People, confusion is skill, contentment is wisdom.

as the ancients said: when the water is clear, there is no fish, and when people come to observe, there are no disciples.

if the water is too clear, there will be no fish, and if people are too serious, they will have no friends. If you are too demanding to be a man, your heart is tired, but you are more worried than you are.

the more capable people are, the more confused they are; the smarter they are, the more they understand that contentment is a blessing.

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confusion is a skill

Zheng Banqiao, a great scholar, once said, "it is difficult to be smart and difficult to be confused, and it is even more difficult to change from being smart to being confused."

I think so. The most difficult thing in life is not how shrewd you are, but how smart you are, how to see through it, and how to do things gently.

those who are too shrewd are not liked; those who are sharp are apt to get into trouble.

there is a story in the General words of warning: Su Shi visited Prime Minister Wang Anshi and found half of Wang Anshi's poems while waiting. "the west wind passed through the garden last night and blew yellow flowers all over the ground."

Su Shi, who admitted that he was knowledgeable and knowledgeable, continued the poem with a stroke of his pen: "Autumn flowers do not fall like spring flowers." After

finished writing, he left on business.

when Wang Anshi saw Su Shi's handwriting, he said with emotion: he always thought he was smart, and let him go to Huangzhou to have a look.

in this way, Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou. When Double-ninth Day saw chrysanthemum petals all over the ground, he was so ashamed that he was silent for a while.

later, Su Shi, who has experienced ups and downs in his life, wrote, "everyone's adopted son wants to be smart, and I have been misled by wisdom all my life." I wish the child would be foolish and ruthless, and if there were no disasters, it would not be difficult to reach the public. "

the smart use of the wrong place will only add to the trouble. Sometimes learning to be confused is not only the respect for others, but also the protection of yourself.

Ruan Ji, the head of the seven sages in the bamboo forest, lived in a turbulent and chaotic era, and those in power were dim.

he disdains to be in cahoots with them, but those in power admire his talent and want to be in-laws with him.

if you refuse directly, you are likely to be beheaded. He got drunk all day, dozens of days in a row.

the man really couldn't find a chance to talk to him, and the marriage came to nothing.

the cleverness of Ruan Ji is that he waited vaguely and allowed himself to dodge a bullet.

as Zeng Guofan wrote in his letter to his friends: "A forgetful machine can eliminate a mass machine, but ignorance can dispel bad luck."

you don't have to be straight everywhere. There is no need to take things seriously, be vague and more comfortable;

things that don't matter, be confused and worry less; interact with people, be tolerant, and be more popular.

confused when it is time to be confused, it is a kind of wisdom, a kind of ingenuity without victory, and a kind of harmony and tact in dealing with things.

the more capable a person is, the more he knows how to be confused.

02

contentment is wisdom

there is a saying in Zengguang Xian Wen: "contentment is never humiliating for life."

those who are contented are always happy, and those who know how to be contented are wise.

it's a pity that people always want too much.

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there is such a story: God gives a man a chance to walk along a row of wheat, do not look back, and help him realize his wish as big as he can.

every time this man sees an ear of barley, he always wants to find a bigger one. He was almost to the ground as he walked, so in a hurry he had to pick one, and the ear of wheat was smaller than he had ever seen before. He was very annoyed.

look, greed leads to trouble. As the Chronicles of the three Kingdoms says, Jimogi is content with contentment, not suffering from many wishes. If you are not satisfied, you will lose what you want.

in fact, a lot of people's pain comes from endless desires. Learn to control desires, cherish what you have, is the real smart people.

in order to find the secret of happiness, there is a special comparison between two people: Napoleon has everything ordinary people want to pursue, supreme glory, noble power, and great wealth.

but he said to the people around him, "I have never had a happy day in my life."

Helen Keller, a blind, deaf and dumb woman, wrote contentedly in her book: "I find life so beautiful."

those who are most supposed to be happy are full of sorrow, while the most unfortunate people think life is good.

in the final analysis, the latter is more contented.

just like the saying in Caigen Tan: greedy people are rich in body but poor in heart, and contented people are poor in body and rich in heart.

money is something outside the body, and you can't take it with you. Wealth and glory are in the blink of an eye, nothing in the twinkling of an eye.

only a heart of joy and calmness can accompany us for a lifetime of happiness.

A really smart person has a heart of contentment, knows how to cherish the present, and knows how to be grateful for it.

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there is a saying in the Night talk around the stove: if you pass straight, you will feel bad, and if you pass straight, you will be clumsy.

in the final analysis, the word "degree" is the most important.

being a little sober and confused is happier; a degree of progress and retreat is the high realm.

one more flexibility in everything, one less trouble. One more round job for a person, one more calm; one more open-minded, one more security.

as the saying goes: the flowers are half blooming, the wine is a little tipsy. It seems to be incomplete, but in fact it is also perfect.

Life is not long, life is not easy, not serious, learn to do things foolishly; not demanding, knowing that contentment is a blessing.

truly become a "confused and contented" wise man in life.