As we all know, people themselves have social attributes and it is difficult to live independently.

The presentation of social attributes is actually the sophistication of people.

In other words, people who are proficient in the world will rarely encounter obstacles. Even if there are obstacles, they will quickly overcome them, just like the famous saying in "A Dream of Red Mansions", that is:

The implication is that human nature is the greatest knowledge. To a certain extent, our life is about constantly learning and practicing human nature.

So, what is the truth about human nature?

In fact, the so-called human feelings and sophistication are the relationships between people. However, this relationship is often not a friendship relationship, but a "interest" relationship as we are familiar with it. As people often say, that is:

"We are rich and drunk, true brothers, but we will never see each other in adversity."

It can even be said that this sentence actually tells the truth about human nature. .

Why do you say that?

Let’s take an example. In real life, although some people are out-and-out villains, they know how to take advantage of others and how to grasp people’s hearts. In the end, they gain people’s hearts. , you can also be rich and prosperous for a lifetime. But some people, because they are honest and kind but don't know how to win people's hearts, although they work hard, they end up being out of touch and abandoned by others.

This shows the importance of being proficient in the world.

Of course, the core of human relations and sophistication, to a certain extent, is actually interests - people gain something from their interactions.

Furthermore, interests are sometimes more realistic than feelings - in the face of interests, brothers will settle accounts; in the face of interests, parents and children will turn against each other; in the face of interests, many people will become disowned; Interest will make people become "invincible even if they are humble." That kind of villain who doesn't even care about dignity and face, sometimes what he does is indeed beyond our imagination.

Perhaps it is because of this that the older generation says, "If you have money and wine, you are a true brother, and you will never see one in trouble." - "Have money and wine" are essentially interests; "True brothers" are nothing but It is a manifestation of surrender based on interests; the truth is that when interests do not exist, all the illusions presented will disappear.

As Warren Buffett famously said - When the tide goes out, you only know who has been swimming naked.

When interests do not exist, it is possible for us to truly see the truth about the relationship between people.

So, from this point of view, the sentence "Real brothers with money and wine, never see each other in adversity" really expresses the world's human feelings - sometimes the world is really contradictory. On the one hand, we are We admire kindness, but people who are kind are more likely to be unlucky. This is a kind of helplessness in life. Of course, it can also be said to be the sadness of human nature.

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The information in this article is mainly quoted from "The Analects", "Zhuangzi", "The Altar Sutra", "Tao Te Ching", "Sitting Temporarily", "A Dream of Red Mansions", "Abandoned Capital", "Walking Alone", "Philosophical Thoughts on Life" and "Plato's Such" "Shuo", "Historical Records", "The Complete Works of Wang Yangming", "University", "Book of Rites", "The Way of Heaven", "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Wang Bi's Collection and Commentary", "The Book of Changes"