

It can be said that Borrowing Arrows in a Straw Boat is Zhuge Liang's classic work that successfully used the timing.

The ancients regarded "earth" as "the origin of all things and the root of all life" ("Guanzi Shuidi"). Later generations of the word "profit" mostly derived from "sharp", "sharp" and "sharp". Use it in the sense of "interest" etc.

"Geographical advantage" is a concept derived entirely from agricultural production. Although "profit" means "cutting the grain with a knife", "grain" is just a representative, and "profit" can generally refer to what comes from the land. Closely related to "geographical advantage" is the concept of "land appropriateness" or "land appropriateness". "Zuo Zhuan" was written in the second year of Chenggong's reign: "The former kings managed the world with borders, and the things (depending on the suitability of the soil) were distributed for their benefit." The purpose of talking about "the suitability of the soil" is precisely to make the most of the "benefits of the place", because only by using its suitability can we obtain the best results. Its beneficial. Land refers to choosing a place to do things. In military terms, it is often said that possessing favorable terrain means that geographical location is also very important.

"Tunnel War" was once an almost household name in China. In the film, the people in the anti-Japanese base area in the Central Hebei Plain, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, created tunnel warfare to destroy the enemy and preserve themselves, and launched a heroic and tenacious struggle against the Japanese invaders. The tunnels became a manifestation of geographical advantage. , successfully used the favorable terrain to achieve victory. Of course, this is also inseparable from people and people.

The subject of Renhe is "human", and the central idea is "harmony". The word "harmony" here means "neutralization", "peace" and "harmony".

Humanity is about being a human being and doing things for others. Man is the foundation of all things and the master of all ages. Being a human being is an attitude and a knowledge. If you learn how to behave, your life will be worry-free. If I want to be a human being, I should first learn to stand in the "middle" of "heaven and earth".

Humans grow between heaven and earth. The bottom is based on "earth", and the top is worshiped in "heaven". The original intention of recuperating between "heaven and earth" should be to choose the "middle".

"Heaven, Earth and Man"——place people in a world of "harmony" and "peace", in heaven and earth. What it expounds is a kind of thought, and it should be a kind of state. "Heaven, Earth and Man" has been inherited from ancient times and promoted today. It conforms to social development and truly builds "harmony" and "peace". It also has the artistic conception of "time, location, and harmony". If this is true, your career will be prosperous and your life will be auspicious!

To illustrate the importance of people and people, perhaps the following story can illustrate the problem better.

The hunter set up a net by the lake, and many birds were caught in the net. However, these birds were very big and flew away with the net. The hunter ran after the bird. When the farmer saw it, he said, "Where are you going? Can you catch up with the bird with one leg?" The hunter replied, "If there is only one bird, I can't catch it." It caught it, but as it is now, I am very sure of it."

It turned out to be true. The birds flew back in their own directions, one going to the forest, one going to the swamp, and one going to the swamp. As long as they go to the fields, they end up falling to the ground together with the net, and the hunter catches them.

Enlightenment of the story: The purpose of a group of birds is to escape, but because the birds do not have the same direction, they ultimately fail. In the final analysis, it is caused by discord. The reason why a bird can successfully escape is the word "harmony". It can be seen that people and people are important. In fact, the ancients also attached great importance to harmony:

For example, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the three kingdoms of Wei, Wu, and Shu will talk about Wei having the right time, Wu occupying favorable territory, and Shu having people to make peace. The three kingdoms can separate themselves into one party in the melee of heroes, and each has its own foundation for establishing a country. In fact, the strategy of winning the world seems to have various factors including heaven, earth and people. To put it bluntly, there is only one: harmony between people. The Cao Wei Group can unify the north and is the most powerful, but it only has the most talents. Liu Bei valued harmony, and his three visits to the thatched cottage passed down his good reputation. The three sworn friendships in Taoyuan are a concrete embodiment of harmony. But it can only be done by Kong Ming in literature and Guan Zhang in military affairs. The mind is limited and the talents are also limited. When Shu failed to conquer Wei, it focused on attacking Wu Mangshi first. This was all due to problems with the talent strategy. In his lifetime, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shu, defeated Tao Qian, defeated Zhang Miao, killed Lu Bu, destroyed Yuan Shao, defeated Wuhuan, surrendered Liu Cong, marched to Chibi, defeated Ma Chao, conquered Zhang Lu, and made him king of Wei. After forty years of military service, there have been more victories and fewer defeats. The root cause is the abundance of talents. Look at the phalanx of counselors: Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Liu Ye, Jia Xu, Hua Xin... The generals are: Le Jin, Li Dian, Yu Jin, Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Pang De... among the civil and military officials, there are many who surrendered to Cao Cao before others, but Cao Cao did not doubt it; Liu Bei and Sun Quan could not do it - Liu Bei wanted to show loyalty to his brothers , Sun Quan wants to talk about his origins.

