Slowness can't make people excited, and urgency can't make people exercise.

Indulging in laziness can't cheer you up, nor can impatience and adventure cultivate your temperament.

Source: Zhuge Liang's Book of Commandments

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The Book of Commandments is a letter written by Zhuge Liang, a famous politician in the Three Kingdoms Period, to his eight-year-old son Zhuge Zhan before his death at the age of 54. It can be said that it is a summary of Zhuge Liang's life, and it can also be said that it is a family motto full of wisdom. It is a particularly famous article in ancient family instructions, and it has become a life guide for future students to cultivate their self-cultivation.

Zhuge Liang's inculcation is to warn children to be quiet, quiet, quiet, pay attention to self-cultivation, and scrimp and save, so as to cultivate their own moral character. Therefore, he particularly emphasized that "if you are not indifferent, you can't be clear-minded, and if you are not quiet, you can't be far away." This is an irrefutable truth of life!

Zhuge Liang's talk about quietness here actually has two meanings: first, it is the quietness of things, which means that you should not only be quiet when you encounter something, but also be quiet and calm. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms wrote "Empty City Plan". Although it is described in the novel, the atmosphere and aura it creates are just particularly suitable for Zhuge Liang's temperament.

Secondly, it means cultivating a life attitude and quiet greatness. Zhuge Liang's famous saying-"Don't be indifferent, don't be peaceful, don't travel far" directly gave birth to Zeng Guofan's famous family motto, "Not at the beginning, not in a quiet and far place, be thoughtful and clear." Regarding quietness, Zeng Guofan also has an interesting philosophical saying, which is called "Keep your mind quiet".

Quiet, not pain but happiness; Not forbearance, but detachment. Silence is a great power. For us today, how to calm down, let ourselves face our hearts frankly, torture ourselves, how to dive slowly and take it slowly is a very important thing, and we must persist.