It’s not terrible to be uneducated. What’s terrible is that you still pretend to be literate.

I once saw someone write about this experience on Zhihu:

In the primary school "Society" class, when the teacher was talking about the explosion of China's first atomic bomb, he described it to the students like this : "The atomic bomb is a kind of bomb. The smell emitted after the explosion can be smelled by people from a long distance, and then people will die."

However, the poster has read "Children's Encyclopedia" thoroughly. "The Complete Book" and "One Hundred Thousand Whys", and having some understanding of these scientific and technological common sense, he questioned the teacher who said that the atomic bomb is a nuclear weapon, not a biological and chemical weapon...

The teacher immediately became anxious and said: "You are a weapon Expert? Should I teach the class or you?" As soon as he finished speaking, the students around him all looked at me, and the atmosphere was very awkward...

This teacher was obviously hindered by his status as a teacher. Bite the bullet and pretend to understand.

Smug people like to pretend to understand when they don’t understand. This is a mentality more terrifying than ignorance.

Having a diploma does not necessarily mean you have education

There was once a aunt who took a Buddhist scripture and humbly asked the Sixth Patriarch Huineng for advice. The Sixth Patriarch said: "I don't understand the text, but you can read the scriptures out. , maybe I can help you solve your doubts." The Taoist nun was shocked and asked, "How can you be the Sixth Patriarch if you don't understand writing?"

The Sixth Patriarch said with a smile, "Writing only helps you understand the truth. One of the ways, but words are not the same as the truth. Just like if I point my finger to the moon, you will see the moon if you follow the direction, but my finger is not the same as the moon!"

People, always! They like to pursue superficial objects and are always confused by appearances.

With a diploma, you think you are truly educated and rich. However, in fact, how much you have is a different matter. A diploma can only prove that you have scored well in the exam.

Being educated does not necessarily mean having character

Educator Tao Xingzhi once said: "Thousands of teachings teach people to seek truth; thousands of learnings teach them to be real people." " Mr. Tao's point of view is very clear. When it comes to teaching and educating people, educating people should come first, and knowledge second. Otherwise, the hooligans are not to be feared, but the hooligans are literate.

Wu Zizhang, a great talent in the Tang Dynasty, known as "Meng Xueshi", had extremely high literary attainments, but his character was really not that good.

On the Double Ninth Festival, Governor Yan built the Tengwang Pavilion and held a banquet for guests from all over the world. In order to highlight his talents and learning, his son-in-law Wu Zizhang was ordered to prepare a preface in advance and then improvise it at the event.

In order to better demonstrate his son-in-law’s talents, Governor Yan pretended that everyone would give a preface to the event. However, the guests knew what Governor Yan meant and politely refused. Only Wang Bo, who was still a newborn calf, accepted the invitation. Pen and paper, swipe in public.

When he finished the "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng", Yan Gong was so impressed that he said in admiration: "This true genius should be immortal!"

Wu Zizhang, who was forgotten aside, was obviously impatient. It's his own personal show, which is good, but he stole the limelight, so he has to be dissatisfied. He shouted loudly: "This is an old text, and I have been reading it for a long time! If you pretend to be a new work by a former Confucian scholar, you should consider it a rip-off!" After saying this, he read the preface written by Wang Bogang verbatim. Memorize it.

After reading, Wu glanced at Wang Bo proudly, and Wang Bo said generously: "Brother Wu's photographic memory is really admirable. Well, since this is an old Confucian text, what follows is Do you have any poetry?"

"No poetry!" Wu Zizhang replied firmly.

I saw Wang Bo brushing the paper as if it was flying, like a wooden structure, and wrote a poem:

"The high pavilion of King Teng is near the river, and he wears jade and sings the luan while singing and dancing. The painted building is flying towards the sky. The clouds in Nanpu rolled over the western mountains at dusk, and the sun lingered in the shadows of the clouds. Things changed and the stars moved several autumns. Where is the emperor's son in the pavilion? The Yangtze River flows outside the threshold." After writing, Wang Bo left without saying goodbye. , left in a hurry. However, this poem is so majestic that only the final closing sentence leaves a blank space, leaving people with unfinished meaning and helplessness after reading it. Others said it was the word "water" or "independence"... Yan Gong shook his head and was dissatisfied.

So he immediately sent people to chase Wang Bo and ask for this word.

After Yan Gong caught up with Wang Bo, he was told that "one word is worth a thousand gold." Although Yan Gong was angry, he cherished his talent, so he had to prepare a thousand taels of silver and personally led all the scholars to Wang Bo's residence. , Wang Bo took the silver and pretended to be surprised: "Master He Lao asked, how dare you leave a blank word in a late life?"

Someone immediately asked: "What should be the meaning of the blank space?" Wang Bo smiled and said: " Empty, empty. Where is the emperor's son now? Outside the threshold, the Yangtze River flows freely. "After hearing this, Yan Gong nodded and praised: "You are worthy of being a genius today."

Let’s not talk about Wang Bo’s bold talent, but Wu Zizhang’s strength can be said to be a slap in the face. Just imagine, if Wu Zizhang didn't despise others based on his reputation and identity, how could his character and image be so ugly?

Not exposing it is a kind of compassion

Wang Shifan, a famous professor of information optics in my country, once signed up for a group tour. After arriving at the destination, he was forcibly pulled into a shopping mall by the tour guide. Don't give out the momentum.

The old professor had no choice but to wander around. When he walked to the counter, the clerk saw that he was an honest old man and started to lie: "Old man, have you never seen a digital camera?"

"I've seen it before."

"Hey, the results of my photos are clearer than those you have seen before!"

The old professor smiled slightly and looked at it for a while Then he left calmly.

It was the year 2000, and digital cameras had not yet become popular. But for Professor Wang, when he began to study the optical technology of digital cameras, perhaps this clerk had not yet been born.

The scary thing about people is their ignorant sense of superiority. On the contrary, people who are very superior but do not show themselves are the most educated. What is more worth mentioning is that when the former encounter In the latter case, the supreme cultivator will never expose it.