Cao Cao trapped Guan Yu, but Guan Yu surrendered to the Han but not Cao, so Cao allowed him. Guan said that when he found out Liu Bei's whereabouts, he would switch jobs, and Cao allowed him again. After passing five passes and killing six generals, Cao did not pursue them. Knowing that Liu Bei was a powerful hero, he tolerated him several times. , but also discuss heroes with him. It can be seen that Cao Cao is outstanding in people. This shows that harmony is the key, while weather and location are auxiliary conditions. Popularity is valuable, and harmony is king.

Mencius said: "The weather is not as good as the favorable geographical conditions, and the favorable geographical conditions are not as good as the people. If you surround a city of three miles and a country of seven miles, you will not be victorious. If you attack it if you surround it, you will be able to get the right time. However, you will not be victorious. The reason is that the weather is not as good as the land. The city is not high, the pond is not deep, the army is not strong, and the rice is not plentiful. But if we leave it, the land is not as good as the people." (Pre-Qin Dynasty) Meng Ke "Mencius Gongsun Chou"). This passage: Mencius here mainly analyzes and discusses the relationship between the weather, the right place, and people from the military perspective, and his point of view is clear: "The right time is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the right person." Among the three, "people are not as good as the right time." "Harmony" is the most important and decisive factor, followed by "geographical convenience" and "timing". This is separate from his consistent thought of attaching importance to people's subjective initiative. At the same time, it is also inseparable from his purpose of discussing the time, location, people, and relationships. inseparable from the purpose. It was from emphasizing the importance of "harmony" that he came to the conclusion that "the right person will get more help, and the unjust person will get less help". Because there are many examples of people in the world who have not used it well. For example, when an American general commented on the Korean War, he said that he fought the wrong war at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and with the wrong opponent. Then we must choose the right time, the right place, and the right person to do anything. That means grasping the right time, location, and people.

In heaven, earth, and human beings, "man" is juxtaposed with "heaven" and "earth". He is neither the slave of nature ("heaven" and "earth") nor the master of nature. He is Appearing as participants in natural processes. "Xunzi: Theory of Heaven": "Heaven has its own time, the earth has its wealth, and man has his own governance. This is called being able to participate." It best reflects the relationship between man and nature in the "Three Talents" theory. In this unity of heaven, earth and man, man and nature are in harmony with each other rather than in opposition to each other. Furthermore, all things in the heaven and earth are harmonious and unified, "each gets its harmony to live, each gets its nourishment to thrive." It is on this basis that the idea of ??protecting and rationally utilizing natural resources emerged in China very early. From both positive and negative experiences, people realize the truth that "if you are nourished, nothing will grow; if you are deprived of nourishment, nothing will disappear" ("Mencius Gaozi 1"). "Xunzi: Theory of Heaven" says: "Wealth that is not of its own kind should be nourished by its kind. This is called nourishment by nature." The so-called "nurture" here already includes the meaning of mutual nourishment among various creatures in nature. Inside. People should be careful not to interrupt this natural reproduction process in which all things in the world nourish and reproduce each other, and then take appropriate measures to assist and promote it, and use it in a controlled manner, in order to achieve harmonious development and sustainable use. Purpose.

Of course, "the weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people" is not only a famous saying, but also more widely used in various fields. Including business competition, sports competitions, especially football matches. This fully shows that the philosophy contained in it is rich, profound and broadly extensible.

The beauty of the sky lies in the imprint of meteors rushing across the vast universe. The beauty of the land lies in the splendid mountains and rivers, which are picturesque and poetic. The beauty of people. Care about the soul in purgatory in the surging blood. The beauty of harmony lies in the tacit understanding of complementing each other. Seize the opportunity of time and gain the advantage of land first. With the help of people, it becomes an auspicious home.

Heaven, Earth, Man, and Humanity, it expounds an idea, praises a spirit, complies with the development trend of social culture, and guides the direction of our lives.